Object number
6304.1.8
Title
Defence Medal
Description
Defence Medal, awarded to Major H.E. Day. On the obverse is the uncrowned effigy of King George VI. On the reverse are two lions flanking an oak sapling crowned with the dates at the sides and wavy lines representing the sea below. The words ‘THE DEFENCE MEDAL’ appear in the exergue. With a ribbon consisting of two broad bars of green (this green and pleasant land) superimposed by narrow stripes of black (the black-out), with a wide band of orange (fire-bombing) in the centre.
Date
1939 - 1945
Production period
Windsor, 1910-, World War Two, 1939-1945
Dimensions
- Diameter: medal 36 mm
- Height: 51 mm
- Width: ribbon 34 mm
- Length: 43 mm
- Length: together 92 mm