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Medal - Meritorious Service Medal, King George V, Great Britain, 1917
Reg. No: NU 38259
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Meritorious Service Medal - King George V
Edge: 452 S.SJT. L. TWEEDIE. H.Q.4 / AUST:INF:BDE:
Awarded Meritorious Service Medal 1917
The Meritorious Service Medal was originally a long service medal but in October 1916 and January 1917 it was modified to become an immediate award for individual acts of gallantry or life saving not in the presence of the enemy. - Description:
- A silver medal with mount and small piece of ribbon. The obverse features a bust of King George V facing left wearing Field Marshal's uniform; around, GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:; the artist's initials B.M. (Bertram MacKennal) are on the truncation. The reverse has the words: FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE in three lines within a laurel wreath and below a crown. The edge impressed in block capitals: 452 S. SJT: L. TWEEDIE. H.Q. 4 / AUST: INF: BDE:
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 36 mm (Diameter) |
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| Tagged with: | gallipoli, wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918 |
| Themes this item is part of: | Numismatics & Philately Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Edgar Bertram Mackennal, Sculptor (1863-1931), Royal Mint, London, Royal Mint, Tower Hill, 1809-1975, Early History of London Mints, to 1300, The Royal Mint, Lieutenant Leslie Tweedie, AIF (1894 -1977) |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Military General Service |
| Tertiary Classification: | meritorius service |
| DateEra: | 1917 AD |
| Obverse Description: | A bust of King George V facing left wearing Field Marshal's uniform; around, GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP:; the artist's initials B.M. (Bertram MacKennal) are on the truncation. |
| Reverse Description: | The words: FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE in three lines within a laurel wreath and below a crown. |
| Edge Description: | Impressed in block capitals: 452 S. SJT: L. TWEEDIE. H.Q. 4 / AUST: INF: BDE: |
| Inscriptions: | GEORGIVS V BRITT: OMN: REX ET IND: IMP: B.M. (Bertram MacKennal) FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE 452 S. SJT: L. TWEEDIE. H.Q. 4 / AUST: INF: BDE: |
| Shape: | Round with mount and ribbon |
| Material: | Silver |
| Issued By: | England, Great Britain, 1917 |
| Mint: | Royal Mint, London, 1917 |
| Artist: | Sir Bertram Mackennal, England, Great Britain, 1917 |
| Awarded To: | Lieutenant Leslie Tweedie, Australia, 1917 452 S-Sgt L. Tweedie, H.Q. 4th Australian Infantry Brigade. |
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