British War Medal, WW1, Pte W. Laing

Production date
1914-1918
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC-BY
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Description
A New Zealand Army British War Medal. It has in relief on one side the head of King George with the following wording around the edge Geogivs V Britt: OMN : REX ET IND : IMP :. The medal is silver in colour. The other side of the medal has a man with a sword on horse back with 1914 and 1918 in two places next tot he edge. The ribbon is yellow in the middle with white black and blue stripes on either side. The soldiers details are stamped around the thin rim of the medal 'W. Laing 10/1276'.
Production date
1914-1918
Production place
Great Britain, Europe
Measurements
5mm (depth), 102mm (length), 37.5mm (width)
Accession number
3667/84/1
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