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Description: | Awarded to Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton. Obverse: head of King George VI. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP". Reverse: A lion standing (L) on a prostrate dragon, its right paw resting on the latter's head. Inscription above: "1939 1945". Fitted with a bar and blue ribbon with wide red borders and a narrow central red stripe with white borders. Emblem: an oak leaf.
To replace original supplied to Horton and not received by the NMM with his other decorations.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
caption: Obverse view of MED2562: War Medal 1939-45. Part of Horton Medal group.
caption: Reverse view of MED2562: War Medal 1939-45. Part of Horton Medal group.
caption: Obverse view of Horton Medals: MED2549, MED2559, MED2550, MED2551, MED2552, MED2560, MED2562, MED2553 & MED2554. See Note for medal order
caption: Horton Medal Group: MED2549-MED2554 with MED2559-MED2562. Photoshop image created from image L7356. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Sir Max Kennedy Horton service medals Max | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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