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Mercantile Marine War Medal, awarded to 3120 James H Woodman, Manchester Regiment and Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy). 1914-18. No ribbon. Obverse bears a bareheaded effigy of George V facing left, with the legend ‘GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:’ around. Reverse displays a merchant steamship ploughing through heavy seas, with an enemy submarine sinking on portside and a sailing ship in the background. The exergue is inscribed, in three lines, ‘FOR WAR SERVICE/ MERCANTILE MARINE/ 1914-1918’. Around the rim enclosing the whole image is a laurel wreath. Awarded to 3120 James H Woodman, Manchester Regiment and Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy). From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

World War One (1914-1918)