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Description: | inscription, printing, South Shields
War Memorial and Demobilized
Forces Reception Committee.
Presented by the People
of South Shields
in Grateful
Appreciation and Recognition
of
Gallant Services Rendered
in the
Great War 1914-19.
By James Wm. Johnson.
Certificate, printed in colour, presented on behalf of the people of South Shields by the South Shields War Memorial and Demobilized Forces Reception Committee, to James Wm. Johnson, for his services in the First World War. An elaborate border design features, clockwise from top left, a sea plane with zeppelins in the air, a ship of the Merchant Navy (?), the Mayoress (?), the old Town Hall, a battle scene with tanks, a ship being launched, a mighty warship, the new Town Hall and the Mayor. Included in the border are the names of battles and regimental badges. At centre top is the South Shields crest flanked by two lions and Union flags.
Material: paper | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.350056 | Go to resource |
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