A British campaign medal, the War Medal 1939-1945, struck in cupro-nickel. The obverse features the uncrowned effigy of King George VI facing left, with the Latin inscription GEORGIVS VI G : BR : OMN : REX ET INDIAE IMP :. The reverse depicts a lion standing over a fallen two-headed dragon, with the dates 1939 and 1945 to the right. The medal is suspended from a ribbon featuring narrow red, white, and blue vertical stripes, mounted on a metal pin bar. This example is accompanied by its original cardboard O.H.M.S. mailing box, which bears a circular postal mark printed with a crown and OFFICIAL PAID. The box is addressed in type to Mrs. Eva Fretwell, 25, Belfield Street, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. A paper slipsheet is partially visible within the packaging, printed with the text tary of State for… compliments and.
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