1914-1915 Star Medal
The Royal Mint
Category
Coins and medals
Date
1920 - 1921
Materials
bronze
Measurements
61 x 44 x 2 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 733055.3.1
Summary
1914-1915 Star medal posthumously awarded to Henry Colt Arthur Hoare (1888-1917). Bronze medal shaped as a four-pointed star ensigned with a crown; '2.LIEUT.H.C.A.HOARE.DORSET.YEO.' impressed on the reverse.
Provenance
Awarded posthumously by the War Office to Henry Colt Arthur Hoare, Captain in the Dorset Yeomanry, who was killed in action in the First World War, December 1917. Addressed to Alda, Lady Hoare, at Stourhead. Given to the National Trust along with Stourhead House, its grounds, and the rest of the contents by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947) in 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse: 2.LIEUT.H.C.A.HOARE. DORSET.YEO.
Makers and roles
The Royal Mint, manufacturer