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MEDAL
Unique ID: NMGW34
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
Silver shield-shaped commemorative medal. On the obverse is a topographic design of a public building (either a town hall, school or chapel), under which is the legend VAUGHTON BIRM. The reverse bears the legend PRESENTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF ABER & BLAENGWYNFI FOR WAR SERVICE 1914-19. The reverse is hallmarked with the standard mark (i.e. the lion passant), town mark of Birmingham (i.e. anchor in a shield), the year mark of 1919 (i.e. the letter U in a shield) and the maker's stamp of V & S (i.e. Vaughton of Birmingham). The medal contains a small suspension loop. Length 39mm, width 25mm, thickness 2.5mm. Found near Bedwas, Caerphilly.
Notes:
Abergwynfi and Blaengwyfni are two adjacent towns in the Avan valley of the Neath - Port Talbot district of South Wales. The medal was probably commissioned by the local council and issued to the men of Abergwynfi and Blaengwynfni who returned from the Great War. The medal is of particular interest because its obverse side contains a topographical view. Vaughton and Son were die-sinkers and medallists of Birmingham. Philip Vaughton, a gold key and seal maker and later called a jeweller, founded the firm in c.1832. They were makers of all kinds of medals, badges, tickets, challenge cups and shields, vases, salvers and spoons for every kind of sport and competition. The firm merged with the Vaughton Bros. firm in 1909.
Inscription:
Presented by the inhabitants of Aber & Blaengwynfi for War Service 1914-19
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1919
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 39 mm
Width: 25 mm
Thickness: 2.5 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NMGWPA: 2000.3.1
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Caerphilly (Unitary Authority)
District: Caerphilly (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1989
Four figure Latitude: 51.59400164
Four figure longitude: -3.17071956
1:25K map: ST1989
1:10K map: ST18NE
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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