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Description: | The British war medal 1914-1918, The Victory medal, The Africa General Service medal with a clasp for Somaliland 1902-04, The 1914-15 Star, The Third China War medal with 2 clasps for Taku Forts and Relief of Pekin; all held on a bar and pin
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
crimson with yellow edges
military trophies under a palm tree with an inscription and 1900 in the exergue
head of Queen Victoria and an inscription
effigy and titles of King Edward VII
shows Britannia extending peace and law to Africa as a new dawn breaks
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' | Subjects: | Awards Medals Commemoratives Military | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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