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Description: | The 1914-15 Star, The British War Medal 1914-1918, The Victory Medal 1914-18, Volunteer Force Long service and Good Conduct Medal; all together on a bar and pin
crimson with a white stripe at each edge
crowned head of George V
For/Long Service/ And Good/ Conduct
depicts the winged figure of Victory
contains an inscription inside a wreath 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919'
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
simple, bronze star with three points, the fourth ending in a crown and the suspension ring
scroll and the date 1914-1915 in the centre, all surrounded by a wreath
plain bronze bearing the recipients number, rank, name and regiment | Subjects: | Warfare Awards Medals Military | Temporal: | 1914 - 1915 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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