Object number
202311.1.4
Title
Major General RIchard Edwin Aserappa's Second World War Defence Medal, 1939-1945
Description
This is part of a group of 4 medals, court mounted on a bar. It is a circular silver coloured metal medal suspended from a ribbon via metal fixtures, The ribbon has 2 light green outer stripes with a central narrow black stripes, then on the inside and a central wider orange coloured band. The Front face has a the head of King George VI in side profile uncrowned, around this image it says "Georgius VI D G BR Omni Rex F D Ind Imp" On the rear there is an image two lions flanking an oak sapling crowned with the dates 1939 & 1945 at the top sides, below the image are wavy lines to represent the sea with the words "The Defence Medal" at the bottom. This is the third medal on the bar from the left hand side. His details are engraved in Indian Army style around the rim of the medal
Production place
India
Date
1939 - 1945
Production period
Windsor, 1910-, World War Two, 1939-1945
Material
Dimensions
- Height: 78 mm
- Diameter: 35 mm
- Depth: medal 30 mm
- Depth: court mount 50 mm