WHAT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MEDAL LOOKS LIKE

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The E-Sylum: Volume 20, Number 9, February 26, 2017, Article 9

WHAT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MEDAL LOOKS LIKE

An E-Sylum reader points out a glaring mistake in last week's item about the upcoming sale of a Nobel Peace Prize medal. Thanks! -Editor

I saw your note on the upcoming Nobel Peace Prize sale . You mention the reverse isn’t shown. Well, unless I’m missing something, the obverse in the PR release isn’t even of a Peace Medal. That’s the Erik Lindberg portrait which was used on the Literature, Medicine, and Physics and Chemistry medals.

The designs for the Peace Prize were awarded to the Oslo-based sculptor Gustav Vigeland (1867–1943). I think it was the only medal he ever designed, and since he was not a medallist the reductions were done by Lindberg.

Here’s what the Peace medal portrait looks like. Not as familiar as Lindberg’s.

Thanks! I guess the Publicity folks weren't talking to the cataloguers. I haven't had time to check the auction site to see if the lot description has been posted. -Editor

For more information on the Nobel Peace Prize, see:
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
CHRISTIE’S TO OFFER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE MEDAL (www.coinbooks.org/v20/esylum_v20n08a28.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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