Medal, Victory
Description
A Victory Medal. The obverse features a standing Victory figure. The figure is holding a palm branch in her left facing hand and extending her right facing arm. " THE GREAT / WAR FOR / CIVILISATION / 1914-1919 " is marked on the reverse inside a leaf design. " Capt. E.M. King, R.A.F." is inscribed on the edge. The ribbon is a double rainbow colour with crimson on the edges and red in the centre.
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Production period
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
Captain
Eliot
Millar
King
earned
this
Victory
Medal
while
piloting
Short
seaplanes
with
the
64th
(Naval)
Wing
based
at
Port
Said,
Egypt
during
World
War
I.
Flying
in
at
least
sixty-three
sorties,
he
was
involved
in
bombing,
ship
escort
and
submarine
search.
Accession number
A91.131
Collection type
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