British War Medal 1914 - 20 : Private G Lynch, Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Accession Number RELAWM14734
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Medal
Physical description Silver
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

British War Medal 1914 - 20. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed around the edge. Obverse: The coinage head of King George V with the legend, 'GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:'. Reverse: A naked figure of Saint George on horseback facing right. The horse is trampling on an eagle shield representing the Central Powers and on a skull and crossbones symbolic of death; above the horse's head is the sun, symbolic of victory. Around the left and right circumference are the dates '1914' and '1918'. The medal is fitted with a fixed straight bar suspender. A piece of 32 mm wide ribbon having a broad orange watered band down the centre, bordered with white, black and blue stripes is attached to the suspender.

History / Summary

Awarded to Private G Lynch of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers who served in France and Belgium during the First World War. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.