IDENTIFIERS
-----------
id:	141560
accession number:	CM.1466-2009

DATE AUDIT
----------
created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Saturday 22 January 2022

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
----------------
object type: When the Great War of 1914-1918 had ended, there was a genuine feeling among the victorious Allies that their military efforts had been instrumental in preserving modern civilization, and this and the united spirit of the Alliance were commemorated in a combined issue of medals to those who had seen active service during the conflict. 13 nations in all issued a variety of this medal; all shared the rainbow ribbon and suspension, and all but the Japanese, who lacked a comparable symbolic figure, used a form of Victory on the obverse and a legend on the reverse.
The United States was alone among the issuing nations in issuing campaign and battle clasps along with the medal, 47 different ones being authorised to cover all the theatres in which United States personnel had been involved.
This medal carries no bar, which suggests that its recipient's service was performed at home. This can be explained by the fact that it has been privately engraved, "L. Watson, Capt. A. S. A.", and it is assumed to be Lester Watson's own award for service in the Army Security Agency. It was therefore presumably awarded to him in 1919 and must have been part of the Collection since that time.
title:	Allied Victory Medal, 1914-18

NOTES
-----
type: history note
value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, awarded Lester Watson 1919?


LICENSING
---------
text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
---------
instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Lester Watson Collection
creditline: Given by Lester Watson through Cambridge in America, 2009

STABLE URL
----------
url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/141560





TECHNIQUES
----------
struck

CATEGORIES
------
category: medal

DATING
------
creation date:	1919 - 1920
creation date earliest:	1919
creation date latest:	1920

CREATORS
--------
maker: Washington D. C.
maker: United States of America

DIMENSIONS
----------
dimension: Diameter
units: mm
value: 36.2

dimension: Weight
units: g
value: 30.21



CITATIONS
--------
British Battles and Medals 7th edn
British and other Campaign and Gallantry Medals From the Collection of Lester Watson (d. 1959)
---
IMAGES

surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/CM_1466_2009_281_29.jpg
height: 1024 pixels
width: 1024 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/mid_CM_1466_2009_281_29.jpg
height: 500 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/CM_1466_2009_281_29.jpg
height: 1024 pixels
width: 1024 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/preview_CM_1466_2009_281_29.jpg
height: 250 pixels
width: 250 pixels


surrogate: large
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/CM_1466_2009_282_29.jpg
height: 1024 pixels
width: 1024 pixels

surrogate: mid
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/mid_CM_1466_2009_282_29.jpg
height: 500 pixels
width: 500 pixels

surrogate: original
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/CM_1466_2009_282_29.jpg
height: 1024 pixels
width: 1024 pixels

surrogate: preview
format: jpeg
location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm59/preview_CM_1466_2009_282_29.jpg
height: 250 pixels
width: 250 pixels