IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 141564 accession number: CM.1470-2009 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. This example of the medal is the issue made by the Kingdom of Greece. It remains unnamed as issued, and therefore it cannot be known to whom it was awarded. Lester Watson purchased it in or around the year 1930. title: Allied Victory Medal, 1914-18 NOTES ----- type: history note value: Gift of L. Hoyt Watson; ex Lester Watson Collection, bt c. 1930. 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/141564 TECHNIQUES ---------- struck CATEGORIES ------ category: medal DATING ------ creation date: 1919 - 1920 creation date earliest: 1919 creation date latest: 1920 CREATORS -------- maker: Greece maker: Alexander I (1917-20) maker: Athens DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Diameter units: mm value: 37.6 dimension: Weight units: g value: 20.95 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/cm15/LW_0353_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 123 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 123 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 123 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_281_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 123 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 124 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 124 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 124 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/cm/cm15/LW_0353_282_29.jpg height: 365 pixels width: 124 pixels