spanish civil war medal

[MichaW]

Hello,

can anybody tell me something about this medal from spanish civil war?!

regards

Michael

[Ed_Haynes]

Hello,

can anybody tell me something about this medal from spanish civil war?!

regards

Michael

Ohhh! Nice.

What does the reverse legend say??

[MichaW]

Ohhh! Nice.

What does the reverse legend say??

... i don?t know??

[Ed_Haynes]

... i don?t know??

Can you scan it close up, please?

[MichaW]

...

[Ed_Haynes]

On! Nice! Many thanks for adding this.

Obviously Spanish and intended for the International Brigades. Beyond that . . . ????

A lovely thing, though. Envious.

[Panzerpionier]

The reverse roughly translates into:

Good health

Strength - Unity

To the heroism of the

Antifascist

Militias and Army

1936

Note that 4th and 5th lines must be reversed in order to be translated into English

I will check my sources, but I am 100% sure it is not an official medal.

[Panzerpionier]

Well, I meant it is not an Spanish official medal. It is the medal for the Pavlov Brigade volunteers, created by the USSR government.

[Ed_Haynes]

OK, I knew I'd seen it some place before:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9297&st=18

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9297&st=28

Lovely one. Never seen on the market?

Edited January 12, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[eitze]

Hello,

here you can see what Franco Scandaluzzi wrote about the piece in his 3 Volume Book "The War of Spain 1936-1939 in the 50 th Anniversary of the Pronunciamiento".

This is from Vol. 1 (Spanish Republic, International Brigades and Foreign Countries).

[eitze]

And two pictures.

Greetings

eitze

[Ed_Haynes]

Thanks, Eitze! One more incredibly rare Scandaluzzi book that I wish I owned!!