British War Medal awarded to J.39907 Boy First Class R. E. Hills, Royal Navy

2011-07-0022-02

British War Medal awarded to J.39907 Boy First Class R. E. Hills, Royal Navy

Medal

Medal with portrait of George V on the obverse and an image of St George on horseback trampling underfoot the eagle shield of the Central Powers and a skull and cross-bones. The risen sun is above these figures and the years 1914 and 1918 are written along the outside edge. The rank and name of the recipient engraved on the rim. The ribbon has a large, central orange stripe, flanked by a white stripe on either side, flanked by a black stripe, flanked by a light blue stripe.

Bronze, ribbon - textile, possibly silk

35 x 95 x 3mm

Awarded to SS - 2161 PTE R HILLS ASC

First World War, 1914-1918

Case 65

25/05/2012