File:Medal, campaign (AM 2001.25.652.4-4).jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(5,472 × 3,648 pixels, file size: 1.27 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary

[edit]
Medal, campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Parker, Harold Wilson; Thomas Humphrey Paget
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type World War 2/wars
Classification: 278
Description
English: Defence Medal 1939-45, WW2 Awarded to Wing Commander Alfred H Marsack, RAF cupronickel medal 36mm diameter, plain, non-swivelling suspender 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 (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
Dimensions

diameter: 36mm
width: 32mm
notes: medal

notes: ribbon
institution QS:P195,Q758657
Accession number
2001.25.652.4
Place of creation England
Credit line Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.652.4 Brent Mackrell Collection
Notes Defence Medal 1939-45 Wing Commander Alfred Hardwick Marsack, RAF Wing Commander Alfred Hardwick Marsack, OBE (Civ), RAF (1906-1966) Military Service- WW2- Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Eastern Frontier, Italy Abyssinian Conflict, Palestine Disturbances, Aden, Western Desert
Source/Photographer

API data
Catalogue record

Photo
Permission
(Reusing this file)
This image has been released as "CCBY" by Auckland Museum. For details refer to the Commons project page.
Other versions

Licensing

[edit]
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
Attribution: Auckland Museum
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current15:29, 1 December 2017Thumbnail for version as of 15:29, 1 December 20175,472 × 3,648 (1.27 MB) (talk | contribs)Auckland Museum Page(277.8) Object(1428) Image(4) http://api.aucklandmuseum.com/id/media/v/383313

Metadata