This is a partial list of U.N. medals, outside of the Peace Medal and FAO series, mostly through eBAY offerings.  This list is not intended to be exhaustive.    A number of these medals were were issued as part of annual collections of First Day Covers, each with an accompanying stamp and cancelled on the day of issue. These issues share a common reverse, with only the date changing.  1945.1965.1970.1971.1972.1973.1974.1975.1976.1977.1978.1979.1980.1981.1983. 1985.1987.

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1945 - United Nations Organization  April 25, 1945 - About 1/2 dollar size (Isssuing authority unknown)
** 1946  Essai Ducaton  -  Stuck by the Medallic Art Co. Gold /**Silver/ Bronze 38 mm HK 871, 872, 873
1952 Bronze medal 40 mm U.N. Building N.Y. "Erected and Completed 1952 under the first Secretary General Trygve Lie" eBAY # 3953479065  1/25/2005
** 1965 - UNESCO Medal - apparently a presentation piece.           Suspended for hanging -  though the medal I have is in Mint condition.
** 1965 - 20th Anniversary - Medallic Art Co. -     37 mm - Available in Bromze (??Silver???)
1965 Pope Paul VI United Nations Medals # 1** Medallic Art medal, dated October 4, 1965  45mm 2 ounces of .999 silver.  serial #3955 # 2   PAULUS  VI PONTIFEX  MAX          PRO PACE MUNDI   1965 60 mm Silver
1967  UN Montreal  57mm \Silver plate on white metal. Unknowm if this exists in other medals eBAY 1/16/2008  # 330203373511
1960's - 70's  Unknown issue date - 2"  Nickel, Other metal?) eBAY 1/25/2008 #280192826018    ** Obv: Dag Hammarskjold Rev: "Maintain International  Peace and Security" "Develop Friendly Relations Among  Nations" "Achieve International Cooperation and Harmonize the Actions of  Nations"
**1960's - 70's  United Nations Charter  #53 of a  Series of 60  Franklin Mint  *Medallic History of California* Edge with halmarks and 450    .92 Oz.  1 9/16 " eBAY  2/292008 # 270215784221
1970 - 1970 25th Anniversay - Franklin Mint APR 25, 1970 25th Anniversay - Franklin Mint - Issued with / without stamp "FDC"       Issued in **1/2 dollar size, ** Dollar size 38 mm  and **  Large Medal size 63.55 mm
** 1970 - 25th Anniversary Leatherette Holder with  FIVE  38 mm medals, each  in a different language:    1) Chinese.  2) Russian     3) English (Issued singly - see above)  *    4) French     5) Spanish The English Language piece appears to have been issued in large numbers judging from frequent appearances on eBAY. The set of 5 is not offered very often.   eBAY # 3951383898 1/14/05 - $35   eBAY # 3953087864 1/16/05 - Unsold
1970 -   UN World Youth Assembly       Issued in 38 mm with stamp (FDC ) July 9, 1970
1971 - 38 mm Bronze (only??)  UNICEF  25th Anniversary "Twenty-Fifth Anniversary - United Nations Children's Fund"
** 1971 Official United Nations Association of the U.S.A. -Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers - SIX  medals in blue album JAN 25, 1971 - The Seabed MAR 12, 1971 - International Support for Refugees APR 13, 1971 - World Food Program MAY 28, 1971 - Universal Postal Union SEPT 21, 1971 - Eqality for Mankind (Designer Stanley Bennett, Sculptor: Ernest Lauser) NOV 19, 1971 - United  Nations International School (T. James Ferrel)
1972   June 5-16 UN Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden. Medal opens into TWO PIECES, with the inside image of a nude woman curled-up inside a womb. ENGRAVER : Kauko Räsänen, born 1926, Lomolassa, Finland.     12/20/2008 eBAY # 190273986746
** 1972 - Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers  Six medals in blue album FEB 14, 1972 - Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Mark Aron, T. James Ferrel) APR 7, 1972 - World Health Day (Joseph Aita, Vincent Miller) JUN 5, 1972 - One Earth to Keep Alive (Phillip Nathan) SEPT 11, 1972 - Economic Commission (William Shoyer) NOV 17, 1972 - Art at the United  Nations              (Scultured by Norman Nemeth after mural by Jose-Maria Sert) These medals were also released in sets of FIVE in different langauges:    1) Chinese,  2) Russian, 3) English,  4) French   5) Spanish          See eBAY # 8330037349, 9/3/2005  - Apparently ALL of the Franklin Mint medals in this series were also issued in        sets of five - each with one of the official languages of the U.N.
