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Description: | four WW1 medals consisting of two pairs (1)The Military Medal and The 1914-15 Star, together on one pin (2) The British War Medal and The Victory Medal, together on one pin
dark blue with three white and two crimson stripes
has the effigy and titles of the reigning monarch
has the wording 'for bravery in the field below a crown and royal cypher, all within a wreath
ornate scroll suspension which swivelled until c.1926, then fixed
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'
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: | Awards Medals Commemoratives Military | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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