Medalje

Medalja ili medaljon (tal. medaglia, franc. médaille, lat. metallum), pločica kružnog oblika od metala (zlata, srebra, bronce, olova, legura) umjetnički proizvod počasnog, memorijalnog ili jubilarnog karaktera. Sliči novcu, ali ne služi novčanomu prometu. Spada u primijenjene umjetnosti: kiparstvo, sitnu plastiku, medaljarstvo. U širem značenju medalja je odlikovanje za vojne i građanske zasluge, nagrada za umjetnička, znanstvena i sportska postignuća. Na jednoj ili objema stranama medalje nalazi se reljefni prikaz (portretni lik, alegorijski ili povijesni motiv) redovito s natpisom. Prvo se izrađivala lijevanjem pomoću kalupa, od 16. stoljeća i kovanjem, a od 19. stoljeća galvanoplastičnim postupkom.

Prve medalje nastale su u doba kasnoga Rimskog carstva (4.-5. stoljeće), izlijevale su se iz bronce, s likom cara ili mitološkim prizorom. Srednji vijek ih nema (osim nekoliko izuzetaka krajem 14. stoljeća). Medaljarstvo se naročito razvilo u doba renesanse u Italiji. Intenzivni razvoj medaljarstva datira od doba klasicizma početkom 19. stoljeća. Noviji medaljari se drže uglavnom tradicionalnih oblika, pri čemu teže za što oštrijom karakterizacijom portretiranog lika.



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Medalja koju je Cecilia Gonzaga dodijelila političkim saveznicima, uobičajena praksa u renesansnoj Europi. Dizajnirao Pisanello 1447.



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Medaljon sv. Benedikta

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Medaljon sv. Benedikta

Poznat je medaljon sv. Benedikta, kojega mnogi nose oko vrata u vjeri da ih čuva od zla. Medaljon je izrađen 1880. povodom jubileja četrnaest stoljeća od rođenja sv. Benedikta.


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Sv. Benedikt u habitu koji u desnoj ruci drži križ, a u lijevoj svoje Pravilo, njemu sdesna na oltaru je kalež u kojem je bio otrov, a koji se zatresao nakon što je sv. Benedikt nad njim napravio znak križa, na oltaru njemu slijeva je gavran koji se sprema odnijeti otrovani kruh. Sitnim slovima iznad oltara je latinski natpis - "Križ sv. oca Benedikta":Ispod njegovih nogu je latinska kratica mjesta i godine izrade medaljona - "Iz sv. Monte Cassina, 1880":Na obodu medaljona je latinski natpis - "Neka nas u času smrti naše zaštiti njegova prisutnost":

Poleđina

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Preko cijele poleđine je križ iznad kojega je latinski natpis - "Mir":Na okomitom kraku križa, odozgo prema dolje su slova:
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značenja: Crux sacra sit mihi lux - "Neka mi križ bude svijetlo", a na poprečnom kraku, slijeva na desno su slova:
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što znači Non draco sit mihi dux - "Neka mi zmaj ne bude vođa". U četiri kuta križa nalaze se početna slova istih onih riječi napisanih iznad oltara na prednjoj strani medaljona - Crux sancti Patris Benedicti - "Križ svetog oca Benedikta":
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Početna slova koja okružuju obod poleđine:
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predstavljaju riječi molitve: Vade retro Satana! Nunquam suade mihi vana! Sunt mala quae libas. Ipse venena bibas! - "Odlazi Sotono, ne savjetuj me ispraznostima – zlo je to što nudiš, sam pij svoj otrov!"

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"This medal was struck in 1814 to commemorate the 1807 abolition of the slave trade. It shows a Western man shaking hands with an African man in a loin cloth and cape. Above is the caption 'We are all brethren', and below 'Slave trade abolished by Great Britain 1807'. The medal was made for Zachary Macaulay, Governor of Sierra Leone,

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1808 The Battle of Vimiero and the Entry of the English Army into Lisbon. The reverse shows the Lisbon port and docks. The size is approximately 40mm.

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1808 The Battle of Vimiero and the Entry of the English Army into Lisbon. This is the obverse which commemorates the battle.

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British Historical Medals 428 - 1797 Obverse - Battle of Camperdown.

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Medal of John VIII Palaeologus, 1435, by Pisanello: The first portrait medal. According to art historical tradition, this is 'the first true portrait medal of the Renaissance'. However this belief reflects more the desire of art historians to identify precise moments in the 'progress' of the visual arts, than the actual documented history of medals.

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Presidential campaign medal with Abraham Lincoln - metmuseum

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Roman gold medal of Emperor Constantine I, made 330 AD.

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Medallion of Constantine the Great 4th century AD Gold; diameter 48 mm, weight 43.86 g This piece weighing the equivalent of eight standard gold coins (solodi), was made as a presentation piece. It is unique, differing from other medallions of Constantine in that it shows the Emperor with his four sons.

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Medal of Lodovico Gonzaga Circa 1447 Pisanello (Antonio di Pucco Pisano) circa 1395-1455 Italy Cast bronze. Diameter 101 mm Pisanello, the 15th-century Italian painter and sculptor, made the medal into a historical artwork. The twenty four or so medals he produced are still considered unsurpassed masterpieces of metal engraving.

These are the rare medals for the wounded and dead in Hitler's headquarter .
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A valuable silver medal awarded by Queen Victoria to a Maori chief has been stolen from a Wairarapa museum by a brazen thief. "He just breezed past us on his way out – it was just blatant," said Wairarapa's Aratoi art and history museum..

The Rarest Egyptian Medal Of Mohamed Said Khedeive Egypt Coronation 1854

1925 Arts Decoratifs expo by Turin

Sultan’s Medal for Egypt 1801

PYRAMIDS BATTLE BRONZE MEDAL OF NAPOLEON IN EGYPT 1798

Medal - Treaty of Campo Formio, France, 1797

The face of "Conquête de la Haute Egypte"

Pte A.J.THOMAS (Only 204 medals awarded) The rarest item in the series.

Medal for the Metropolitan Police 1887,