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Medal - Prisoner of War International Reunion, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 1990
Reg. No: NU 16889
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- Summary:
- Australia Tasmania Launceston
Medal - Prisoner of War International Reunion Launceston 1990 (AD)
Mint: Hafner
Other Details: A large-silver plated medal issued to commemorate the Launceston International Reunion of World War II prisoners of war. It was commissioned from Emil Hafner ( whose name appears below the sun) and features a prisoner behind two strands of barbed wire with bamboo on the right and a large sun behind. The reverse shows a crowned shield featuring four strands of barbed wire and on the ribbon 'EX PRISONERS OF WAR ASSN'. - Description:
- A large silver plated medal issued to commemorate the Launceston International Reunion of World War II prisoners of war. It was commissioned from Emil Hafner ( whose name appears below the sun) and features a prisoner behind two strands of barbed wire with bamboo on the right and a large sun behind. The reverse shows a crowned shield featuring four strands of barbed wire and on the ribboon, EX PRISONERS OF WAR ASSN
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Roger McNeice, 1991
| Discipline: | Numismatics |
| Dimensions: | 51 mm (Diameter) |
| Weight: | 52.34 g (Weight) |
More information
| Tagged with: | internment camps, prison camps, prisoners of war, wars conflicts, world war ii 1939-1945 |
| Themes this item is part of: | Public Life & Institutions Collection, Emil Hafner, Engraver (circa 1920s- ), Emil Hafner, Engraver (circa 1920s- ) |
| Primary Classification: | MEDALS |
| Secondary Classification: | Commemorative |
| Tertiary Classification: | military history |
| DateEra: | 1990 AD |
| Obverse Description: | In background the sun, HAFNER in tiny letters below, to left a Prisoner of War; to right three sticks of bamboo, across foreground, two lines barbed wire. |
| Reverse Description: | At centre crowned arms of association, below, OCTOBER / 1990; around INTERNATIONAL REUNION * LAUNCESTON TASMANIA * (the stars are barbed wire strands) |
| Edge Description: | Plain |
| Inscriptions: | In background the sun, HAFNER in tiny letters below, to left a prisoner; to right three sticks of bamboo, across foreground, two lines barbed wire. At centre crowned arms of association, below, OCTOBER / 1990; around INTERNATIONAL REUNION * LAUNCESTON TASMANIA * (the stars are actually barbed wire strands) |
| Shape: | round |
| Material: | Silver-plated |
| Issued By: | Ex Prisoner of War Association, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
| Mint: | Hafner (Mint), Victoria, Australia, 1990 |
| Artist: | Emil Hafner, Victoria, Australia, 1990 |
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Yours June Francis