N° d'objet
201208.37.3
Titre
A Defence Medal awarded to 2067291 SPR. F. HIGGINS R.E.
Description
A Defence Medal awarded to 2067291 SPR. F. HIGGINS R.E. The Defence Medal is unnamed as issued and part of a group of medals mounted on green felt with cardboard and drawing pins in a wood and glass. A cupro-nickel medal. 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.
To the left of the Defence Medal(201208.37.3) are the 1939-45 Star (201208.37.1) and the France and Germany Star (201208.37.2) and to its right are the 1939-45 War Medal (201208.37.4) and 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.
Date
1939 - 1945
Période de création
World War Two, 1939-1945
Matériel
Dimensions
- Height: Medal 100 mm
- Width: 35 mm
- Height: Frame 295 mm
- Width: 335 mm