The Defence Medal - A S Meintjes

WWII 1939 – 1945

THE DEFENCE MEDAL

230903 A S MEINTJES

Date - 1945

Campaign - Second World War 1939-45

Branch of Service - British and Commonwealth forces

Description - Obverse: the uncrowned effigy of King George VI; Reverse: two lions flanking an oak sapling crowned with the dates at the sides and wavy lines representing the sea below.  The words THE DEFENCE MEDAL appear in the exergue.

Ribbon - Two broad stripes of green (this green and pleasant land) superimposed by narrow stripes of black (the black-out), with a wide stripe of orange (fire-bombing) in the centre.

Size - 36mm