1592970587000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141235 1747245964433 1711380458000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141235 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141235 e9208d08-2e84-337a-b972-122fc2a091c0 8 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-122711 adlib-term-122711 1db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557ab Lester Watson Collection Coins and Medals The Air Force Cross was instituted in 1918 for award to officers and warrant officers of the new Royal Air Force for courage and devotion to duty while not in active operations against the enemy. This medal was awarded to Lieutenant A. J. D. Peebles, RAF, and its award was noted in the London Gazette for the 3rd June 1919. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealer Baldwin at some point before 1928. 91 reference exhibition-1967 adlib-exhibition-1967 6984c1c2-8fb8-37f2-bc1e-13468b4a0475 Imagery of War CM.1141-2009 1 accession number CM.1141-2009 141235 priref 141235 Watson Catalogue 25 ordering M-0024 previous object number LW.0024 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141235 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141235 Central disc, Mercury holding staff and laurel wreath riding falcon right; background of feathered wings between arms of cross obverse G design Monogram inscription with engraving around reverse GRJ / 1918 design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009 reference agent-206432 adlib-agent-206432 e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afb Watson, Lester 2009 2009 2009 given on loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009 1919 1919 1919-06-03 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London ruler reference agent-167510 adlib-agent-167510 8ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33 George V (1910-36) state reference agent-173757 adlib-agent-173757 13f60cf4-8249-3c45-bdc6-8d838fca7869 United Kingdom privately engraved reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 54.6 Weight g 41.33 reference media-116021 adlib-media-116021 f119c0f5-954b-31e7-849f-bc278965f190 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 188 1742589706046 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 188 1742589706046 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 188 1742589706046 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 188 1742589706046 1 image 0 media image reference media-116022 adlib-media-116022 cef0a529-b94b-3947-946d-fa90846b0a97 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 186 1742589679195 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 186 1742589679195 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 186 1742589679195 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0024_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 186 1742589679195 1 image 1 media image reference term-122745 adlib-term-122745 8de46466-06f8-3792-9e21-0d8a3cd89ab7 Air Force Cross denomination reference term-98222 adlib-term-98222 b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50e medals series reference term-108659 adlib-term-108659 cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2 Military subseries reference term-107681 adlib-term-107681 e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8 Britain subsubseries reference term-122743 adlib-term-122743 49dbb948-df9d-38dd-9c5d-1d971e22fead Royal Air Force subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 7034 reference publication-200002090 adlib-publication-200002090 c4277021-71a0-321e-b3d3-e1832d8d9ef5 London Gazette 3 June 1919 reference publication-5910 adlib-publication-5910 0d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9 British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)

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