The King's Medal Royal Australian Military College, 1936

This is a portrait of King George V who reigned from 1910 until 1936. The portrait is by the Melbourne-born artist Sir Edgar Bertram MacKennal.

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Obverse – Crowned bust of King George V facing left. Around it is the Latin legend GEORGIVS V D.G.BRITT.OMN.REX.ET INDIAE.IMP. [George the Fifth by the Grace of God King of all the Britons and Emperor of India].		Reverse – Australian arms within native flora, with the legend HIS MAJESTY THE KING'S MEDAL Royal Australian Military College .

Transferred from Melbourne Mint, 1978