1914-1920 British War Medal.

Object/Artifact

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Royal Canadian Military Institute

Name/Title

1914-1920 British War Medal.

Entry/Object ID

1952.1.4

Description

1914-1920 British War Medal. Circular, silver. Obverse King George V head, uncrowned, with title "Georgivs V Britt Omn Rex Et Ind Imp" Reverse naked horseman trampling over Prussian shield, skull, bones. Shining sun and dates "1914" and "1918" Suspender plain straight bar. Ribbon is blue, black, white, orange, white, black, blue, 3.2 x 7.5 cm. In the bottom row of medal group, third one from the left.

Made/Created

Date made

1952

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

No accession number on medal-court-mounted in group of seven medals.

Dimensions

Diameter

3.5 cm

Dimension Notes

3 mm. thick.