military merit medal with "bronze" marking at the rim

[dcollect]

hi,

 

i have this medal with a small maker mark at the rim "bronze "

someone told me it is a french made example , is that correct ?

 

 

[graham]

dcollect,

Not French but Austrian made.

 

Here is a website that may be of some assistance:

 

https://www.omsa.org/military-merit-medal-1917-1920-part-i/

[dcollect]

Thanks a lot

[Elmar Lang]

The mark "BRONZE" was struck on gilt or silver-plated medals to indicate them as having been made in non-precious metal, same as similarly-made orders, when struck with the "Sternchenpunze".

[chechaco1]

A frequent occurrence, probably, the medal was intended for silvering, since otherwise it is still bronze and from other metals this degree was not made until the end of the war

[Elmar Lang]

Hello,

 

the Bronzene Militärverdienstemedaille, in the Franz Joseph and in the Karl type as well, were made of gilt bronze, thus the "BRONZE" mark, struck to the medal's rim. The same if the medal was made of silvered bronze.

 

I don't remember this mark struck on FJ type medals though.

[Farkas]

Hi Gents,

i just thought I’d add this one…

A small silvered bronze

 Fortitudini

 

The rim has BRONZE stamped at the top.

 

it’s not too clear in the picture but someone has taken a file to it, there’s a little patch where the bronze is exposed 👇

 

cheers

tony 🍻

[Elmar Lang]

An interesting piece, struck with the official dies, silvered and correctly struck with the "BRONZE" mark.

 

Curiously, a piece comparatively rarer than a proper, silver medal of the same model.

 

Best wishes,

 

Enzo

Edited August 12 by Elmar Lang

[Christian1962]

It appears to be a production after WW1, especially from 1938 on. They were produced for german style medal bars. You can proof it by the the small loop.

Medals produced until 1918 had spherical eylets (= Kugelöse).

There is a thread in this section were I have displayed the variants:

 

It was typical for the Vieanna Mint (Hauptmünzamt) to struck "BRONZE" onto the rims. Same for the republican medals of merit. That was onging after 1952.

They struck real gold bravery medals on order until the 1980ties too. Those were marked with an "A".

 

Regards

 

Edited August 12 by Christian1962

[Farkas]

On 12/08/2024 at 16:39, Christian1962 said:

It appears to be a production after WW1, especially from 1938 on. They were produced for german style medal bars. You can proof it by the the small loop.

Medals produced until 1918 had spherical eylets (= Kugelöse).

There is a thread in this section were I have displayed the variants:

 

It was typical for the Vieanna Mint (Hauptmünzamt) to struck "BRONZE" onto the rims. Same for the republican medals of merit. That was onging after 1952.

They struck real gold bravery medals on order until the 1980ties too. Those were marked with an "A".

 

Regards

 

 

On 12/08/2024 at 10:56, Elmar Lang said:

An interesting piece, struck with the official dies, silvered and correctly struck with the "BRONZE" mark.

 

Curiously, a piece comparatively rarer than a proper, silver medal of the same model.

 

Best wishes,

 

Enzo

Thanks for the thoughts & information Gents… 🍻

 

I agree Enzo, a ‘less usual’ piece, I was chuffed to spot it and to grab it 😊
 

And Christian…

You can proof it by the the small loop.

Medals produced until 1918 had spherical eylets (= Kugelöse).

 

That’s a great snippet to store away and remember 👍

 

cheers Gents

tony 🍻