§ LORD BALCARRES (Lancashire, Chorley)I beg to ask the Financial Secretary to the War Office if he has now ascertained the name of the artist who has designed the war medal.
* THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY TO THE WAR OFFICE (Mr. J. POWELL-WILLIAMS,) Birmingham, S.The designer of the war medal is Mr. de Saulles, of the Royal Mint. The Chitral medal, the Canada medal, the Soudan medal, the Central African medal, to take recent cases, have all been designed and carried out by him in consultation with the Deputy Master of the Mint. Mr. de Saulles also arranged and engraved the Jubilee medal, and has lately designed and executed the Great Seal. He has a high reputation as a designer and engraver of medals, and specimens of his work are to be seen in this year's Academy.