Mercantile Marine War Medal

Mercantile Marine War Medal
‎ Obervse (top left) and reverse (top right) of medal, with ribbon (bottom)
Awarded by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Type	Campaign medal
Eligibility	Mercantile Marine.
Awarded for	Campaign service.
Campaign	First World War 1914-18.
Description	Bronze disk, 36mm diameter.
Clasps	none
Statistics
Established	1919
Total awarded	133,135

Awarded by the Board of Trade to members of the Merchant Navy for one or more voyages through a war or danger zone.^[1]

A circular, bronze medal, 1.42 inches in diameter. The obverse has a bareheaded effigy of King George V, facing left, with the legend: GEORGIVS V BRITT : OMN : REX ET IND : IMP :
The reverse shows a merchant ship ploughing her way through stormy seas, an enemy submarine sinking and a sailing vessel in the background. The base of the reverse has the inscription FOR * WAR * SERVICE / MERCANTILE MARINE / * 1914 - 1918 * in three lines. Around the edge of the rim is a laurel wreath.
The ribbon is 1.25 inches wide and is coloured green, white (thin middle stripe), and red (represent starboard and port running lights with the masthead steaming light in the centre).