NAM.1955-03-19-8

British War Medal 1939-45; unnamed Circular, cupro-nickel campaign medal with, on the obverse. crowned head of King George VI, with the inscription, ‘Georgivs VI D: G: BR: Omn: Rex et Indiae Imp:’; on the reverse, a lion standing on the body of a double-headed beast with the heads of a dragon and eagle, representing Germany and Japan, with the dates ‘1939’ and ‘1945’. The reverse also bears the initials, ‘ECRP’, for the designer, Edward Carter Preston. The ribbon has a central narrow red stripe, flanked by narrow white stripes, broad red stripes at either edge with two intervening blue stripes. From a medal group awarded to Lt Col Beresford Herbert Wallis, 107th Pioneers and 16th Punjab Regiment when on the semi-effective list. Associated with World War two (1939-1945).

World War Two (1939-1945)