Victory Medal : Private G Lynch, Royal Munster Fusiliers Accession Number: RELAWM14735

Description

Victory Medal. The recipient's number, rank, name and regiment are impressed on the edge. Obverse: The winged, full-length figure of Victory, with her arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand. Reverse: The inscription 'THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION, 1914-1919', on four lines, surrounded by a wreath. A 14 mm loose suspender ring is fitted to a fixed loop on the medal top. A piece of 37 mm watered ribbon, from the centre outwards having the colours red, yellow, green, blue and violet merged into a rainbow pattern.

Contextual Description

Awarded to Private G Lynch of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers who served in France and Belgium during the First World War. This medal is part of a collection assembled by the late Hon. Sir Thomas Hughes, Member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. It was presented to the Memorial in memory of his son, Captain Roger Forrest Hughes, Australian Army Medical Corps, who died of wounds in France on 11 December 1916 and his grandson, Flying Officer Peter Roger Forrest Hughes, 12 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, who was killed on active service while flying in the Northern Territory on 3 October 1942.

Details

Accession Number
RELAWM14735
Designer
William McMillan
Classification
Heraldry
Object Type
Medal
Physical Description
Material: Gilded bronze
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
c 1920
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright not applicable

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