Lot 48: British Victory Medal, WWI, Named to 2 ENR. F. CRAWSHAW. M.S.C.

A First World War British Victory Medal, named to 2 ENR. F. CRAWSHAW. M.S.C. This circular yellow metal medal, likely bronze or brass with a gold wash or gilding, features an integrated suspension ring. The obverse depicts a high-relief allegorical winged figure of Victory, rendered in a classical or early 20th-century style, with the faint initials ‘WM’ (likely for William McMillan) inscribed near the figure’s base. The reverse is centrally inscribed ‘THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILISATION 1914-1919’, surrounded by a raised laurel wreath border. The edge is impressed with the recipient’s details: ‘2 ENR. F. CRAWSHAW. M.S.C.’