Victory Medal
Maker
McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
Production date
Circa 1919
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Object detail
Description
The obverse of the medal depicts the standing figure of Victory holding a palm branch in her right hand and stretching out her left hand. On the reverse of the medal is a laurel wreath containing a four-line inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919". The dates are '1914-1919' to include post-war intervention by the Allied nations in the Russian Civil War. The medal is yellow bronze and is attached to the ribbon by a ring.
The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.
Around the edge is engraved :1 641 PTE. R.S. MITCHELL 16 BN. A.I.F".
The ribbon is watered silk with a double rainbow, with indigo at the edges and red in the centre.
Around the edge is engraved :1 641 PTE. R.S. MITCHELL 16 BN. A.I.F".
Production date
Circa 1919
Production period
Collection type
Media/materials
Bronze, silk ribbon
Measurements
Medal 36 mm in diameter
Subject person
Related information
Accession number
91/0086
System ID
10537
Current Rights
Culture Waitaki Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence
Organisation Credit Line
Collection of the Waitaki Museum. Id 10537
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