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Medal - Victory 1914-1919
Reg. No: NU 44699
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- Summary:
- This Victory medal was awarded posthumously to 6800 Private Albert Edward Kemp, 6th Battalion, 22nd Reinforcements, of the A.I.F. He was killed in action in Belgium on the 21st September 1917.
The Victory Medal was authorised in 1919 and was awarded to army, navy and air force personnel who served in a theatre of war between midnight 4-5 August 1914 and midnight 11-12 November 1918. The Allies resolved that, if they wished to issue a Victory Medal, it would share a common feature of a depiction of Victory on the obverse and a ribbon of red, yellow, green, blue and violet merged into a rainbow pattern. This medal, that of Great Britain, was awarded to personnel from countries in the British Empire (some 5,725,000 were issued). The other Allied countries that issued Victory medals were: Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Thailand, Union of South Africa and the United States of America.
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 50 mm (Height), 36 mm (Diameter) |
| Dimension Comment: | Height to top of loop |
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| Tagged with: | victory medals, wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918 |
| Themes this item is part of: | Albert Edward Kemp Mourning Collection, Albert Edward Kemp, AIF (1884-1917), 6th Battalion Diary Extract, September 1917, Numismatics & Philately Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Royal Mint, London, Royal Mint, Tower Hill, 1809-1975, Early History of London Mints, to 1300, The Royal Mint |
| On Display at: | Melbourne Museum |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Military Campaigns |
| Tertiary Classification: | army campaigns |
| Obverse Description: | A figure of Victory facing three-quarters right with wings spread; in her right hand she holds a palm branch, her left hand is extended and open. The artist's initials, W.McM. (W. McMillan) are above the ground line on the right. |
| Reverse Description: | The words, THE GREAT . WAR FOR . CIVILISATION 1914 - 1919 within a circular wreath of laurel. |
| Edge Description: | 6800 PTE A.E. KEMP 6 BN. A.I.F. |
| Material: | Bronze |
| Issued By: | Royal Mint, London, England, Great Britain, circa 1919 |
| Artist: | W. McMillan, circa 1919 |
| Awarded To: | Private Albert Kemp - 6th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force (AIF), Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1919 6800 Pte A.E. Kemp, 6th Battalion, A.I.F. |
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