Inter allied victory medal

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The Inter-Allied Victory Medal is an award from the First World War that was awarded by the following countries:

• Interallied Victory Medal (Czechoslovakia) , donated in 1919
• Interallied Victory Medal (Italy) , donated in 1920
• Interallied Victory Medal (France) , donated in 1919
• Interallied Victory Medal (Belgium) , donated in 1919
• United Kingdom Inter-Allied Victory Medal , donated in 1919
• Inter-allied Victory Medal (Japan) , donated in 1920
• Interallied Victory Medal (Cuba) , donated in 1920
• Inter-allied Victory Medal (Portugal) , donated in 1919
• Interallied Victory Medal (Romania) , donated in 1920
• Interallied Victory Medal (Greece) , donated in 1919
• World War I Victory Medal , donated in 1919

Serbia and Montenegro , Brazil and Siam did not donate any medals despite their allied contribution, nor did Russia for reasons of the October Revolution .

The different medals

Country	Artist	studio	Number of medals awarded
South African Union	William McMillan (1887-1977)	Woolwich Arsenal	around 75,000
Belgium	Paul Du Bois (1859-1938)	-----	between 300,000 and 350,000
Brazil	Jorge Soubre (1890-1934)	Casa Da Moeda RIO	around 2,500
Cuba	Charles Charles	Établissements Chobillon	between 6,000 and 7,000
United States	James Earle Fraser (1876-1953)	Arts Metal Works Inc. SGAdams Stamp & Stationary Co. Jos. Mayer Inc.	around 2,500,000
France	Pierre-Alexandre Morlon (1878–1951)	Monnaie de Paris	around 2,000,000
France	Charles Charles	Établissements Chobillon	-----
France	M. Pautot Louis Octave Mattei	-----	-----
United Kingdom	William McMillan (1887-1977)	Woolwich Arsenal Wright & Son	around 6,334,522
Greece	Henry-Eugène Nocq (1868–1944)	V. Canale	around 200,000
Italy	Gaetano Orsolini (1884–1954)	Sacchini-Milano S.Johnson-Milano FMLorioli & Castelli-Milano	around 2,000,000
Japan	Shoukichi Hata	Osaka Mint	around 700,000
Poland	Vlaitov	Mincovňa Kremnica	-----
Portugal	João Da Silva (1880-1960)	Da Costa	around 100,000
Romania	Kristesko	-----	around 300,000
Siam	Itthithepsan Kritakara (1890-1935)	-----	around 1,500
Czechoslovakia	Otakar Španiel (1881–1955)	Mincovňa Kremnica	around 89,500

(Source: '' The interallied victory medals of world war I ''; Alexander J. Laslo, Dorado Publishing, Albuquerque. Edition 1986)

Executions

country	front	back
Great Britain
South Africa
Belgium
Brazil
Greece
Italy
Cuba
Portugal
Romania
Thailand
United States
Czechoslovakia
Japan
Poland

literature

• Alexander J. Laslo: The Interallied Victory Medals of World War I. Pieces of History, 2nd edition, 1992. ISBN 0-9617320-1-6 .

Web links

Commons : Interallied Victory Medal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Article on firstworldwar.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bilingual text: "THE GREAT WAR FOR CIVILIZATION / DE GROOTE OORLOG TOT DE BeschAVING".
2. ↑ Bilingual text: "LA GRANDE GUERRE POUR LA CIVILIZATION / DE GROOTE OORLOG TOT DE BeschAVING".
3. ↑ ^{a b} Modèle non officiel.
4. ↑ Model for the soldiers from the British Dominions.
5. ↑ Pour des raisons qui demeurent inconnues, la Pologne n'a pas procédé à la frappe de cette médaille par ses propres moyens. The poinçon “MK” (Mincovňa Kremnica) is a visible clause. La médaille a peut-être été frappée à l'initiative d'un groupe de vétérans.