Summary

Great Britain, Australia
Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914 - 1918
Awarded to: E. BERRY. AUSTRALIA . 538 .
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) with mount and 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 impressed: E. BERRY. AUSTRALIA . 538 .

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

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

E. BERRY. AUSTRALIA . 538 .

Significance

Awarded to: E. BERRY. AUSTRALIA . 538 .
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.

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