NAM.2001-07-55-1

British War Medal 1914-20. Obverse shows Sir Bertram Mackennal’s bareheaded effigy of George V facing left, with the legend ‘GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:’ around. Reverse shows Saint George naked on horseback and armed with a short sword. The horse tramples on the Prussian eagle shield and the emblems of death, a skull and cross-bones, in the background are ocean waves and just off-centre near the upper right rim is the risen sun of Victory. The years ‘1914’ and ‘1918’ appear on the perimeter in the left and right fields respectively. No ribbon. Awarded to 4612 Pte. Frank Stupple, 9th London Regiment.

World War One (1914-1918)