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medal, campaign

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human history
  • Other Name

    Victory Medal 1914-19, WW1 (descriptive name)

    27/1274 Alfred Victor Hanson, Engine Room Artificer 3, Royal Navy (associated name)

  • Description

    Victory Medal 1914-19, WW1

    Medal awarded to 271274 Alfred Victor Hanson, Engine Room Artificer, Royal Navy.

    circular bronze medal with ribbon; fixed loop and ring suspension

    obverse: the winged, full-length figure of Victory, with her arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand

    reverse: inscription: ‘THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION, 1914-1919’ surrounded by a wreath

    ribbon: watered colours of red, yellow, green, blue and violet merging into a rainbow pattern

    named on edge: 27/1274 A.V. HANSON. / E.R.A. 3. R.N.

  • Place
    England
  • Accession Number
    1948.79
  • Accession Date
    1948
  • Other Id

    N1258 (numismatics)

    W1154.4 (war)

    S146 (Spink 1988)

  • Department

    History

    War History

  • Display Room

    Pou Maumahara

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  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • medal, campaign, 1948.79, N1258, W1154.4, S146, Photographed by: Rohan Mills, photographer, digital, 19 Dec 2016, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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