- Object name(s):
- medal; Officer’s decoration for long service; Officer’s decoration for long service
- Brief description:
- This medal was awarded to George Roberts Shorto for his dedication to the volunteer military force. He retired from the volunteers in 1899 after 34 years service and was awarded this Volunteer Officers Decoration in August 1903. His total service with the regular and volunteer army was 44 years and 10 months. The front, or ‘obverse’, of the medal depicts the monogram of King George VII. George Shorto was also an active individual in the city of Exeter, being the city’s Town Clerk and a governor of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. This object is not on display.
- Collection:
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
- Current location:
- Not on display
- Field collection place:
- Devon
- Field collection place:
- United Kingdom: England
- Field collection place:
- Northern Europe
- Field collection place:
- Europe
- Material:
- metal
- Material:
- textile
- Object name:
- medal; Officer’s decoration for long service; Officer’s decoration for long service
- Object number:
- 28/1966/4
- Object production date:
- 1903
- Date - period:
- Edwardian (1901-1914)
- Reproduction number:
- 28-1966-4.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 28-1966-4-shot1.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 28-1966-4-shot2.jpg
- Reproduction number:
- 28-1966-4-shot3.jpg
- Responsible department/section:
- Numismatics
- Responsible department/section:
- Numismatics
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c01c5037-bb0c-3299-8290-7e17b788ac83
Use licence for this record: CC 0
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c01c5037-bb0c-3299-8290-7e17b788ac83, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, CC 0
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