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Warfare, combat, and the military

Started by <k>, May 04, 2011, 09:41:56 PM

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#30
Romania 50-lei-1938.jpg


Royalty is fond of dressing up in military uniform.

The date on this Romanian 50 lei coin of 1938 of King Carol II surprises me.

Surely such uniforms became outmoded after the First World War?
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#31
Iran ½ Pahlavi, AH 1310-CE 1931.jpg

Here is Reza Shah in military uniform, back in 1931.
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#32
Albania 1 lek 1939-.jpeg


Albania 1 lek 1939.jpeg

Albania, 1 lek, 1939.


Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy, posing in his military helmet, on a coin of Italian-occupied Albania.
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<k>

#33


Here is the King of Tonga getting in on the act in 1975.
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<k>

#34


Democratic Republic of Zaire, 5 makuta, 1967.


Mobutu of Zaire looking like the military dictator that he was.


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#35


New Zealand, Waitangi commemorative crown, 1935.

When you make war, the objective is to win the peace. Here is a portrayal of a famous peace treaty.
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<k>

#36


Here's an unusual design that I've always liked. Haiti, 5 gourdes, 1995.


The four men are:

Top: Toussaint Louverture,
Left: Henri Christophe,
Right: Jean Jacques Dessalines,
Bottom: Alexandre Pétion
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#37
OperationTorch.jpg


Gibraltar. Operation Torch.

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<k>

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#39
Roosevelt.jpg

An over-busy Gibraltar coin depicting FDR.
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WillieBoyd2

Things weren't so peaceful in the old days, either.



Constantius II Bronze - Fel Temp Aquileia
Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG
Soldier spearing falling enemy horseman
FEL TEMP REPARATIO - Exergue: AQP
Struck: AD 352-355, Aquileia Mint
Size: 16mm, Weight: 1.68gm

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#41
Albania 1 lek 1969.jpg

Albania, 1969. 

Reverse: sculpture by Odhise Paskali: "Victorious Partisan". 

Reverse legend: 25th Anniversary of Liberation.
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#42
Albania 2 leke 1989.jpg

Albania, 1989, 2 leke.

Statue of the Unknown Soldier. 45th Anniversary of Liberation.
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malj1

#43
New Guinea too, featured native weapons on their 3d and 6d in 1935

more at Coinage of New Guinea and Papua New Guinea
Malcolm
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#44
You should make a link to the images, Malcolm.



A representation of the stone head of a native war club with four points.





A representation of the stone head of a native war club in the form of an eight-pointed star.
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