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Description: | Obverse: Full-length figure of Victory, winged, with her left arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand. Reverse: Inscribed "THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914-1919" in four lines, surrounded by a laurel wreath. The Victory Medal was designed by W. McMillan., and was awarded to all eligible personnel who served on the establishment of a unit in an operational theatre. This medal never was issued on its own - only recipients of the 1914 Star or the 1914-15 Star, and/or the British War Medal - received it.
First World War Victory Medal and ribbon, with documentation in an envelope. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Army Military Medal First World War (1914-1918) | Temporal: | 1918 - 1920
World War I (1914-1918) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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