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Medal - Children's Peace, Great War, Department of Defence, Australia, 1919
Reg. No: NU 20943
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- Summary:
- Australia
Schools Victory medal 1919 (AD)
Mint: Stokes & Sons
Awarded to: School Children of the Commonwealth of Australia
Other Details: Of the commemorative medals issued to mark the end of the First World War, the most common was the so-called 'Peace' or 'Victory' medal issued to every child in Australia aged 0-14 years (and aged up to 16 if parents were in the armed forces). The medal was designed by Charles Douglas Richardson, better known for his work as a sculptor. Time constraints as well as pressure from the production of other victory medals meant that no single manufacturer could make the 1,670,000 medals. Six were therefore selected: Amor, Stokes, Schlank, Parkes, Angus & Coote (who later withdrew) and Platers. The medals were silvered bronze, with silver issues for special presentations. The Defence Department supplied a red, white and blue striped ribbon and pin. Distribution began in March 1919. Victorian school children received their medals on Friday 18 July and on 'Peace Day' on Saturday 19 July. - Acquisition Information:
- Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 27 mm (Diameter) |
| Dimension Comment: | no ribbon |
More information
| Tagged with: | school children, wars conflicts, world war i 1914-1918, 1 or 1 1, 1 1, 1 and 1 1, or 1 1--, order by 1000, or a a |
| Themes this item is part of: | Childhood & Youth Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection, Stokes & Son, Medal Makers, Melbourne, Victoria & Sydney, New South Wales |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | peace |
| Series: | Australian Commemorative Medals |
| DateEra: | 1919 AD |
| Obverse Description: | Peace with two flying doves on pedestal inscribed, PEACE / 1919 below AUSTRALIA; figure in chains on left and another entangled in bush to right |
| Reverse Description: | Australian sailor and soldier support wreath; above, VICTORY; within, THE / TRIUMPH / OF / LIBERTY / AND / JUSTICE; below on plaque, THE PEACE OF 1919 |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | Plain (edge) Peace with two flying doves on pedestal inscribed, PEACE / 1919 below AUSTRALIA; figure in chains on left and another entangled in bush to right (obverse) Australian sailor and soldier support wreath; above, VICTORY; within, THE / TRIUMPH / OF / LIBERTY / AND / JUSTICE; below on plaque, THE PEACE OF 1919(reverse) |
| Shape: | Round with loop |
| Material: | Silvered Bronze |
| Issued By: | Department of Defence, Australia, 1919 |
| Mint: | Stokes & Sons (Mint), 1919 |
| Artist: | Douglas Richardson, 1919 This is may be Charles Douglas Richardson - it is executed in his style - but Carlisle says Douglas Richardson. -D. Tout-Smith 5/2/3004. |
| References: | Car.1919/2 |
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It's really interesting that the Defence Department would give every child in Australia from 0 to 14 years one of these medals at the end of World War One. It must have been because we lost 60,000 men and so many children would have to grow up without a father.