N° d'objet
7104.1.3
Titre
British War Medal 1914-1918
Description
A British War Medal, awarded and impressed in upright capitals to '1319 W.O.CL.2. F. METCALF. R.E.'. On the obverse is the uncrowned left-facing profile of King George V by Sir Bertram Mackennal. On the reverse is St George on horseback trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers and a skull and cross-bones, the emblems of death. Above the sun has risen in victory. The figure is mounted on horseback to symbolize man’s mind controlling a force of greater strength than his own, and thus alludes to the scientific and mechanical appliances which helped to win the war. A ribbon of orange watered centre with stripes of white and black at each side and borders of royal blue.
Date
1914 - 1918
Période de création
Windsor, 1910-, World War One, 1914-1918
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