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Description: | three medals on a bar including 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory Medal
is bronze and has three points, the fourth ending in a crown and the suspension ring
scroll and the date 1914 in the centre with Aug above and Nov below, all surrounded by a wreath
is plain and flat and bears the recipients number, rank, name and regiment
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 | Subjects: | Warfare Awards Medals Commemoratives Military | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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