NAM.2001-05-627-2

British War Medal 1914-20. Obverse depicts 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 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. With blue, orange, white and black striped ribbon. Awarded to 201322 Pte. J. Turner, 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)