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The Faciat Georgius was an unofficial United States Marine Corps medal given to officers on Guadalcanal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=World War 2 Plus 55 )〕〔http://books.google.com/books?id=wNo0v-6RXIAC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=faciat+georgius&source=bl&ots=A4a32H1N1l&sig=0pfxyMIXBVxl4e6snhszhXuJktA&hl=en&ei=yDVDTIWnB4H88AbY1dXBDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEEQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=faciat%20georgius&f=false〕 ==History== After the initial success of the landings on Guadalcanal the Marines of the 1st Marine Division the Imperial Japanese forces rallied. On D+3 Japanese Naval & Air forces joined the battle. On 10 August, the U.S. Naval Forces, outgunned, were withdrawn after unloading only half the supplies needed by the entrenched Marines. Several weeks would pass before the ships & supplies returned, leaving the Marines on their own subsisting on captured enemy rations. During a lull in the fighting, Col. (later MGEN) Merrill B. Twining suggested that a commemorative medal be struck. He suggested that the suspending ribbon be made of worn green twill fabric from a Marine utility uniform and bear the inscription “Let George Do It”, the division’s state side motto from training days when they seemed to draw more than their fair share of onerous assignments. The motto was translated into Latin by Scottish Capt. Martin Clemens. The artist who designed the medal was Capt. (later COL.) Donald L. Dickson, who drew the designs on captured Japanese post cards using a half dollar to draw the circles. The cost to receive a medal was one Australian Pound. About 45 Officers and Senior Enlisted signed up.〔"The George Medal" by Dick Camp, LEATHERNECK MAGAZINE, August, 2002〕 All that can be truly documented is that the medals were made in Australia using a lost wax casting process as the cost of creating a die would have been prohibitive. The number of medals cast range anywhere from 25 to several hundred with 50 being the commonly agreed upon number.〔"Let George Do It" by P.L. Thompson, LEATHERNECK MAGAZINE, August, 1982〕 The medal was issued without a clasp, but instead was awarded suspended from an oversized safety pin (or other interesting device) used for closing Navy shipboard laundry bags. A certificate was issued with each medal. When the medals were ready, Lieutenant Frank Farrell, 7th Marines' intelligence officer and columnist for the New York World Telegram was assigned to handle the details of the certificate. Second Lieutenant John C. Schiller Jr was charged with collecting the fee and Lt. COL (later COL) Edmond J. Buckley was appointed "Grand Master of the Order"〔"Alone on Guadalcanal:A Coast Watcher's Story" by Martin Clemens;1998, The Naval Institute Press〕 and signed several of the certificates. In recent years, fakes have been cast and can be identified by a different metal, different patina and a loss of detail especially in the fingers on the obverse.〔"Faciat Georgius" by Jim Ruehemund (USNA 1948), The Virginia Numismatist Vol. 27〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faciat Georgius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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