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GREAT BRITAIN: George V, 1910-1936, AR medal. EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Ancient Start Price:65.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
GREAT BRITAIN: George V, 1910-1936, AR medal. EF
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65.00USD+ buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Jan 19 @ 11:29UTC-8 : PST/AKDT
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GREAT BRITAIN: George V, 1910-1936, AR medal, The British War Medal, Sir Bertram Mackennal's bareheaded effigy of King George V facing left, with the legend GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP: // Saint George naked on horseback and armed with a short sword, an allegory of the physical and mental strength which achieved victory over Prussianism; the horse tramples on the Prussian eagle shield and the emblems of death, a skull and cross-bones; in the background are ocean waves and just off-centre near the right upper rim is the risen sun of Victory; the years 1914 and 1918 appear on the perimeter in the left and right fields respectively, with new ribbon, awarded to 1391 Sepoy Moti Singh, 3 Kashmir S. Rifles (Jammu and Kashmir State Force), EF, ex Ajit Singh Collection. The British War Medal is a campaign medal of the United Kingdom which was awarded to officers and men of British and Imperial forces for service in the First World War including the Indian Army.