Medal - George V Cenotaph, small type

€127,315.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1918
TypeCommemorative medals › Inauguration medals
CompositionBronze
Weight
Diameter32 mm
Thickness
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgePlain
Period
NoticeCharles Leighfield Doman
Reference(s) BHM#4132, Eimer#2008
Obverse descriptionTwo figures (left) dressed in the classical style. The male in front in a loin cloth and turban, his wrists manacled, the chains of which are broken. His right hand is extended grasping a laurel branch. Behind him, a helmeted female (Britannia or Peace) holds a mace horizontally. The rays of the sun are seen below the horizon behind them.
Obverse letteringC.L.D.
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionCenotaph, three furled flags with laurel wreaths.
Reverse letteringTHEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE NOVEMBER 11TH MCMXVIII
(Translation: November 11th 1918)
Reverse scriptLatin
Engraver
MintageND (1918)  - MCMXVIII -
Catalog ID5035449350
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