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1914 Star service medal earned by Buchanan and sent to his next of kin. © National Museums Scotland
1914 Star service medal earned by Buchanan and sent to his next of kin after the war. The 1914 Star was only issued to those who served in the first year of the war. Service medals were usually delivered in the post, unlike gallantry awards recognising acts of bravery which were sometimes awarded formally in person. Most service medals were received after the war. As Buchanan did not survive the w…
Contributors
- Jo Sohn-Rethel
Subject
- World War I
- Home Front
- World War I
Type of item
- Medal
- Medal
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2015-09-22 10:21:43 UTC
- 2015-09-22
- 2015-09-22
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 228552
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/20084/attachments/228552
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:13:32.970Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- 1914 Star service medal earned by Buchanan and sent to his next of kin after the war. The 1914 Star was only issued to those who served in the first year of the war. Service medals were usually delivered in the post, unlike gallantry awards recognising acts of bravery which were sometimes awarded formally in person. Most service medals were received after the war. As Buchanan did not survive the war, his medals were sent to his next of kin.