CHART
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DECORATIONS AND MEDALS CHART
- Materials
- GLASS, WOOD, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19930053001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DECORATIONS AND MEDALS CHART
- Date
- 1946
- Materials
- GLASS, WOOD, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 90.5
- Width
- 56.5
- Description
- PAPER CHART INSIDE OF WOODEN FRAME PAINTED BLACK WITH GLASS FRONT PANEL. CHART HAS 95 PICTORAL REPRODUCTIONS OF BRITISH MILITARY SERVICE MEDALS AND AWARDS. EACH DEPICTION SHOWS BOTH SIDES OF MEDAL WITH RIBBON ATTACHED AND HAS TITLE AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR AWARD. A CENTER OF SECOND ROW OF DEPICTIONS IS TITLE BLOCK WITH BLUE BACKGROUND. IT READS "NAVAL, MILITARY AND R.A.F. DECORATIONS AND MEDALS 1793-1946". BELOW SMALLER PRINT READS "GALE & POLDEN LTD., WELLINGTON PRESS, ALDERSHOT" AND "LONDON, CHATHAM AND PORTSMOUTH". AT BOTTOM CENTER OF TITLE BLOCK IS GALE & POLDEN COAT OF ARMS BEARING A HORSE AND RIDER. ACROSS BOTTOM OF CHART READS "DECORATIONS AND MEDALS ISSUED TO THE BRITISH FORCES FROM 1793 TO THE PRESENT DAY". IN BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER IS REPEAT OF GALE & POLDEN COPYRIGHT. IN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER ARE TWO PAPER LABELS. THE FIRST IS LIGHT BLUE AND READS "PRINTED AND PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY GALE & POLDEN LTD., PRINTERS, DESIGNERS AND PUBLISHERS TO THE SERVICES, AT THEIR WELLINGTON PRESS, ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE - 1946". THE OTHER LABEL IS WHITE WITH BROWN PRINTING AND READS "CANADIAN AGENT CONWAY BROWN LITHO-PRINT R.R. NO.4, NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.". ON BACK OF FRAME IS BROWN PAPER AND HAS "#51" HAND WRITTEN IN BLUE INK. FRAME HAS A FEW SMALL SCRATCHES AND SLIGHT WEARING OF FINISH ON CORNERS.
- Subjects
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- SEE RECORD FOR P19930053002-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930053001
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-07
- Collection
- Museum
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