1592970597000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141550 1747245966135 1711380513000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141550 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141550 77d4a5ae-8528-3a37-ba9f-efe26b1cc516 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 Silver Cross, now known as the Canadian Memorial Cross since the introduction of a similar award by New Zealand in 1960, was instituted in 1914, and was issued to the mother and/or widow of any Canadian serviceman killed in action during the Great War of 1914-1918. The initial award was concluded in 1919, but a new version struck in 1940 for Second World War service deaths and it has remained on issue since that time. In 2006, indeed, the first award was made to a widower in memory of his wife, who had been killed in combat in Aghanistan. This cross was awarded to the next-of-kin of Private C. Smith, of the Royal Canadian Army. As the cross bears the monogram of George V, his fatal service must have been during the Great War, but no more is known. Lester Watson acquired the cross at some point before 1928. CM.1456-2009 1 accession number CM.1456-2009 141550 priref 141550 Watson Catalogue 379 ordering M-0339 previous object number LW.0339 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141550 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141550 Royal monogram in centre of cross on wreath, top arm of cross bearing crown and other three maple leaves obverse GRI design Inscription on cross with ring 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 1914 1914 1914 1914 1919 1 1919 1919 1919 mint reference agent-149658 adlib-agent-149658 4cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5 London struck in the rule of ruler reference agent-167510 adlib-agent-167510 8ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33 George V (1910-36) state reference agent-151762 adlib-agent-151762 857da5cc-0ede-34e2-ba98-49e672224ad6 Canada with the title of ruler reference agent-175005 adlib-agent-175005 3a44bab8-eab6-33e7-b7e6-ac4a04694b26 GRI (George V) 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 31.8 Weight g 13.23 reference media-116651 adlib-media-116651 cdcbd00d-5887-31cb-8b2c-4e12f5e3a538 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 161 1742589807734 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 161 1742589807734 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 161 1742589807734 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 161 1742589807734 1 image 0 media image reference media-116652 adlib-media-116652 73a33228-6eee-305a-b8cd-d46cac8ed149 jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 168 1742589834799 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 168 1742589834799 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 168 1742589834799 1 image jpeg cm/cm15/LW_0339_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 365 width pixels 168 1742589834799 1 image 1 media image reference term-123079 adlib-term-123079 d0673920-b7f1-34da-8c6a-b881c7816ce5 Silver 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-108850 adlib-term-108850 c8716ac1-1c24-34a7-811d-1ed8b76fe888 Canada subsubseries reference term-122838 adlib-term-122838 f00c5146-e71d-395a-a55e-6c5d3efeb034 Canadian Armed Forces 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 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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