Bendigo Military Museum
medal - THANK YOU MEDALLION FROM BENDIGO WW1, Post WW2
... Medallion Thankyou.... WW2 Bendigo Medallion Thankyou Front. “DUTY. BRAVELY. DONE ...
Percival Sylvester LANYON NR V 14661 enlisted 21 May 1941 Aged 45, Discharged 5 June 1944 Rank PTE. UNit 3 Garrison Bde. Heavy copper medallion and chain. At the top of the chain is a solid rod, 5 rings in the chain. Medallion is gold colour, top has the Rising Sun Badge covered with a saluting soldier. Two rifles go from his waist to the ground. A blue enamel across the medallion. Centre has a small shield with a concave recess in its centre. A wreath up from the bottom on both sides, bottom has a boomerang.Front. “DUTY. BRAVELY. DONE.
P.S. LANYON in the boomerang
Back is stamped “presentation from Bendigo”
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