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Medal commemorating General Lord Kitchener, 1916
Medal commemorating General Lord Kitchener, 1916. Obverse: Bust of General Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), face three-quarter left, in uniform, battleships in distance (left and right), troops marching below. Legend: 'KITCHENER'. Reverse: Port-bow view of a battleship engaging another on fire at close quarters, others in distance in action. Kitchener died on 5 June 1916 in the loss of HMS Hampshire, sunk by a German mine off the Orkneys.
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Object Details
| ID: | MEC2337 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Huguenin, H. |
| Places: | Switzerland |
| Events: | World War I, 1914-1918 |
| Date made: | 1916 |
| People: | Kitchener, Horatio Herbert; Huguenin, H. |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 41 mm |
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