while the tip is sharp and well defined
marked in 360 degree gradations with large white florescent markings for E
in gilded/enameled brass
Footnote: The Medal was instituted by King Rama V (King Chulalongkorn) in 1882 to be awarded for contributions to the arts and sciences and was made by the Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint)
and for many years was in charge of it
Germany, Third Reich. An Anschluss Medal, With Case Hold while the tip is sharp(Die Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13. Mrz 1938 mit Etui). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing two raised figures, one of which is clutching a flag and the other a length of broken chain, above a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised date of 13. MRZ 1938, circumscrbed by an inscription of EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FHRER