FOR SERVICE IN NATIONAL EMERGENCY MAY BRONZE MEDAL, IN SOUTH AFRICA

Selling a Bronze Medal 63.2 grams mm Diameter in original leather case This medal was issued to commemorate for the Service in the National Emergency in May , the General Strike. It is made by Ernest Gillick in England in . Gillick () was a sculptor and medallist, who had studied at the Nottingham School of Art. Much of his works was in the form of busts, statuettes, reliefs and decorative objects as well as medals. The General Strike was a national strike that lasted ten days, from 3 May to 13 May , initiated by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). General Strike, Service Medal Eimer mm diameter in bronze by E.Gillick Obverse Helmeted figure of Britannia seated left, hand resting on a shield, holds out a laurel, in the field, winged emblem of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company, between a rose and a thistle, FOR SERVICE IN NATIONAL EMERGENCY MAY , Reverse: An allegory of three draped figures standing with their backs to each other, two locomotives resting upon their outstretched hands LARGITAS MVNERIS SALVS REIPVBLICAE UNC