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ca. 1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of a series of designs for regimental and other badges to be engraved on headstones in military cemeteries after World War I.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
photolithograph on paper
Brief description
1 of 38 designs for badges to be engraved on military headstones, designed by MacDonald Gill, photolithograph, ca. 1920
Physical description
One of a series of designs for regimental and other badges to be engraved on headstones in military cemeteries after World War I.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10in (approx)
  • Width: 10in (approx)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Presented by the Imperial War Graves Committee
Object history
These designs are for badges intended to be engraved on headstones in military ceremonies after World War I. MacDonald Gill was commissioned to produce them by the Imperial War Graves Commission, and also designed the typeface used on military graves and war memorials.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.547-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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