Medal: British War Medal 1939-1945 awarded to Captain Richard Bateman Speary
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Royal Mint, UK (estab. 0886 AD)
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1945
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Description: a cupronickel medal, 36mm diameter, plain straight non-swivelling suspender, with ribbon. Obverse: crowned head of King George VI, surrounded by the legend ‘GEORGIUS VI D: G: BR: OM: REX ET INDIAE: IMP:’ Reverse: A lion standing on a dragon with two heads, above are the dates 1939 and 1945.
Ribbon: grosgrain, 32mm wide, red, blue, and white bands, repeated in reverse order and separated by red. The colours are those of the British Union Jack.
Source: Spink: 163.
Grosgrain ribbon: 2 - Ribbon
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