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| Artist |
Parker, Harold Wilson; Thomas Humphrey Paget |
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| Title |
Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | World War 2/wars Classification: 278 |
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| Description |
English: Defence Medal 1939-45 awarded to Lt. Col. Francis William Voelcker cupronickel medal 36mm diameter, plain, non-swivelling suspender, with ribbon Obverse- bareheaded effigy of King George VI, facing left. Around the perimeter is the legend "GEORGIVS VI D-G-BR-OMN-REX F-D-IND-IMP." reverse- Royal Crown resting on an oak sapling, flanked by a lion and a lioness above stylised waves. At the top left is the year "1939" and at the top right the year "1945". The exergue has the words "THE DEFENCE MEDAL" in two lines. Ribbon- 32mm wide grosgrain ribbon, bands of green, black then green, repeated and separated by a wide orange band. |
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| Date | (1945); 03 Sep 1939-02 Sep 1945; World War 2-wars; 17 Jul 2001; 15 Aug 2001; George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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height: 90mm |
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| Accession number |
2001.25.1087.8 |
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| Place of creation | England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 5B 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.1087.8 Brent Mackrell Collection | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Defence Medal 1939-45 Lt. Col. Francis William Voelcker Served- WW1- France (with British), was a POW post-war- India WW2- Pacific. NZ's last Administrator of Western Samoa Korea- with UNRRA. Orders- CBE (Civ) DSO MC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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