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British War Medal 1914-20. Campaign medal awarded to the Reverend Hedley William Mountney Handford. Silver campaign medal with a portrait of King George V facing left with the inscription, ‘Georgivs V Britt: Omn: Rex Et Ind Imp:’, on the obverse and an equestrian figure of St George, trampling a shield bearing the Prussian eagle, on the reverse. Additional designs on the reverse include the years, ‘1914’ and ‘1918’, a skull and crossed bones representing death and a rising sun, representing victory. Orange corded silk ribbon edged with blue and white vertical stripes. Medals awarded to the Rev Hedley William Mountney Handford, Chaplain to the forces, 96th Bde, Royal Garrison Artillery, 20th Corps: British War Medal 1914-20; Allied Victory Medal 1914-19; associated with World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918).

World War One, Egypt and Palestine (1914-1918)