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Author | : Katherine Jaeger |
Publisher | : Official Red Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780794820602 |
As long as Americans have collected our nation's coins, we have also collected its rich variety of tokens and medals. The Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals is a fascinating study of these popular pieces of American history.
Author | : Paul McDaniel |
Publisher | : Historial Research |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780965628907 |
Author | : John Graham Pollard |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Medals |
ISBN | : 9780894683374 |
The National Gallery of Art houses the single most important collection of portrait medals in the United States. This two-volume catalogue examines in depth these holdings, comprising more than nine hundred medals. Providing detailed technical information--including the alloy composition of each medal--drawn from careful research, observation, and analysis, Renaissance Medals breaks new ground in the scholarly literature. Volume 2 documents the Gallery's collection of German medals of the sixteenth century, French baroque medals, and smaller, though no less significant, groups of Netherlandish and English medals.
Author | : Dennis J. Frost |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2021-01-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501753096 |
How does a small provincial city in southern Japan become the site of a world-famous wheelchair marathon that has been attracting the best international athletes since 1981? In More Than Medals, Dennis J. Frost answers this question and addresses the histories of individuals, institutions, and events—the 1964 Paralympics, the FESPIC Games, the Ōita International Wheelchair Marathon, the Nagano Winter Paralympics, and the 2021 Tokyo Summer Games that played important roles in the development of disability sports in Japan. Sporting events in the postwar era, Frost shows, have repeatedly served as forums for addressing the concerns of individuals with disabilities. More Than Medals provides new insights on the cultural and historical nature of disability and demonstrates how sporting events have challenged some stigmas associated with disability, while reinforcing or generating others. Frost analyzes institutional materials and uses close readings of media, biographical sources, and interviews with Japanese athletes to highlight the profound—though often ambiguous—ways in which sports have shaped how postwar Japan has perceived and addressed disability. His novel approach highlights the importance of the Paralympics and the impact that disability sports have had on Japanese society. Open access edition funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Author | : Lawrence H. Borts |
Publisher | : Medals of America Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Peace |
ISBN | : 9781884452307 |
The first complete book on all the United Nations medals and ribbons and the missions that generated them. Tables depict which country served in each mission and explain the meaning of each ribbon. Includes a special section on UN Korean medals.
Author | : Frederic L. Borch |
Publisher | : US Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Decorations of honor |
ISBN | : 9781591140894 |
The first and only comprehensive examination of all decorations and medals that may be awarded to Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel for heroism, achievement and service. Features never-before-published historical information on the background and development of each medal, while also providing in-depth discussion of award criteria, design and recipients. Decorations examined include combat heroism awards such as the Navy Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and Silver Star. Non-combat heroism awards such as the Navy-Marine Corps Medal and Coast Guard Medal are also discussed. All decorations and medals for achievement and service also are examined, ranging from the Navy and Coast Guard Distinguished Service Medals, Legion of Merit, and Meritorious Service Medal to the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation and Achievement Medals and the Combat Action Ribbon. Fifty full color photographs of sea service awards, many of which have never been published, provide context for this unique history. The authors, both of whom retired from the Armed Forces, are experts in the history of U.S. awards and decorations.
Author | : Richard A. Todd |
Publisher | : History Press (SC) |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
A full pictorial history of the lavish medals and medallions commissioned by Napoleon to immortalise his achievements, and glorify his conquest of Europe.
Author | : Erin Entrada Kelly |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 147 |
Release | : 2017-03-14 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0062414178 |
Winner of the Newbery Medal “A charming, intriguingly plotted novel.”—Washington Post Newbery Medalist Erin Entrada Kelly’s Hello, Universe is a funny and poignant neighborhood story about unexpected friendships. Told from four intertwining points of view—two boys and two girls—the novel celebrates bravery, being different, and finding your inner bayani (hero). “Readers will be instantly engrossed in this relatable neighborhood adventure and its eclectic cast of misfits.”—Booklist In one day, four lives weave together in unexpected ways. Virgil Salinas is shy and kindhearted and feels out of place in his crazy-about-sports family. Valencia Somerset, who is deaf, is smart, brave, and secretly lonely, and she loves everything about nature. Kaori Tanaka is a self-proclaimed psychic, whose little sister, Gen, is always following her around. And Chet Bullens wishes the weird kids would just stop being so different so he can concentrate on basketball. They aren’t friends, at least not until Chet pulls a prank that traps Virgil and his pet guinea pig at the bottom of a well. This disaster leads Kaori, Gen, and Valencia on an epic quest to find missing Virgil. Through luck, smarts, bravery, and a little help from the universe, a rescue is performed, a bully is put in his place, and friendship blooms. The acclaimed and award-winning author of Blackbird Fly and The Land of Forgotten Girls writes with an authentic, humorous, and irresistible tween voice that will appeal to fans of Thanhha Lai and Rita Williams-Garcia. “Readers across the board will flock to this book that has something for nearly everyone—humor, bullying, self-acceptance, cross-generational relationships, and a smartly fateful ending.”—School Library Journal
Author | : FRANK. FOSTER |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781884452710 |
Author | : John D. Clarke |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 430 |
Release | : 2000-09-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473814510 |
This book is acknowledged as the only work dealing exclusively with the identification and description of international gallantry awards, past and present. The multitude of illustrations allows the reader to readily identify those awards most likely to be encountered. The work embraces forty-three countries and describes 270 decorations together with their various classes. A ten page ribbon chart shows 216 different world gallantry ribbons all in full colour.