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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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Thomas Humphrey Paget
Title
Medal, campaign
Object type Classification: 278
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English: Defence Medal 1939-45, WW2 part of medal set awarded to Lieut. Colonel Frederick Charles Cornwall, 30th Battalion, 2NZEF, WW2 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 (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
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diameter: 36mm
length: 58mm
width: 32mm

notes: medal: 36mm diameter ribbon: 32mm wide medal set (H x W): 113x174mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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2001.25.180.7
Place of creation England; Pacific
Exhibition history Display: 5G 39
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Collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 2001.25.180.7

Brent Mackrell Collection
Notes Defence Medal 1939-45 Lt. Colonel Frederick Charles Cornwall, 30th Battalion, 2NZEF, WW2 WW1- Gallipoli, Egypt, France; WW2- 30 Battalion 2NZEF- Fiji, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Green Island. MC. During WW2 Lieutenant Colonel Cornwall commanded 30th Infantry Battalion between September 1943 and April 1944. He was stationed in Fiji and New Caledonia and took part in actions in Vella Lavella and the Nissan (Green) Island Landing, and later received the US Legion of Merit
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