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Description: | The medal is circular, silver, with a decorative bar for attaching the ribbon, which is navy blue, white and red. Obverse: King George the V, uncrowned, in Field Marshal's uniform. Reverse: "FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD" encircled by a laurel wreath and surmounted by the Royal Cypher and Crown. The rim is stamped: '836613 DVR : H.T. PAGE. C. 1557. A.F.A. BDE : R.F.A. -T.F.' Harry Thomas Page was born in Mount Street, Walsall. Recipients of the medal are entitled to use the letters "M.M." after their name.
Military Medal awarded to Harry Page for gallantry and devotion to duty when under fire in battle on land during the First World War. | 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: | 1917
World War I (1914-1918) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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