{"id":4032,"date":"2018-06-03T13:14:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-03T17:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/?p=4032"},"modified":"2022-06-16T07:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T11:00:47","slug":"wwii-era-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/articles\/collectibles\/wwii-era-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII-Era Medals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4032\" class=\"elementor elementor-4032\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f349b2 article-style elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f349b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e05e422\" data-id=\"e05e422\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03fae22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03fae22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The highly decorated man in the photo below was Claes Adolph Westring, the Swedish ambassador to Norway, who saved thousands of Scandinavian Jews from the Nazis in the 1940s. Westring, whose historical significance is well documented, is also credited with saving Oslo\u2019s Nobel Institute (which awards the Nobel Peace Prize) from the Nazis, who wanted the building for their own use.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707b85e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"707b85e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"879\" height=\"1195\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/era-medals.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4033\" alt=\"era medals\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/era-medals.jpg 879w, https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/era-medals-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/era-medals-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/www.hessfineart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/era-medals-768x1044.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 879px) 100vw, 879px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b93fdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b93fdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>$25,000 \/ 1940s WWII\u2013ERA MEDALS<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615d38e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"615d38e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Historical Valuable Medals<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8a70a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e8a70a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He was awarded numerous medals from different countries for his efforts. Westring\u2019s sword, medals and the photo of him (in which he is wearing the medals) were brought to us in Tampa by his grandson. This provenance serves as proof of the items\u2019 authenticity and value.<\/p><p><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Provenance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Provenance<\/a>\u00a0is one of the most important considerations when buying and selling fine art and antiques. Individually, the medals are worth $100 to $1,000 each. The collection, however, has an appraised value of $25,000.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9acc429 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9acc429\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is an archival article formerly written and is for informational purposes only. 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