WAR MEDAL WILL BE STRUCK SOON
(Special N.Z.P.A. Association) Recd. 8.20 p.m. London, Jan. 1 The Royal Mint will soon begin striking millions cf cupro-nickel medals. They will be the War Medal, 1939-45, which will be the War Medal, full-time personnel of the armed forces wherever they served. The only qualification will be to have served for 28 days between September 2, 1939, and September 2, 1945. There will be no distinction between operational and non-operational service. The War Medal will be in addition to the Campaign Stars and Defence Medal. Its reverse side, designed and modelled by E. Carter Preston, shows a lion standing triumphant on a double-headed dragon. The dragon’s two heads —an eagle’s and a dragon’s —signify the principal Occidental Oriental enemies. The obverse bears the King's head, crowned.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 17 January 1948, Page 5
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