Object number
201806.6.11
Title
Hong Kong Peace Medal 1919 (Unofficial)
Description
The Hong Kong Peace Medal 1919 of Major Edward J Jenkins. A nickel medal. The obverse depicts a victorious allegorical figure of Britannia standing alongside her lion, bearing olive branch and scroll in one hand, trident in the other and inscribed HONG-KONG. The reverse is inscribed IN COMMEMORATION OF THE DEFEAT OF GERMANY 1919 within a crowned union wreath of rose, shamrock and thistle. The ribbon is a bow with red, white and blue stripes in a union flag.
Date
1914 - 1919
Production period
Windsor, 1910-, World War One, 1914-1918
Material
Dimensions
- Width: 32 mm
- Height: 70 mm