Summary
General Service Medal 1918-1962, George V, 1st Issue, Specimen, medal with mount, ribbon and four bars: S. PERSIA, KURDISTAN, IRAQ, N.W. PERSIA.
This medal was instituted in 1923 as an army general service medal excluding service in India, East, West and Central Africa. It was never issued without a bar to indicate the campaign it was awarded for.
Obverse Description
Bare head of King George V facing left; around, 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:'; the artist's initials 'B.M.' (Bertram MacKennal) are on the neck truncation.
Reverse Description
Britannia as Victory - helmeted and holding a trident in left hand, winged and extending a laurel wreath in right over a pair of wings set about a radiant globe above an inverted sword; the artist's initials E.CR.P. (E. Carter Preston) above the groundline to left of Britannia
Edge Description
plain
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Melbourne Branch of Royal Mint, 11 Jan 1978
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Date Issued
1920 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Artist
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Artist
Edward C. Preston - Sandon Studios Society, England, Great Britain, 1919
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Inscriptions
GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP: B.M. (Bertram MacKennal) E.CR.P. (E. Carter Preston)
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
80 mm (Height), 36 mm (Outside Diameter)
Height to top of bars.
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Shape
Round with mount, bars and ribbon
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References
[Book] Joslin, E C., et al. 1988. British Battles and Medals., 238 Pages
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