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Cenotaph - Tenth Anniversary of the Singing of the Armistice

Medal
1928 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Doman, Charles Leighfield J. (medallist)
Place of origin
England (made)

This medal was manufactured by the Royal Mint and sold in various metals in very large numbers. The total number struck was nearly 8000. It commemorates the signing of the Armistice and portrays the Cenotaph - a huge monolithic stone slab topped by the representations of a coffin in stone - the national memorial to the dead on Whitehall. The Cenotaph (Greek word for empty tomb) was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and had been unveiled by King Georg V as part of a funeral procession of the Unknown Soldier on 11 November 1920. It is undecorated save for a carved wreath on each end and the words "The Glorious Dead", chosen by Rudyard Kipling.

Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Death
Politics
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Medal
  • Box for Medal Cenotaph 10th Anniv Sign Armistice
TitleCenotaph - Tenth Anniversary of the Singing of the Armistice (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Cenotaph - Tenth Anniversary of the Singing of the Armistice, by Charles Leighfield J. Doman, England, 1928
Physical description
Obverse: The Cenotaph with three furled standards. Inscription.
Reverse: Allegorical figures representing War and Peace, with Peace to the foreground and War to the background. Signed and inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE NOVEMBER 11TH MCMXVIII'

    Note
    obverse

  • TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE. NOV 11. 1928' [and signed] 'C.L.D.'

    Note
    reverse

Object history
Given by Professor J. Hull Grundy and Mrs. Ann Hull Grundy, in 1978.

Historical significance: This medal was manufactured by the Royal Mint and sold in various metals in very large numbers. The total number struck was nearly 8000.
Subjects depicted
Cenotaph
Allegorical Figures
War
Peace
Summary
This medal was manufactured by the Royal Mint and sold in various metals in very large numbers. The total number struck was nearly 8000. It commemorates the signing of the Armistice and portrays the Cenotaph - a huge monolithic stone slab topped by the representations of a coffin in stone - the national memorial to the dead on Whitehall. The Cenotaph (Greek word for empty tomb) was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and had been unveiled by King Georg V as part of a funeral procession of the Unknown Soldier on 11 November 1920. It is undecorated save for a carved wreath on each end and the words "The Glorious Dead", chosen by Rudyard Kipling.
Bibliographic references
  • Attwood, P., Artistic Circles, British Museum, 1992, no. 38, p. 53
  • Fearon, D., Spink's Catalogue of British Commemorative Medals 1558 to the present day, no. 369.2, p. 87
  • Cullen, Lucy, Fisher, Wendy and Jopek, Norbert, 'One by One': European Commemorative Medals for the Great War 1914-1918, London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998 55
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.93:1-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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