Bust of Christopher Marlowe Category_General Service Medals non-commissioned officers and other ranks

non-commissioned officers and other ranks for individual or associated acts of bravery in the field

Full-size reproduction medal

Since 1937 the cross has had the year of award engraved - usually on the bottom arm but examples do exist engraved in the centre

Each medal is British made in the same historic factories that produced the original wartime medals

Bust of Christopher Marlowe Category_General Service Medals non-commissioned officers and other ranksBust of Christopher Marlowe made in British Gypsum Plaster. As with all Famous Faces there are objects around the base. For this bust we have included The Rose Theatre, Helen of Troy, the devil from Doctor Faustus, the Maltese cross from the Jew of Malta and quill and ink. The etch around the base reads "COME LIVE WITH ME AND BE MY LOVE" Like his contemporary, Shakespeare, Marlowe also became a successful playwright. Rumour has it that he also