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Description: | Silver shield-shaped commemorative medal. On the obverse is a topographic design of a public building (either a town hall, school or chapel), under which is the legend VAUGHTON BIRM. The reverse bears the legend PRESENTED BY THE INHABITANTS OF ABER & BLAENGWYNFI FOR WAR SERVICE 1914-19. The reverse is hallmarked with the standard mark (i.e. the lion passant), town mark of Birmingham (i.e. anchor in a shield), the year mark of 1919 (i.e. the letter U in a shield) and the maker's stamp of V & S (i.e. Vaughton of Birmingham). The medal contains a small suspension loop. Length 39mm, width 25mm, thickness 2.5mm. Found near Bedwas, Caerphilly. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1919 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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