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Victory Medal of Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel) Bernard Stanley Collard, Commanding Officer, the Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1914-19
Allied Victory Medal 1914-19, campaign medal
Accession Number

NAM.2002-02-1457-3

Description

Allied Victory Medal 1914-19. From medal group awarded to Captain (later Lieutenant Colonel) Bernard Stanley Collard, Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1931-1936. This medal has a double rainbow ribbon starting with purple at the edges and changing to blue, green, yellow and finally red in the centre and is connected via a ring suspender. The obverse shows the figure of Victory standing with her right arm stretched outwards and a palm leaf in her left hand. Just below Victory the initials 'WMM' are inscribed, the hallmark of William McMillan. The reverse reads 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919' enclosed within a wreath. The rank and name of Captain Collard is inscribed on the rim of the medal. Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Campaigns

World War One (1914-1918)

Associated collection