Description:
English silver medal, c. 1918
Diameter 36mm
Medal awarded for service in World War I and post-war activities, such as mine clearing, up until 1920. The obverse features the bust of George V facing left with the inscription 'GEORGIUS V BRITT. OMN: REX ET IND: IMP', Latin, abbreviated meaning 'George V King of all the Britains and Emperor of India'. The reverse features a man on horseback carrying a sword in his right hand and trampling the eagle shield of the Central Powers and a skull and crossbones symbolising death. The dates of the war are inscribed to the left and right of the central image. The medal hangs from a straight suspension bar with a blue, black, white and orange ribbon attached.
This medal was awarded posthumously to Private Henry Harold Burford. He died at Passchendaele in 1917 while delivering rations to the front line.