Social History — 1912
Hunger Strike - For Valour
Silver hunger strike medal with purple white and green ribbon, in its original presentation box, awarded to the suffragette Agnes Kelly. Agnes endured hunger strike and force feeding whilst serving a four month sentence in Aylesbury jail for breaking windows in Piccadilly in 1912. The reverse of the enamel bar on the medal is engraved with the date of her force-feeding.
Suffragettes treated the fight for the vote as a military campaign. From 1909, imprisoned suffragettes were rewarded with medals for their service to the cause. Hunger strike medals were presented to those who endured what was regarded as the ultimate form of prison protest.
- Category:
- Social History
- Object ID:
- 50.82/1151
- Object name:
- Hunger Strike - For Valour
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Women's Social and Political Union
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- Production date:
- 1912
- Material:
silver, textile
- Measurements/duration:
- H 83 mm, L 40 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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