Cenotaph - Tenth Anniversary of the Singing of the Armistice
Medal
1928 (dated)
1928 (dated)
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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.
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| Title | Cenotaph - Tenth Anniversary of the Singing of the Armistice (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | A.93:1-1978 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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