Bronze medal

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  1. Rita

    Rita Active Member

    Hello.
    I have this bronze medal plaque.
    It is signed on the reverse .
    I can't quite work out what it says on the reverse.
    It looks like WT then some numbers.
    Just wondering if anyone knows anything about what it could be and the sign on the reverse.
     

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  2. sabre123

    sabre123 Well-Known Member

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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Hi Rita. Tthe star mark looks like a foundry mark. WT88, maybe the number of the model or design.
    The other mark is an official registration mark. Others will be along to explain how to work out the date of the registration.
    Is there anything on the side? A signature maybe?
     
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    I can only put in that it is the (pigeon toed) god Dionysus/Bacchus. What is that little 'button' on the back? Medallion about 2.5 inches in diameter?
     
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  5. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

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  6. Rita

    Rita Active Member

    Not sure what the little button is on the back???
     
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  7. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    That little round thing that appears to be raised right in the center of the back. Does it perform a function as far as you can tell?
     
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  8. Rita

    Rita Active Member

    No it's does nothing
     
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  9. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    A bit clearer both regular & inverted....I love what I think is a goat on the reverse!!! @Bronwen, would that go with who's on the front??? Bacchus?

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  10. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Like, totally. His own animal is a panther, but in scenes of bacchic rites & his 'revel rout', goats, as symbols of lust, fit right in.
     
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