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Medal, campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Parker, Harold Wilson; Royal Mint; Thomas Humphrey Paget
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Classification: 278
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English: Defence Medal 1939-45, WW2 Awarded to 20270 Sgt Vincent William Melhuish, 5th Field Regiment, 2NZEF, 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.
Date 19 Jun 2003; (1945); 1939-1943; World War 2-wars; George VI (1936 - 1952)-House of Windsor-English reign; 05 Jun 2003
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diameter: 36mm

width: 32mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2003.57.3
Place of creation United Kingdom; North Africa
Exhibition history Display: 9D
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2003.57.3
Notes Defence Medal 1939-45 awarded to 20270 Vincent William Melhuish, WW2. Note- The appearance of the medals suggests that they were never worn by Sgt Melhuish. Vincent William Melhuish was born in 1909, in Wellington. He enlisted in 1939 and served with the 5th Field Regiment. His occupation prior to enlistment was Radio Technician. He served overseas in Africa before being discharged as medically unfit with asthma in June 1943. He died in 1984.
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