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Object Name |
Medal, Commemorative |
Description |
Eight dress-uniform-size medals and ribbons attached to a bar with a pin. All awarded to Frank Worlsey for various exploits during wartime, also his Polar medal and 20 years service in the Royal Naval Reserve. Left to right (as photographed): DSO and bar - white cross with central crown and GR motif on back, bar with crown on ribbon; OBE - cross with central seated figure and motto "For God and Empire"; 1914-1918 medal with George V in profile, and bars (unoffical): North Russia 1918-1919, Arctic 1918, Home Seas 1918, Home Seas 1917, Q. Ships Merchant Marine War service medal 1914-1918 Victory Medal - The Great War for Civilisation 1914-1919 Polar medal with white ribbon and bar Antarctic 1917 Decoration for Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - GR medal with green ribbon (awarded for 20 years service) Order of St. Stanislaus - Red Maltese Cross with crossed swords and SS in centre |
People |
Worsley, Frank Arthur |
Subjects |
Ship captains Ships Naval Officers World War I |
Provenance |
From the estate of Frank Worsley, which passed to his wife Jean after his death. Donor was executor of her estate. |
Web Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/ |
Collection |
Frank A. Worsley Collection |
Catalog Number |
INV:206 |