British India War Medal World war Ii 1939-1945

Century 20th Century
Nationality Indian
TYPE MEDALLION
The 1939-1945 War Medal is a British Commonwealth decoration issued to full-time military and naval personnel who served for at least 28 days between September 3, 1939, and September 2, 1945. Its front features King George VI, and the back shows a lion trampling a dragon
Type Military long service medal
Country India
Composition Copper-nickel
Diameter 36 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round with a loop (Fitted to a horizontal bar with standard fittings)
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment
Obverse A crowned head of King George VI facing left with the text GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX ET INDIAE IMP:
Reverse A powerful lion standing on a two-headed dragon (representing Western and Eastern wartime enemies) with the dates 1939 and 1945 near the top