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Merchant Navy Service Medal 1939-1946
Obverse: Eire, walking (right) her drapery outspread behind her, sword in her right hand, holding a wolfhound on a leash. Legend in Irish Gallic: 'Period of the Emergency'. Reverse: Port bow view of a merchant vessel under steam, a sailing vessel in distance (left). Legend: 'Merchant Naval Service', below, '1939 1946'. Bars: Brooch, 'National Service'. Others, '1939 1946'.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED0599 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Campbell, L. |
| Events: | World War II, 1939-1945 |
| Date made: | 1946 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 35 mm |