medal;
pendant;
badge
- Museum number
- M.2813
- Description
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Struck silver medal, with attachment loop, tricolour ribbon and pin. (whole)
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Woman, to left, seated, holding out the front of her smock or apron filled with food, which she offers to a group of people to right, comprising a woman holding an infant in one arm, a girl holding a basket, both reaching out with their free hand, and an old man; in the background, a distant view of troops marching, one soldier holding up a flag. (obverse)
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A cockerel crowing and standing on oak leaves, in the background a distant view of a factory to left and of countryside to right; below, a plaque set against a laurel wreath. (reverse)
- Production date
- 1915
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 32
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- Curator's comments
- The following note is inscribed on the ticket: "sold in / London streets / for French Relief / Fund, July 14th, 1915. / -"
For a larger, bronze, medal with the same image on the obverse, see 1978,1219.17.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Commemoration of: French National Assistance Day (1915)
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- M.2813