Inventarnummer
201208.37.4
Titel
A 1939-45 War Medal awarded to 2067291 SPR. F. HIGGINS R.E.
Beschreibung
A 1939-45 War Medal awarded to 2067291 SPR. F. HIGGINS R.E. The War Medal is a cupro-nickel medal unnamed as issued and part of a group of medals mounted on green felt with cardboard and drawing pins in a wood and glass. On the obverse is the effigy of King George VI whilst the reverse shows a triumphant lion trampling on a dragon symbolizing the Axis powers. With a ribbon consisting of a narrow red stripe in the centre, with a narrow white stripe on either side, broad red stripes at either edge, and two intervening stripes of blue.
To the left of the 1939-45 War Medal (201208.37.4) are the 1939-45 Star (201208.37.1), the France and Germany Star (201208.37.2) and the Defence Medal (201208.37.3) to its right is the Territorial Efficiency Medal (201208.37.5). Beneath the medals are an Royal Engineers Cap Badge (201208.37.6) on the left and a tie pin (201208.37.7) on the right. At the bottom is a green tape with the words '2067291. SPR. F. HIGGINS. R.E.' punched in white on to it. The words 'GIFTED BY CORPORAL DAVID N. WEBSTER / ROYAL ENGINEER 23742887' in blue pen on the back of the frame. Three golden metal plates screwed into the frame hold the wooden back in place onto which the green felt is stapled. Two hooks on the left and right of the frame back hold a section of electrical wire with brown insulation to hang the frame on to a wall.
Datum
1939 - 1945
Entstehungszeitraum
World War Two, 1939-1945
Material
Format
- Height: Medal 97 mm
- Height: 48 mm
- Width: 37 mm
- Height: Frame 295 mm
- Width: 335 mm