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First World War Silver War Badge of L/Cpl Albert Benjamin FREDERICKSON 933

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c. 1916

Overview

First World War Silver circular badge with FOR KING AND EMPIRE and SERVICES RENDERED on the rim. There is a voided cypher of King George V in the middle and the British crown above the cypher. A78211 is stamped on the reverse of the medal.

Historical information

The Silver War Badge was awarded to members of the armed forces of the British Empire who had served since 1914 and had been discharged due to age, sickness and wounds that rendered them physically unfit for service. Officers who retired or relinquished their commissions were also awarded the badge. The badge was first issued in 1916 and awarded retrospectively to those who had been discharged since August 1914. It was designed to be worn on civilian clothes for others to recognise that individuals wearing them had served in the military.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2023.14.1

Item type

Badges

Themes

Defence > Army

War and Conflict > World War 1

Material

Silver (Metal)

Width

30 mm

Weight

8 g

Inscriptions and markings

Front FOR KING AND EMPIRE / SERVICES RENDERED
Back A78211

Contextual information

Albert Benjamin FREDRICKSON 933 was born in 1871 in Helsinki, Finland. He moved to Australia in the late nineteenth century and was a prospector in Western Australia. A naturalised British subject. Albert enlisted in the AIF in Norseman on 6 July 1915 and served with the 32nd Battalion C Company on the Western Front, attaining the rank of Lance Corporal. Wounded in the head at the Battle of Passchendaele in October 1917, he was invalided and returned to Australia on the Durham Castle on 18 March 1918. Albert died on 17 June 1921 in the sanitorium at Wooroloo in Western Australia. His medal was given to the next-of-kin listed on his enlistment papers, Charles MOHR.

Keywords

First World War

First World War Silver War Badge

Albert Benjamin FREDRICKSON

32nd Battalion

Place made

United Kingdom

Year

c. 1916

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance