Military Medal GV - Field Marshals Bust Collection_Generals & Soldiers helmet and charging horses and

helmet and charging horses and soldiers going to war

The ribbon is crimson and green representing the heraldic colour of Britain and the sacred colour of the prophet

scrolls and books

copper plated and chemically bronzed

family remembrance displays

Military Medal GV - Field Marshals Bust Collection_Generals & Soldiers helmet and charging horses andInstituted on 25th March 1916 for rewarding acts of bravery not sufficient to merit the award of the DCM, it was backdated to recognise acts from the outbreak of the First World War. In June 1916 it was extended to women two such awards being made for the Easter rising in Dublin that same year. Approximately 115,600 medals were awarded during the First World War together with 5796 first bars, 180 second bars and one third bar. Awards were made after