artillery medal
Accession Number CRRMU : 2010.10.2
Description
Circular silver British War Medal 1914 - 1920, issued to Company Sergeant Major Walter Robert Spalding of the Norfolk Regiment, the obverse of the medal shows the head of King George V with the wording GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP, the reverse shows a naked horseman carrying gladius, the horse is trampling on an eagle shield of the Central Powers and a skull and crossbone. The sun symbolises victory. The dates 1914 and 1918 are shown around the edge
Creation Date
1919
Measurements
36 mm
Department
Cromer Museum
Inscription
recipients details 253 W. O. CL. 2. W. R. SPALDING. NORF. R.