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| Name/title | Maker | Production date | Description | ||
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British War Medal
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McMillan, William (b.1887, d.1977)
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Circa 1919
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The obverse of this medal shows the uncrowned left-facing profile of King George V by Sir Bertram Mackennal. The reverse of the medal depicts St George on horseback trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers, and a skull and cross-bones (the emblems of death). Above, the sun has risen in victory. The figure is mounted on horseback to symbolise man's mind controlling a force of greater strength than his own, and thus alludes to the scientific and mechanical developments and machines which helped to win the war.
Around the edge is 'E E BOOTH YMCA'. |
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