United Kingdom. A Chaplains’ Department 1914-15 Star to Reverend Herbert John Philpott, Mentioned in Dispatches consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 8 mm (h) x 40

8 mm (h) x 40

constructed of a heavy olive-drab cotton cloth

Constructed of silvered cupal in the shape of a mobile swastika within a cogwheel

with the die featuring an insignia consisting of a disc bearing a central crown inset with a cross and rose (classic Lutheran symbolism representing the reward of heaven following the tribulations of life informed by the peace of God

United Kingdom. A Chaplains’ Department 1914-15 Star to Reverend Herbert John Philpott, Mentioned in Dispatches consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac 8 mm (h) x 40A 1914 15 Star, the reverse bearing a dedication to REV. H. J. PHILPOTT, A. C. D. for the Reverend Herbert John Philpott, Army Chaplains Department, with the naming officially impressed, demonstrating some toning to the base metal, in near extremely fine condition. Footnote: Herbert John Philpott was born on 20 November 1870 in Creech St Michael, Somerset, to parents John and Maria. He trained as a Wesleyan (Methodist) Minister and evangelized and