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British War Medal, awarded to 3120 James H Woodman, Manchester Regiment and Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy). 1914-20. No ribbon. Obverse shows a bareheaded effigy of George V facing left, with the legend ‘GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:’ around. Reverse displays St 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. Awarded to 3120 James H Woodman, Manchester Regiment and Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) Associated with World War One (1914-1918). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One (1914-1918)