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<p>[QUOTE="the blacksmith, post: 9519270, member: 20148"]The war medals were not engraved with the recipients name, something that after five years of fighting incensed my father so much that he threw his in the rubbish! Possibly, the MBE does have a name on it, though of this I am not certain. The Indian police gallantry medal should be engraved on the edge though.</p><p>First World War medals were engraved with the name, rank, number and regiment or service of the recipient.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="the blacksmith, post: 9519270, member: 20148"]The war medals were not engraved with the recipients name, something that after five years of fighting incensed my father so much that he threw his in the rubbish! Possibly, the MBE does have a name on it, though of this I am not certain. The Indian police gallantry medal should be engraved on the edge though. First World War medals were engraved with the name, rank, number and regiment or service of the recipient.[/QUOTE]
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