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War Merit Medal

War Merit Medal is a military decoration or medal.

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Recorded examples

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

Crimean War diary of Surgeon Major William Menzies Calder, 1 July 1855 - 15 March 1856, starting in Scutari Barracks, moving to the camp before Sebastopol on 28 July 1855 is dated 1849-1962 and held by Wellcome Collection. Institutional cataloguing adds that florence Sarah Craven, Mrs Dacre Craven, née Lees. Photograph. is catalogued and held by Wellcome Collection. It is also recorded that wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Institutional cataloguing adds that orders, Awards, Certificates, Appointments, (c.1883)-1920 is dated 1885-c.1919 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 8 catalogued sources across 4 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Wikipedia, Wellcome Collection and Wikidata. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

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    Emily Noble Awarded the FNCB Medal of Merit, The Ballarat Naturalist, 2023

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Hovde, Frederick Lawson, (7 Feb. 1908–1 March 1983), President’s Medal for Merit (USA), 1948; President, Purdue University, 1946–71, later President Emeritus, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    la Farge, Oliver, (19 Dec. 1901–2 Aug. 1963), Commendation Medal, US, 1945; Legion of Merit, US, 1946; Writer, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Price, Byron, (25 March 1891–6 Aug. 1981), Medal for Merit, US, 1946, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Sender, Ramón José, (3 Feb. 1902–15 Jan. 1982), Medal of Morocco, 1924; Spanish Military Cross of Merit, 1924; writer, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    “War Merit Medal”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 8 works naming War Merit Medal.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q7968488: War Merit Medal

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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Elsewhere in Medals

1,069 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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