War Medal 1939-45

Awarded to Private D J A Pipe, Middlesex Regiment. Obverse: head of King George VI. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP". Reverse: A lion standing (L) on a prostrate dragon, its right paw resting on the latter's head. Inscription above: "1939 1945".. Fitted with a bar and blue ribbon with wide red borders and a narrow central red stripe with white borders.

Object Details

ID: MED2156
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Metcalfe, Percy; Carter-Preston, Edward
Events: World War II, 1939-1945
Date made: circa 1945
People: Pipe, David John Alwyne
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm
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