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A First World War Trio awarded to 58550 Gunner H Thomas RFA comprising 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 Meda
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A First World War Trio awarded to 58550 Gunner H Thomas RFA comprising 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 Medal and Great War Medal 1914-19. Also a framed Discharge Certificate 27th October 1917. The medals that make up this trio are the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal 1914-20, and the Victory Medal 1914-19. Virtually all service men and women received one or more of them. The Star was awarded to anyone who saw service in a theatre of war between 5th August 1914 and 31st December 1915. The British War Medal was awarded to commemorate the successful end of the war, and was issued to those who had served up to and including this in 1920. The reverse of the medal shows St George on horseback trampling the shield of the central powers. The Victory Medal was issued to commemorate the Allied victory, mostly to those who had served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918. It shows Victory holding a palm leaf. All three medals are in good condition. The British War Medal is made of silver, and the other two are bronze. They all have slight surface scratches and dints, and the British War
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A First World War Trio awarded to 58550 Gunner H Thomas RFA comprising 1914-15 Star, 1914-18 Medal and Great War Medal 1914-19. Also a framed Discharge Certificate 27th October 1917. The medals that make up this trio are the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal 1914-20, and the Victory Medal 1914-19. Virtually all service men and women received one or more of them. The Star was awarded to anyone who saw service in a theatre of war between 5th August 1914 and 31st December 1915. The British War Medal was awarded to commemorate the successful end of the war, and was issued to those who had served up to and including this in 1920. The reverse of the medal shows St George on horseback trampling the shield of the central powers. The Victory Medal was issued to commemorate the Allied victory, mostly to those who had served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war between 5th August 1914 and 11th November 1918. It shows Victory holding a palm leaf. All three medals are in good condition. The British War Medal is made of silver, and the other two are bronze. They all have slight surface scratches and dints, and the British War
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