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Miniature: British War Medal 1914-18
Awarded to Admiral Sir Frederick Tower Hamilton. Obverse: Head of King George V (L). Legend: "GEORGIVS V BRITT:OMN:REX ET IND:IMP:" Reverse: A Knight on horseback (R) a short sword in his right hand, trampling on the German shield, skull and cross-bones. Legend: "1914-18". Inscription on edge: "ADM SIR FREDK HAMILTON". Fitted with a bar and orange watered silk ribbon edged with blue, black and white stripes.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2282 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Miniature medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; McMillan, William |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1919 |
| People: | Hamilton, Frederick Tower |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |