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Description: | mark, embossing, upper case lettering cast around the circumference, GEORGIVS VI D : G : BR : OMN : REX F : D : IND : IMP
mark, embossing, upper case lettering cast in metal and on two lines, THE DEFENCE
MEDAL
mark, embossing, dates cast onto metal, one either side of lions, 1939
1945
A circular medal with embossed silhouette portrait of King George VI and Latin inscriptions around the circumference on the obverse. The reverse shows an oak tree surmounted by a crown and with a rampant lion on each side. It bears two dates and an inscription, being a service medal of the Second World War. It has an attached ribbon bar and red, white and blue striped braid which is open at the top and slightly frayed at the ends.
Material: metal
Material: textile, braid | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.450189 | Go to resource |
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