Summary

Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-1918. Royal Mint specimen medal with plain edge (without mount for ribbon).
This medal was introduced in 1919 by the Board of Trade to be awarded to members of the Merchant Navy who had been through a war or danger zone during the First World War.

Physical Description

A round bronze medal (36 mm diameter) without mount for ribbon. The obverse features a bare head of George V facing left; around, GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN; REX ET IND: IMP; the artist's initials, B.M. (Bertram MacKennal) on the neck truncation. The reverse depicts a merchant navy ship ploughing through rough seas with a sinking submarine and sailing ship in the background on the right; in exergue, FOR . WAR . SERVICE MERCANTILE . MARINE . 1914 - 1918 .The edge is plain.

Obverse Description

Bare head of George V facing left; around, 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN; REX ET IND: IMP;'; the artist's initials, 'B.M.' (Bertram MacKennal) on the neck truncation.

Reverse Description

The reverse depicts a merchant navy ship ploughing through rough seas with a sinking submarine and sailing ship in the background on the right; in exergue, FOR . WAR . SERVICE MERCANTILE . MARINE . 1914 - 1918 .

Edge Description

Plain

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