102662 | FINLAND. International Women's Year multipiece silver Medal.

102662  |  FINLAND. International Women's Year multipiece silver Medal. Issued 1975 (50mm, 248.60 g, 12h). By K. Räsänen for Sporrong.

 

Top piece, obverse: Female head right, wearing earring and with hair strands billowing around her // Top piece, reverse: KAUKO RÄSÄNEN 1975, nude female in incuse, with hands raised, revealing heavily pregnant midsection. /// Middle piece, obverse: Fetus curled within womb // Middle piece, reverse: Exterior of the woman's midsection /// Bottom piece, obverse: Four nude females embracing, their bodies somewhat overlapping in design // Bottom piece, reverse: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR 1975, nude female in relief, with hands raised, revealing heavily pregnant midsection. Edge: 0124•1500.

 

Hackl & Klose 70. Essentially as made. Argent-gray surfaces, with great brilliance and a two-toned nature. A stunningly tactile multi-piece medal that is a hallmark of Räsänen's work for the period. Includes original box of issue.

 

No stranger to the multi piece medal, Kauko Räsänen designed this maternal-themed medal for the International Women's Year in 1975. The interior "side" of each of the two larger medals features opposing views in relief and in incuse of a pregnant woman, with her midsection detachable as a third, smaller medal that reveals the developing fetus.

 

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Upload: 17 June 2024.