War Medal 1939 - 45

Production date
1939-1945
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Description
The War Medal 1939-1945. Silver. On the obverse of this medal is the effigy of King George VI. On the reverse is a triumphant lion trampling on a dragon symbolising the Axis powers. The ribbon is the red, white, and blue of the (British) Union Flag. There is a narrow central red stripe with a narrow white stripe on either side. There are broad red stripes at either edge, the two intervening stripes being blue.

This medal was issued to J. Belcher.
Production date
1939-1945
Production period
World War Two
Collection type
Museum
Subject person
Belcher, James Walter (b.1919, d.1976)
Accession number
85/0268
System ID
8267
Current Rights
Culture Waitaki Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence
Organisation Credit Line
Collection of the Waitaki Museum. Id 8267

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