**  1973 Hamilton mint Obv: "UNITED NATIONS” “SO THAT THEY MAY SHARE THEIR CULTURAL EXCELLENCE.” Rev: “’76/DCBC” logo  “1ST DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CITY CELEBRATION OCTOBER 21-22 1973.”
** 1973 - Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              FIVE medals in blue album MAR 9, 1973 - Disarmament  Decade    (Designer: Ole Hamann, U.N. Postal Chief): Sculptor:: Caesar Rufo) APR 13, 1973 - Stop Drug Abuse  (Vincent Miller) MAY 25, 1973 - U. N. Volunteers Program (James Ponter) OCT 1, 1973 - Namibia  (Ernest Lauser) NOV 17, 1973 - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Jane Lunger) At least the Disarmament Decade medal was also released in sets of FIVE in different langauges:    1) Chinese,  2) Russian, 3) English,  4) French     5) Spanish
** 1974 -Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .               FIVE medals in blue album JAN 11, 1974 - The World of Work  (William Shoyer) MAR 22, 1974 - Universal  Postal Union (Jane Lunger) MAY 6 , 1974 - Brotherhood and  Understanding Among Men   (Sculptor T. James Ferrel after Peace Mural by Candido Portinari) OCT 18, 1974 - World Population Year  (Ernest Lauser) NOV 22, 1974 - Law of the Sea  (Ernest Schroeder)
1975--Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              FIVE  medals in blue album                Peaceful Use of Outer Space--3/14/75               Int'l Women's Year--5/9/75               30th Anniv. of UN--6/26/75               Namibia--9/22/75               Peace Keeping Operations--11/21/75
1975 - Year of The Woman medal -      35mm silver.Pictured medal is in Dutch. Presumably struck other langauges.                 “Issued by the UNO for The Year of The Woman”                     “1975 Year of The Woman”.             eBAY 1/15/2007 # 220068812992
** 1976 Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              FIVE  medals in blue album MAR 12, 1976  World Federation of U.N.   (Vincent Miller) APR 23, 1976   Trade and Development MAY 28, 1976 Human Settlements (Chaarles Ross) OCT  8, 1976  UNPA XXV Anniversary NOV 19, 1976 World Food Council   (Harold Faulkner)
1976 to 1983- Medals of the World - 1 1/4" Silver - With stamp and cancellation of Host country     - These have been appearing piecemeal one at a time on eBay.  I have finally heard from  a collector who has the entire series of 144 medals, who was kind enough to transcribe this  list for me.    These were 1/2 ounce medals issued with first day cover stamps the covers, 2 at a time each for $25 plus $1 tax. Oriiginally planned to be issued in 72 months, but extended as not all countires cooperated with the schedule.   The single set that  has been reported to me  is contained in a specifically designed box, "leather" bound, provided by Franklin mint, (price included with purchase of the covers.)                               Algeria 5/8/1976 Belgium 8/18/1976 Austria 5/14/1976 Brazil 8/31/1976 Australia 5/25/1976 Afghanistan 9/18/1976 Bahamas 6/30/1976 Rep. of Botswana 9/30/1976 Chad 7/12/1976 Benin 10/18/1976 Barbados 7/28/1976 France 12/18/1976 Argentina 7/30/1976 Central African Rep. 12/23/1976 Bahrain 8/1/1976  Canada 09/14/1976
1977  Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              FIVE  medals in blue album               World Intellectual Propery Org.--3/11/77               UN Water Conference--4/22/77               Security Council--5/27/77               Combat Racism--9/19/77               Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy--11/18/77         The Franklin Mint Literature lists the issue price at $24 per Medal with FDC      and $110 for each FIVE piece  / FIVE language set.
