British War Medal of Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Rawdon Briggs, 1914-1920 (c)
British War Medal 1914-20, medal
Accession Number

NAM.2025-05-14-1-8

Description

British War Medal of Lieutenant-General Sir Harold Rawdon Briggs, 1914-1920 (c) Silver medal bearing the left facing un crowned head of George V with GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP: around on the obverse, Right facing naked figure of St George on horse back trampling a Prussian shield and a skull and crossbones with ocean waves behind, with 1914 to the top left edge and 1918 to the right side edge. Rim impressed with Briggs’ rank and name. Suspended using a straight bar from an orange watered silk ribbon with equal stripes of blue, black and white to each edge.

Campaigns

World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918), World War One, North Africa (1914-1918)