Mercantile Marine War Medal

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Mercantile Marine War Medal
Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Type Campaign medal
Eligibility Mercantile Marine.
Awarded for Campaign service.
Campaign First World War 1914-18.
Description Bronze disk, 36mm diameter.
Clasps
  • None
Statistics
Established 1919
Total awarded 133,000
image:Mercantile_Marine_War_Medal_BAR.svg‎

Awarded by the Board of Trade to members of the Merchant Navy for one or more voyages through a war or danger zone.[1] Obverse Mackennal profile of George V Reverse a steamship ploughing through an angry sea, with a sinking submarine and a sailing vessel in the background.Enclosed with a laurel wreath, with the inscription 'FOR WAR SERVICE MERCANTILE MARINE 1914-1918' Ribbon green and red with a central white stripe,symbolising port and starboard navigation lights.

  • Medal Yearbook 2007 p.175
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