Gold half-ounce medal Karel Kryl 2014 Proof

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Czechoslovak singer-songwriter and poet.

Extraordinary personality has an extraordinary issue. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Czech Mint has prepared a medal in honour of Karel Kryl, Czech singer-songwriter, poet, journalist, artist and above all human being. The gold half-ounce medal will delight all admirers of the exceptional 20th century Renaissance personality. The design of the commemorative medal was personally approved by Maria Magdalena Kryl, the widow of Karel Kryl.

Karel Kryl was born on 12 April 1944 in Kroměříž. He was one of the leading representatives of the so-called Czech Protestong. The "poet with a guitar" is the author of all the lyrics of his famous pamphlet songs and longer poetic compositions.

His grandparents were printers, but their family printing house was liquidated by the communists in the 1950s. Karel first wanted to become a potter, but poetry and music consumed him completely. He published his first song - The Invisible Girl - in 1968. In the same year, his first album was released with the title song "Bratříček, zavírej vrátka", which was written as an immediate reaction to the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops. In 1969 Karel Kryl emigrated to Germany and settled in Munich. He collaborated with the editorial staff of Svobodna Evropa both externally and later as an employee. His other albums (apart from the LP Monologues) were released in exile.

Karel Kryl returned to his homeland briefly in November 1989 for his mother's funeral. His initial enthusiasm for the Velvet Revolution soon left him, and in 1990 he published first a critical song, Velvet Spring, and then he criticized the post-revolutionary development on the albums Monologues, the poems Democracy, Timur and His Party and others.

Karel Kryl died on 3 March 1994 in Munich as a result of a severe heart attack. On 28 October 1995, President Václav Havel also awarded him in memoriam the Medal of Merit, Second Class, for his contribution to the spiritual development and moral support of the nation (1994), the František Kriegel Award (1995) and the Czech GRAMMY Award (Hall of Fame - 1995).

On 12 April 2014 he received another well-deserved honour - the Czech Mint issued a gold and silver medal on the occasion of his seventieth birthday. Academic sculptor Zbyněk Fojtů used his renowned artistic skills to design the medal. On the obverse side he depicted the singer-songwriter with his unmistakable light smile, and on the reverse side he used guitar silhouettes made of the words of his songs and the symbol of a cut barbed wire.

This gold commemorative medal will add a refined memory of a great figure in modern history to your collection. The Karel Kryl gold half-ounce medal is issued in a strictly limited edition of only 99 pieces hand-numbered on the edge.