Object number
200709.6.11
Title
War Medal 1939-45
Description
War Medal awarded to Sargeant Richard Culiford Bickley RE;George VI issue. A cupro-nickel or silver medal. 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.
Date
1939 - 1945
Production period
Windsor, 1910-, World War Two, 1939-1945
Material
Dimensions
- Diameter: medal 40 mm
- Height: 50 mm
- ribbon 30 mm
- Width: 35 mm
- together 80 mm