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Naval General Service Medal 1915-36
Obverse: Bust of King George V in naval uniform, orders and medals (L). Legend: "GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND:IMP:". Reverse: Britannia in a helmet, a trident in her right and a shield in her left hand standing in a car drawn by two sea horses. Bar: "PERSIAN GULF 1909-1914". Inscription on edge: "LIEUT.T.A.BASSETT. R.N.R. H.M.S. HYACINTH". Fitted with a bar and white ribbon with rose-coloured edges divided by two narrow stripes of the same colour.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1033 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Mackennal, Edgar Bertram; Winser, Margaret |
| Vessels: | Hyacinth (1898) |
| Date made: | 1915 |
| People: | King George V; Bassett, Thomas Arthur |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 36 mm |