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  • Self Portrait in Uniform Self Portrait in Uniform

    (art) Made by: Carline, Richard C 1918

    image: A head and shoulders self-portrait of the artist wearing uniform.

  • 'Springbok' Continental Tour 'Springbok' Continental Tour

    (posters) Made by: Unknown 1918

    whole: the title is positioned in the upper half, with the text positioned in the lower half, both in purple. All set against a white background. image: text only. text: 'SPRINGBOK' 5475 - 8/8/18 - 2500. CONTINENTAL TOUR Via POTCHEFSTROOM, WOKING,...

  • Valve Testing: The Signal School, RN Barracks, Portsmouth Valve Testing: The Signal School, RN Barracks, Portsmouth

    (art) Made by: McCormick, Arthur David 1919

    image: Three Women's Royal Naval Service ratings are at work using communications equipment inside a room of a Royal Navy barracks. A WRNS officer stands talking to a Royal Navy officer behind them.

  • British War Medal (1914-1920) British War Medal (1914-1920)

    (decorations and awards)

    First World War service medal awarded to John Nash reflecting his service in the Artists' Rifles, the 28th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment. John Nash RA (1893 - 1977) was employed by the Ministry of Munitions from February to August...

  • Victory Medal (1914-1919) Victory Medal (1914-1919)

    (decorations and awards)

    First World War service medal awarded to John Nash reflecting his service in the Artists' Rifles, the 28th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment. John Nash RA (1893 - 1977) was employed by the Ministry of Munitions from February to August...

  • British War Medal (1914-1920) British War Medal (1914-1920)

    (decorations and awards) 1919

    First World War campaign medal awarded to (59) Sergeant W R Carr, 15th (County of London) Battalion of the London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)

  • War Cross (1918) War Cross (1918)

    (decorations and awards)

    War Cross awarded to Sergej Ján Ingr for bravery during the First World War. The medal (instituted on 7 November 1918) was awarded for individual acts of military valour between 27 July 1914 and 28 October 1918 (later extended to include actions in 1919...

  • Victory Medal (1914-1919) Victory Medal (1914-1919)

    (decorations and awards) 1919

    British First World War service medal probably acquired by H R Newgass as a replacement for his own (presumably lost) Victory Medal. One of a group of 7 medals, OMD 2900-2906; for George Cross details see OMD 2900.

  • trench dagger, German, with scabbard trench dagger, German, with scabbard

    (weapons and ammunition)

    The specialized nature of trench warfare, as it developed during the First World War, spawned a variety of new weapons. Many of these, such as clubs and knives intended for close quarter fighting, recalled more primitive eras of warfare. This German...

  • Badge of an Officer of the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem Badge of an Officer of the Grand Priory in the British Realm of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem

    (decorations and awards) 1918-02-15

    Awarded to Mairi Chisholm, one of the two 'Women of Pervyse'

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