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Description: | whole : description : MODEL
piece : design : St George, naked, on horseback facing right, holding a sword in his right hand. The horse is trampling on a skull and
crossbones and a shield, lying flat, bearing the Imperial German eagle. In the background a stylised sea and, upper right above the horse's
neck, a shining sun. At the upper left edge the date "1914" and at centre right edge "1918"
Association (and Description): a study or model for the reverse of the "British War Medal 1914-1920". See British
Orders, Medals and Decorations Collection, Department of Exhibits and Firearms, item OMD/623. See also preliminary study (?) in plaster,
MEDP/4, Department of Art | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | commemorative First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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