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ROMANIA. Bulgaria - Greece - Montenegro - Romania - Serbia. Bucharest Peace Treaty/End of the Second Balkan War Silver Medal, 1913. NGC AU-58.
By C. Alessandrescu. Diameter: 89mm. Obverse: Oval medallions with the uniformed busts slightly right of Carol I of Romania, Peter I of Serbia, and Nicholas I of Montenegro, and slightly left of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and Constantine XII of Greece; oak branches around, with cannons crossed in saltire below; crowned coats-of-arms of the monarchs in chain around; Reverse: Peace standing slightly left, holding olive branch and scroll reading PAX; sun rising over palace in background. Quite deeply toned and VERY RARE, this large and impressive medal pertains to the brief period of peace in the Balkans following the Second Balkan War and the outbreak of World War I--a conflict that emanated from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand his wife Sophie in Sarajevo the following year.
Estimate: $1500 - $3000
By C. Alessandrescu. Diameter: 89mm. Obverse: Oval medallions with the uniformed busts slightly right of Carol I of Romania, Peter I of Serbia, and Nicholas I of Montenegro, and slightly left of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and Constantine XII of Greece; oak branches around, with cannons crossed in saltire below; crowned coats-of-arms of the monarchs in chain around; Reverse: Peace standing slightly left, holding olive branch and scroll reading PAX; sun rising over palace in background. Quite deeply toned and VERY RARE, this large and impressive medal pertains to the brief period of peace in the Balkans following the Second Balkan War and the outbreak of World War I--a conflict that emanated from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand his wife Sophie in Sarajevo the following year.
Estimate: $1500 - $3000