1977 - Medals of the World  1 1/4" Silver medal with stamp            Czechoslovakia 1/6/1977 Gambia 10/27/1977 Denmark 1/12/1977 Finland 11/1/1977 Bangladesh 1/20/1977 Comoro Islands 11/10/1977 Bhutan 1/29/1977 Congo Republic 11/24/1977 Byelorussian S.S.R. 3/29/1977 Ghana 12/2/1977 Gabon 7/28/1977 Fiji 12/7/1977 Ecuador 8/2/1977 Bolivia 12/21/1977 El Salvador 9/14/1977 East Germany 12/23/1977 Guatamala 10/16/1977
1978 - Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers (Sample FDC) .              FIVE  medals in blue album               03/31/78 Global Eradication of Smallpox-               05/5/78 Liberation-Justice-Cooperation--Nambia               06/12/78 International Civil Aviation Organization Safety in the Air-                09/15/78 UN General Assembly               11/07/78  Techincal Cooperation Amoung Developing Countries--              Originally issued at $25.00 per Medal
1978 - Medals of the World Grenada 1/10/1978 Liberia 7/11/1978 Italy 10/24/1978 Cameroon 1/17/1978 Guyana 7/29/1978 Mauritania 10/25/1978 Iraq 1/24/1978 Luxembourg 7/31/1978 Burma 11/7/1978 Cyprus 1/26/1978 Mali 8/17/1978 Maldives 11/15/1978 Fed. Rep. Germany 5/30/1978 Iceland 8/28/1978 Kenya 11/20/1978 Greece 6/1/1978 Ivory Coast 8/28/1978 Israel 11/28/1978 Hungary 6/1/1978 Ireland 9/1/1978 India 11/30/1978 Chile 6/22/1978 Dominican Republic 09/25/1978 Costa Rica 12/24/1978 Jamaica 7/1/1978 Equatorial Guinea 10/18/1978 Haiti 12/29/1978 Mongolia 7/8/1978
1979  Franklin Mint Commemorative with Medals First Day Covers.       UNDRO Against Disaster    3/9/79       International Year of the Child 5/4/79       Donaupark, Vienna - U.N. International Conference Center 8/24/79       For a Free and Independent Namibia 10/5/79       International Court of Justice  11/16/79     Originally issued at $24.00 per Medal with FDC plus shipping
1979 - Medals of the World          Malta 1/8/1979 Togo 11/26/1979 Romania 6/12/1979 Uganda 12/3/1979 South Africa 8/11/1979 Suriname 12/11/1979 Portugal 9/15/1979 Norway 12/12/1979 Cape Verde Islands 10/19/1979 Tunisia 12/27/1979 Ethiopia* 10/19/1979 Niger 12/28/1979 Rwanda 11/12/1979 Mozambique 12/30/1979 Netherlands 11/13/1979 Morocco 12/31/1979 Sweden 11/15/1979
** 1980  Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              SIX medals in blue album JAN 11, 1980  New International Economic Order  (Jane Lunger) MAR 7, 1980  United Nations Decade for Women  (Donald Everhart II) MAY 16, 1980  United Nations Peacekeeping    (Jacalyn Katz) JUNE 26, 1980  35th Aniversary of the United Nations (??) SEPT 26, 1980  United Nations Flag Series  (Albert F. Michini) NOV 21, 1980  Economic and Social Council (Domenic Angelini)
1980 - Medals of the World Mauritius 1/10/1980 Sao Tome & Principe 5/4/1980 Malawi 1/15/1980 Burundi 5/8/1980 Poland 1/21/1980 Turkey 5/20/1980 Nepal 1/27/1980 U.S.S.R. 5/27/1980 Senegal 2/4/1980 Oman 6/2/1980 Nigeria 2/12/1980 Tanzania 6/23/1980 Lesotho 2/28/1980 Mexico 7/7/1980 Spain 3/7/1980 Japan 8/12/1980 Philippines Rep. 3/18/1980 Zaire 10/20/1980 Singapore 3/24/1980 USA 12/2/1980 Cuba* 4/1/1980
1981  Franklin Mint Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              SIX medals in blue album                Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People--1/30/80                Int'l. Year of Disabled Persons--3/6/81                Art at the UN--4/16/81                New & Renewable Sources of Energy--5/29/81                UN Flag Series--9/25/81                10th Anniv. of UN Volunteers Program--11/13/81                   Issue Price $ 45 per medal with FDC
