War Medal 1939-45

War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Adm-Fleet Terence Thornton Lewin (1920-1999). Obverse: head of King George VI. Legend: 'GEORGIVS VI D: G: B: 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 with an oak leaf emblem for mentioned in despatches. Mounted on a bar with seven others ZBA4356-4363.

Object Details

ID: ZBA4361
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Carter-Preston, Edward; Metcalfe, Percy
Date made: circa 1945
Exhibition: Arctic Convoys
People: Lewin, Terence Thornton; Metcalfe, Percy Carter-Preston, Edward
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Lewin Collection
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm