British War Medal 1914-20

Campaign medal awarded to the Reverend Hedley William Mountney Handford.

Silver campaign medal with a portrait of King George V facing left with the inscription, 'Georgivs V Britt: Omn: Rex Et Ind Imp:', on the obverse and an equestrian figure of St George, trampling a shield bearing the Prussian eagle, on the reverse. Additional designs on the reverse include the years, '1914' and '1918', a skull and crossed bones representing death and a rising sun, representing victory. The medal is impressed with the name of the recipient on the edge. Orange corded silk ribbon edged with blue and white vertical stripes.

During World War One (1914-1918) Handford served as a chaplain with 96th Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, with 20 Corps (formed in Palestine in 1917).