War Medal 1939-45

Awarded to Adm-Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. Obverse: head of King George VI. Legend: "GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR: OMN:REX:F:D:INDIAE:IMP". Reverse: A lion standing (L) on a prostrate dragon, its right paw resting on the latter's head. Inscription above: "1939 1945". Fitted with a bar and blue ribbon with wide red borders and a narrow central red stripe with white borders. Emblem: an oak leaf for mention in despatches. Mounted on a bar with twenty others.

Object Details

ID: MED2656
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Metcalfe, Percy; Carter-Preston, Edward
Events: World War II, 1939-1945
Date made: circa 1945
People: Cunningham, Andrew Browne
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 mm