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Message:: [QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 244276, member: 2844"]Thanks. Nice photographs, as they should be made, complete view and good details.You may not want anymore input (resolved?), but I always say the more the merrier, and you never know what it could lead to.So here is mine, for what it's worth: Base metal Greek souvenir with two links to Greek history.1821 is a reference to the War of Independence against the Turks, which started with the Revolution of 1821. It is not the year of manufacture, they still make these in Greece with different historical elements.It is difficult to see if the 'coin' is of Alexander the Great, on coins he is usually depicted wearing the lion's head on his head, Macedonian kings wore a lion skin as a sign of royalty. Alexander coin:<img src="http://www.edgarlowen.com/a55/b8044.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />Your 'coin' doesn't have enough detail to see if it is hair or a lion's mane. Alexander's father, Philip of Macedonia, is often depicted without the lion skin. He is the one who united (conquered) Greece in antiquity, so he could be a more likely candidate for a symbol in the War of Independence.The dagger is of a Turkish/Greek type.[/QUOTE]