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British War Medal 1914-1918
British War Medal 1914-1918. Issued to Frank Trott, who was a pilot on the pilot cutter MARGUERITE.
The medal hangs from its silk ribbon (central vertical stripe of gold with stripes of white and black at each side and borders of royal blue) by a straight suspender bar without swivel. The obverse bears the coinage effigy of His Majesty the King with the legend GEORGIVS V:BRITT: OMN:REX ET IND:IMP:. The reverse depicts a male figure mounted on horseback, trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers and the emblems of death, a skull and cross-bones. Above is the risen sun of victory. Mounted on a bar.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2000.109/1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Trott, Frank
Association Type: associated person
Acquisition
Collected officially, 10/5/2000
Measurements
diameter
(mm): 36
ribbon
(mm): 125
Width
(mm): 42
Material
metal
silk
aluminium
Location
In store
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