MINIATURE WW1 INTER ALLIED VICTORY MEDAL SOUTH AFRICA
MINIATURE INTER ALLIED VICTORY MEDAL SOUTH AFRICA.
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, WHILST THE BRITISH VERSION OF THE MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO ALL DOMINION AND EMPIRE TROOPS, THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ISSUED THEIR OWN BILINGUAL VERSION IN BOTH ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS TO SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY PERSONEL WHO HAD SERVED IN A THEATRE OF OPERATIONS BETWEEN 5th AUGUST 1914 AND 11th NOVEMBER 1918.
AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY DIE STUCK MEDAL WITH SUPERB DETAIL.
ALL MEDALS COME WITH 6" LENGTH OF RIBBON
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, WHILST THE BRITISH VERSION OF THE MEDAL WAS AWARDED TO ALL DOMINION AND EMPIRE TROOPS, THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT ISSUED THEIR OWN BILINGUAL VERSION IN BOTH ENGLISH AND AFRIKAANS TO SOUTH AFRICAN MILITARY PERSONEL WHO HAD SERVED IN A THEATRE OF OPERATIONS BETWEEN 5th AUGUST 1914 AND 11th NOVEMBER 1918.
AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY DIE STUCK MEDAL WITH SUPERB DETAIL.
ALL MEDALS COME WITH 6" LENGTH OF RIBBON
