Greece: Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918, official Greek issue by Henry Nocq, medallists signature at 7 o’clock on the obverse.
Condition: Good Very Fine.
The idea of an inter-allied medal to commemorate victory in World War I is credited to the French Field-Marshal Foch. It was agreed that each of the Allies should issue a medal to their nationals featuring a figure representing ‘Victory’ on the front and have a symmetric double rainbow ribbon with red, the colour of courage and sacrifice at the centre, representing the colours of the allies flags and presenting an allegory of calm after storm. The Greek Victory Medal was instituted on 22 September 1920 to be awarded to military who had served at least three months of active service or had been wounded in action, died of wounds or had been killed in action and to sailors with service of at least a year between 14 June 1917 and 25 November 1918.
