MINIATURE WW1 INTER ALLIED VICTORY MEDAL SIAM (THAILAND)
THE IDEA OF AN INTER-ALLIED MEDAL TO COMMEMORATE VICTORY IN WHAT WAS TERMED "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION" IT WAS AGREED THAT EACH OF THE ALLIES SHOULD ISSUE A MEDAL TO THEIR NATIONALS FEATURING A FIGURE REPRESENTING "VICTORY" ON THE FRONT,
THAILAND, FORMERLY SIAM DECLARED WAR ON GERMANY ON 22nd JULY 1917 AFTER USA'S ENTRY TO GAIN ALLIED RECOGNITION OF THAILAND'S SOVEREIGNTY IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. THAILAND SENT AN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WHICH ARRIVED IN FRANCE TOWARDS THE END OF JULY 1918.
AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY DIE STUCK MEDAL WITH SUPERB DETAIL.
ALL MEDALS COME WITH 6" LENGTH OF RIBBON