ca. 1920 (made)
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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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| Materials and techniques | photolithograph on paper |
| Brief description | 1 of 252 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1923, London: Board of Education, 1925. |
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| Accession number | E.4289-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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