Victory Medal 1914-18
Awarded to Surgeon Lieut Charles Edward Leake. Obverse: Winged Victory standing (F), a palm branch in her right hand, her left arm outstretched. Reverse: Within a laurel garland, Inscription: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION. 1914-1919". Inscription on edge: "SURG.LT.C.E.LEAKE,R.N.". Fitted with a ring and watered silk ribbon of rainbow hues.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
1919
Metal: bronze, organic: silk, watered [ribbon]
36.0 mm
MED1667
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