1981 - Medals of the World Ukrainian S.S.R. 3/31/1981 Upper Volta 6/30/1981 Yugoslavia 9/15/1981 Egypt 4/1/1981 Papua New Guinea 7/21/1981 Panama 10/8/1981 Sri Lanka 5/5/1981 Sudan 8/8/1981 New Zealand 10/9/1981 Veneszula 5/26/1981 Quatar 9/4/1981 Cambodia* 10/23/1981 Bulgaria 5/27/1981 Columbia 9/10/1981 Laos* 10/23/1981 Swaziland 5/29/1981 Madagascar 9/10/1981 Sierra Leone 11/6/1981 Pakistan 6/22/1981 Zambia 9/14/1981 Indonesia 12/10/1981
1982 - Medals of the World Trinidad & Tobago 2/24/1982 Honduras* 6/11/1982 Lebanon* 2/25/1982 Guinea* 7/2/1982 Kuwait* 3/5/1982 Jordan* 7/8/1982 Nicaragua* 3/11/1982 United Arab Emirates* 7/8/1982 Syrian Arab Rep.* 3/11/1982 Dem. Rep. Yemen 9/2/1982 Iran* 3/30/1982 Paraguay* 10/23/1982 Libya* 3/30/1982 Peru* 10/23/1982 Saudi Arabia* 3/30/1982 Thailand 11/16/1982 Somalia* 3/30/1982 Uruguay 12/14/1982 Guinea Bissau* 6/11/1982 China peoples rep. 12/19/1982
1983  Franklin Mint - Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              SIX medals issued with blue album to contain collection.                  World Communications Year    1/28/83                Safety at Sea    3/18/83                 World Food Programme    4/22/83                Trade and Development    6/6/83                Flag Series 1983    9/23/83                Universal Declaration of Human Rights    12/9/83                   Issue Price $ 55 per medal with FDC
1983 - Medals of the World Malaysia 2/12/1983 United Kingdom 2/23/1983 Albania* 6/27/1983 Yemen Arab Rep.* 6/27/1983
1984   Franklin Mint - Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              SIX medals issued with blue album to contain collection.                International Conference on Population    2/3/84                FAO World Food Day    3/15/84                A Future for Refugees    4/18/84                World Heritage - UNESCO    5/29/84                Flag Series    9/21/84                International Youth Year    11/15/84                   Issue Price $ 55 per medal with FDC
1985   Franklin Mint - Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              FIVE  medals issued with blue album to contain collection.                International Labor Organization    2/1/85                UN University    3/15/85                 40th Anniversary of the UN    6/26/85                Flag Series    9/29/85                Child Survival    11/22/85                   Issue Price $ 55 per medal with FDC
1986 Franklin Mint - Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              SIX medals issued with blue album to contain collection.                Africa in Crisis    1/31/86                UN Development Program    3/14/86                Philately    5/22/86                International Year of Peace    6/20/86                Flag Series    9/19/86                World Federation of UN Associations    11/14/86
1987  Franklin Mint - Commemorative Medals with First Day Covers .              SIX medals issued with blue album to contain collection.                Trygve Lie, First Secretary General of the UN - 1/30/87                Year of Shelter for the Homeless - 3/13/87                International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - 6/12/87                Flag Series - 9/18/87                United Nations Day 10/ 23/87                WHO / Unicef,  Immunize Every Child   11/20/87

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