1592991076000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141415 1747245968393 1711380489000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141415 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141415 783307f7-383c-369f-9733-914d10b59163 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 In Britain as with many other countries (including Switzerland) merchant vessels sailing under the national flag are reckoned as part of the naval command in time of war. The dogged service of the British Merchant Navy of the Second World War in the face of submarine and air campaigns against it was presaged by a similar effort during the Great War of 1914-1918. In 1919 this was recognised by the award of this bronze medal to officers and men of the Mercantile Marine who had served on one or more voyages through a designated Danger Zone. The medal depicts a pair of merchant steamers circling a sinking German U-Boat. This medal was awarded to Alexander Dikson of the Merchant Navy, although it is not known on which ship he served. Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928. CM.1321-2009 1 accession number CM.1321-2009 141415 priref 141415 Watson Catalogue 227 ordering M-0204 previous object number LW.0204 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141415 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141415 Bust of George facing left obverse GEORGIVS V BRITT. OMN. REX ET IND. IMP. design Merchant ships at sea circling sinking submarine reverse 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 1918 1918 1918 1918 1919 1 1919 1919 1919 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London issuer reference agent-157600 adlib-agent-157600 298dd859-9b0d-3387-8a6a-ecbc021d81b6 Board of Trade artist reference agent-129295 adlib-agent-129295 7df3d50b-da7d-3c3c-b2d3-b4affca1e95b Stabler, Harold ruler reference agent-167510 adlib-agent-167510 8ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33 George V (1910-36) with the title of ruler reference agent-174989 adlib-agent-174989 4ee5820e-22d8-3fba-889b-833e2f6875e3 Georgivs V Britt: omn: rex et Ind: imp: reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 London reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Diameter mm 36.3 Weight g 29.21 reference media-116381 adlib-media-116381 b2a0eea1-3c9f-3ee8-a77d-2e8480174fc2 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 144 1742589758572 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 144 1742589758572 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 144 1742589758572 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 144 1742589758572 1 image 0 media image reference media-116382 adlib-media-116382 01fb9bce-90a0-31ed-81cf-85ceeaf1fd83 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589767081 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589767081 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589767081 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0204_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 145 1742589767081 1 image 1 media image reference term-122938 adlib-term-122938 db9314fe-4491-388b-b5b0-7f652506d69a Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1914-18 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-122937 adlib-term-122937 a9622bdf-3d8a-30e2-85de-1611d641adb1 Merchant Navy subsubsubseries history note Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, acquired before 1928 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 507-508 reference publication-5886 adlib-publication-5886 a6056c29-399c-38dd-9710-5b3f2d44b8a6 British Battles and Medals 7th edn 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)

reference term-122938 adlib-term-122938 db9314fe-4491-388b-b5b0-7f652506d69a Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1914-18

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