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Medal, campaign
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William McMillan; Royal Mint; MacKennal, Bertram |
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Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | Classification: 278 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: British War Medal 1914-20, ww1 Medal awarded to Captain WH Key-Jones, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment. circular silver medal; plain, straight non-swivelling suspender; with ribbon obverse- coinage head of King George V with the legend GEORGIUS V BRITT- OMN- REX ET IND- IMP- reverse- naked figure of St. George on horseback facing right. The horse is trampling on an eagle shield and cross bones symbolic of death; above the horse’s head is the sun, symbolic of victory. Around the edge are the dates, 1914 and 1918 ribbon- broad orange watered band down the centre, bordered with white, black and blue stripes. named on edge- CAPT. W.H. KEY-JONES |
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| Date | World War 1, 1914-18-wars; George V (1910 - 1936)-House of Windsor-English reign; (1919); 1914-1920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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diameter: 36mm |
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| Accession number |
800608 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 3C | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1888 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | British War Medal 1914-20, WW1 Medal awarded to Captain William Henry Key-Jones, (West Riding Regiment). William Henry Key-Jones was an officer in the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. He was wounded during the 2nd battle of Ypres. In 1918 William married Elaine Florence Buchanan, at St Margarets, Westminster. Elaine was the duaghter of Archibald Buchanan of Remuera, and when the war ended the couple came to live in Auckland New Zealand. He died in Auckland in 1832 aged 51 years. According to his obituary Captain Key-Jones was a member of the Auckland Officers; Club and took an active interest in cadet training. Auckland Star, 10 September 1932 and New Zealand Herald 12 September 1932. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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