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Description: | circular silver WWI medal, in case with 2680L.2; front depicts nude, classical, male figure on horseback with short sword; under the hooves are shield and skull, and crossbones; round edge dates '1914 1918'; back bears head of George V and lettering 'GEORGIUS V BRITT. OMN. REXETIND. IMP' round edge; on edge of the medal below is '2 LIEUT. W. ATTER'; case is reddish brown leather covered
head of George V with an inscription 'GEORGIVS V BRITT. OMN. REX ET IND. IMP
depicts a naked warrior, or possibly St. George, on horseback, trampling the arms of the Central Powers and the emblems of death; it is said to symbolise Man's control over nature and the forces of destruction
wide central orange stripe with, at each edge, narrow stripes of white, black and blue | Subjects: | Awards Military | Temporal: | 1918 - 1919 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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