NAM.2001-05-195-1

British War Medal 1914-20. Obverse bears the bareheaded effigy of George V facing left, with ‘GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:’ around. Reverse shows St George naked on horseback and armed with a short sword, the horse tramples on the Prussian eagle shield and a skull and cross-bones with ocean waves in the background and just off-centre near the right upper rim is the risen sun of Victory. The years ‘1914’ and ‘1918’ appear on the perimeter in the left and right fields respectively. Suspended from a ribbon comprising seven stripes, thin royal blue, very thin black, thin white, wide orange, thin white, very thin black and thin royal blue. Awarded to Pte T Samson, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One (1914-1918)