Silver Hunger Strike medallion with purple, white and green ribbon
About this object
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ID:
50.82/1159
Production date:
1912
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Location:
In Store
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Silver hunger strike medal with purple white and green ribbon. Presented to the suffragette Emily Katherine Willoughby Marshall in 1912 to commemorate her hunger strike whlst serving a sentence in Holloway Prison for taking part in the window smashing campaign of March 1912. Engraved on the silver bar below the ribbon 'March 1st 1912'. On one side of the medal is engraved 'Hunger Strike' and on the reverse 'Emily Katharine Marshall'. (note the different spelling of Katharine the medal may be incorrect)
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Measurements
H 82 mm; W 38 mm; D 5 mm
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Materials
silver; textile
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Last Updated
2024-03-14
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