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War Medal 1939-45
War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Adm-Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin (1920-1999). Obverse: head of King George VI. Legend: 'GEORGIVS VI D: G: B: 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 with an oak leaf emblem for mentioned in despatches. Mounted on a bar with seven others ZBA4356-4363.
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Object details
| ID: | ZBA4361 |
|---|---|
| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Carter-Preston, Edward; Metcalfe, Percy |
| Date made: | circa 1945 |
| Exhibition: | Arctic Convoys |
| People: | Lewin, Terence Thornton; Metcalfe, Percy Carter-Preston, Edward |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Lewin Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |