French-Serbian trench art medallion
This is a trench art medallion made from a Serbian silver 1 Dinar coin. It is in the shape of the symbol of the French Armee d'Orient, a half crescent and star with a loop at the top so the it can be suspended for wearing. On one side, there are the original owner's initials, 'GD', with the abbreviated Souv'ir de Serbie, a souvenir of Serbia. On the back is the unpolished and unfinished side of the 1915 coin.
Trench art souvenir medallion.
Serbian 1 Dinar coin of 1915.
CONTRIBUTOR
Špiro Vranješ
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
6
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
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Pair of French-Serbian trench art crosses
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Pair of decorative, trench art crosses. || This is a pair of decorative French-made, trench art crosses, likely made in the vicinity of the Salonika Front. They are in the form of a pair of 37MM shell casings with, on top of each, a cruciform pair of bullets. One shell casing has the word 'SERBIE', and the other has 'MACEDOINE'. At the time, Macedonia was a southern province of Serbia. The February 2015, 'AVE' headstamping on one of the bullets indicates that it was manufactured by Cartoucherie de Valence - Cartridge Factory of Valence - in the French commune of Bourg-les-Valence, and the January 1916, 'ATE' headstamping on the other bullet indicates that is was manufactured by Atelier de Fabrication de Toulouse - Manufacturing Workshop of Toulouse - in the French city of Toulouse.
