NAM.2002-02-613-1

1914-15 Star. From medal group awarded to Lt (later Lt Col) G R Howe, Commanding Officer, 2nd Bn The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), later The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) Depot, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 1937-39; Commanding Officer No 12 Infantry Training Centre 1940-43. Striped red, white and blue ribbon designed to mimic the Union Jack, attached with a ring suspender. The obverse of the object has a four-pointed star and a Tudor crown on the top point of the star. Two crossed swords in the centre of the star with a wreath circling them. The royal cypher for King George V with the letters 'GV' lays at the bottom of the wreath. In the centre of the star, the dates 1914-15 are inscribed in a banner. The reverse of the star contains the rank, name, and regiment served in. In this case it reads 'LIUT. G.R. HOWE / E. KENT. R'. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One (1914-1918)