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Canada & United States WWII Medalion Pair

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:15.00 CAD Estimated At:25.00 - 35.00 CAD
Canada & United States WWII Medalion Pair
SOLD
15.00CAD+ (2.70) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2022 May 13 @ 20:30UTC-4 : AST/EDT
Buyer’s Premiums will be added on all items as per the Terms & Conditions of the sale. Invoices will be emailed out after close of sale starting on Saturday May 14th.
United States, a 31mm brass or bronze medal with suspension loop, issued to commemorate the 8th army, and "the entrance of the Allied Armies in Naples 1st October 1943"; Rev: areal view of a harbour, smoking volcano and second peak in the distance, pair of saling craft in the foreground; Obv: text, as per above. Offered together with a 26mm plated Sterling Silver 1939 Royal Visit medal by Birks, Rev: left-facing conjoined portraits of King George VI and Queen Mary, text around rims: "To Commemorate the Visit of Their Majesties to Canada 1939"; Obv: Battleship at sea, "H.M.S. Repulse" around bottom rim. suspended on a 35mm red, white and blue striped ribbon, with crowned Sterling Silver supension clasp at top. Sadly, the Repulse would be sunk by the Japanese two years later, off Malaya. (Lot of 2 medals)