1592997008000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-141561 1747245966011 1711380515000 1747245848565 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-141561 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141561 eaa10a48-2484-351a-ba0d-14b45c9fab21 7 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 When the Great War of 1914-1918 had ended, there was a genuine feeling among the victorious Allies that their military efforts had been instrumental in preserving modern civilization, and this and the united spirit of the Alliance were commemorated in a combined issue of medals to those who had seen active service during the conflict. 13 nations in all issued a variety of this medal; all shared the rainbow ribbon and suspension, and all but the Japanese, who lacked a comparable symbolic figure, used a form of Victory on the obverse and a legend on the reverse. This is the issue by the then-new Czecho-Slovak Republic, freshly constituted from territories of the dismantled Austro-Hungarian Empire; it was created later than many of the other versions, due to the lead time involved in establishing the new government, and in the interim some Czech soldiers were awarded the Belgian version of the medal. As a new state in 1918, Czechoslovakia had not technically had any soldiers under arms during the Great War, but a Provisional Government had existed in Paris throughout hostilities and Czech and Slovakian troops had served alongside the French, Russian and Italian armies. These troops were those eligible for the medal, and the different fronts of engagement generated 10 different campaign clasps, none of which however this example bears. The medal was also awarded to those who had done `political' service towards the independence of Czechoslovakia however, and it is presumably one of these awards, unnamed, that Lester Watson purchased from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. CM.1467-2009 1 accession number CM.1467-2009 141561 priref 141561 Watson Catalogue K ordering M-0350 previous object number LW.0350 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141561 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141561 Victory with shortsword & olive branch obverse SVETOVA VALKA / ZA CIVILISACI design Heraldic lion rampant with crown and two tails in shield, across banner bearing design inscription, all in border 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 1919 1919 CE 1919 1919 1920 1 1920 CE 1920 1920 mint reference agent-175012 adlib-agent-175012 f8ddebd7-a4c4-3c3a-a0ea-f5fdb13e6aff Prague state reference agent-174051 adlib-agent-174051 098762e3-99ed-3210-9e3c-4170379a085d Czechoslovakia reference term-109069 adlib-term-109069 5b3c13af-5d48-3089-93e9-f5038a72fea9 uncertain Prague reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Diameter mm 36.3 Weight g 23.09 reference media-211452 adlib-media-211452 ab1e838b-af51-3325-b9fe-6369dfb0edd7 jpeg cm/cm59/CM_1467_2009_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 683 1742599660697 1 image jpeg cm/cm59/mid_CM_1467_2009_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1742599660697 1 image jpeg cm/cm59/CM_1467_2009_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 683 1742599660697 1 image jpeg cm/cm59/preview_CM_1467_2009_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1742599660697 1 image 0 media image reference media-211453 adlib-media-211453 95800fb0-5ddd-31b0-8cde-144e7e2a42ee jpeg cm/cm59/CM_1467_2009_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 683 1742599643662 1 image jpeg cm/cm59/mid_CM_1467_2009_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 750 width pixels 500 1742599643662 1 image jpeg cm/cm59/CM_1467_2009_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 1024 width pixels 683 1742599643662 1 image jpeg cm/cm59/preview_CM_1467_2009_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 375 width pixels 250 1742599643662 1 image 1 media image reference term-123089 adlib-term-123089 6fed9e33-435d-3763-8b30-1b91d11e888d Allied Victory 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-109908 adlib-term-109908 c96f6471-a805-33e8-b3f6-da93aed570e7 Czechoslovakia subsubseries 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 508-511 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-123089 adlib-term-123089 6fed9e33-435d-3763-8b30-1b91d11e888d Allied Victory Medal, 1914-18

Allied Victory Medal, 1914-18 reference term-119622 adlib-term-119622 dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555 struck object OBJECT