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Object connections:
| Collection | Coins and medals, Orders and medals |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | Provenance: Sturdee, Frederick Charles Doveton |
| Events | World War I, 1914-1918 |
Object details:
| Object ID | MED2431 |
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| Description | Awarded to Admiral of the Fleet Sir F Doveton Sturdee (1859-1925). A uniface star of four points, the upper covered by a crown, with two crossed swords entwined by a short scroll. Inscription: '1914-15.' An oak garland superimposed upon the whole. Inscription: 'G'. with a 'V' within it. Inscription Reverse: 'VICE-ADM SIR F.C.D.STURDEE K.C.B., C.V.O., C.M.G.' Fitted with a ring and red, white and blue watered-silk ribbon. Mounted on a bar with six others. |
| Date made | circa 1918 |
| Credit | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a Private Collection |
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| Materials | organic: silk, watered [ribbon]; metal: bronze |
| Measurements | 44 mm |
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