15929706010001312637261000Standard Recordobject-141594168668055680916428817950001686679273393fitz-onlineadlib-object-141594https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/14159411784128-a487-3dae-b35d-4a981806024a6referenceterm-42993adlib-term-4299393884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0medalreferenceterm-122711adlib-term-1227111db96904-a474-3b61-a8e5-6c2d9dd557abLester Watson CollectionCoins and MedalsThe Great War of 1914-1918 remains the bloodiest conflict in which Britain has ever been engaged. British casualties at Ypres and on the Somme from 1915 to 1918 outnumbered the entire British casualty list for the whole of the Second World War.
This medal was awarded to all members of the British Armed Forces who had fought in the War; some five million were issued. Because of the difficulty, in a conflict that had involved long-range artillery and air bombardment, of deciding eligibility for bars for individual battles, none of these were made. Unlike the Allied Victory Medal, this medal was also awarded to mobilised personnel who had not seen combat.
This medal was awarded to 2nd Lieutenant John Mitchell, of the Royal Air Force. It is one of a group of eight of his medals that are in the Lester Watson Collection.
Although the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Mitchell's awards as its Group 7, the medals of that group are not physically attached and so have been treated separately here. Nonetheless it was as a group that Lester Watson purchased them, from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.CM.1497-20091accession numberCM.1497-2009141594priref141594Watson Catalogue129orderingM-0383previous object numberLW.0365curihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141594https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141594Bust of George facing leftobverseGEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:designNude horseman on steed trampling shield and skull and crossbonesreversedesignreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009referenceagent-206432adlib-agent-206432e0b1da8e-f9e4-30be-9257-f82c89d45afbWatson, Lester200920092009givenon loan to the Fitzwilliam Museum 2005-2009192019201920mintreferenceagent-149658adlib-agent-1496584cb81521-c6ef-3826-8224-de2a104139c5Londonrulerreferenceagent-167510adlib-agent-1675108ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33George V (1910-36)artistreferenceagent-89878adlib-agent-89878fe8894c3-778c-3133-a6a5-c4ec807d55beMcMillan, Williamwith the title ofrulerreferenceagent-174989adlib-agent-1749894ee5820e-22d8-3fba-889b-833e2f6875e3Georgivs V Britt: omn: rex et Ind: imp:referenceterm-106216adlib-term-106216825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0Londonreferenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametermm36.1Weightg33.92referencemedia-116739adlib-media-116739c7016f88-4959-335a-8276-fc0513c32e72jpegcm/cm15/LW_0365c_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14016162770616271imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0365c_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14016162770616271imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0365c_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14016162770616271imagejpegcm/cm15/LW_0365c_281_29.jpg1heightpixels365widthpixels14016162770616271image0media
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imagereferenceterm-122768adlib-term-12276864904dc1-a282-3bba-9f19-8dfdcb106895British War Medal, 1914-20denominationreferenceterm-98222adlib-term-98222b5ccc43a-7491-344e-b6ca-5df39a11c50emedalsseriesreferenceterm-108659adlib-term-108659cc732dec-4543-389e-a737-cf22bb7d2ee2Militarysubseriesreferenceterm-107681adlib-term-107681e80da827-45c6-3b71-a3ef-28794a05e4a8Britainsubsubseriesreferenceterm-122743adlib-term-12274349dbb948-df9d-38dd-9c5d-1d971e22feadRoyal Air Forcesubsubsubserieshistory noteGift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt Baldwin 1928referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museum230-231referencepublication-5892adlib-publication-58921ad25efa-815c-3604-8564-8e568865b843British Battles and Medals 1st ednreferencepublication-5910adlib-publication-59100d1d8526-5493-32bd-93b4-acd4cdcec7f9British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)referenceterm-122768adlib-term-12276864904dc1-a282-3bba-9f19-8dfdcb106895British War Medal, 1914-20British War Medal, 1914-20referenceterm-119622adlib-term-119622dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555struckobject
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