Historical information

A Victory Medal was given to school children after the end of World War 2 in 1945. 1 150 000 of these medals were distributed to Australian school children to coincide with the end of the war in the Pacific in August 1945. It was designed by Lyndon Dadswell and the makers were Stokes & Sons.

Significance

The medal was one way generations would know about Worlds War 2 in 1945.

Physical description

A small medal with a striped red, white and blue ribbon threaded through an eyelet at the top. The words 'Victory Medal' with a world map are on one side and a soldier with a sword and map of Australia with 1945 are on the other side.