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| Picture No | 10821274 |
| Date | 1917 |
| Description | George V awarding medal to wounded soldier, WW1 |
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King George V awarding a medal to an injured soldier, Private Thomas Hughes of the Connaught Rangers. Queen Mary and others are seated behind him. The occasion was the King's Investiture in Hyde Park, London, when George V invested some 350 men with the honours they had won for gallantry and good service during the First World War.
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| Source | Original artwork by Fortunino Matania (1881-1963) |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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