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Description: | British War Medal 1914-20; The Victory Medal 1914-18; Long Service Good Conduct (George V) Medal; all attached to a metal strip
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
depicts the winged figure of Victory
contains an inscription inside a wreath 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919'
crimson with a white stripe at each edge
crowned head of George V
For/Long Service/ And Good/ Conduct | Subjects: | Warfare Awards Medals Military | Temporal: | 1914 - 1920 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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