United Kingdom. A First War Pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal named consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac magnetic plate and brass pin

magnetic plate and brass pin

1 grams the end clasps feature a rectangular slot with simple hook

pair of shoulder boards and collar patches

the obverse joined together at the bottom by a plaque bearing an inscription of “AL MÉRITO EN CAMPAÑA” (“TO MERIT IN THE CAMPAIGN”)

and the remnants of an adhesive from prior storage

United Kingdom. A First War Pair, British War Medal and Victory Medal named consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac magnetic plate and brass pinBritish War Medal (D. SMITH. B. R. C. & ST. J. J.); and Victory Medal (D. SMITH. B. R. C. & ST. J. J.). Naming is officially impressed. Plated, court mounted with swing bar pinback, as worn by the veteran, edge nicks, replacement ribbons, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Joint War Organisation (JWO) was a combined operation of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem during the First World War, created in August 1914, just