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British War Medal 1914-20 issued to next of kin of Private Percy Crofts Ottley, 14th Battalion The London Regiment
British War Medal 1914-20, campaign medal
Accession Number

NAM.2007-04-42-1

Description

British War Medal 1914-20. Issued to next of kin of Pte Percy Crofts Ottley, 14th Bn London Regiment (London Scottish), killed in action 23 Nov 1917. 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. Associated with the Battle of Cambrai, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1917.

Events

Cambrai, Battle of, 1917 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)

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