From:Rocky Hill War Memorial Museum
Name/TitleAUSTRALIAN SCHOOLCHILDREN'S PEACE MEDAL 1919
About this objectCircular Schoolchildren's Peace medalet with a plain edge and integral suspension loop. The remnants of a red, white and blue ribbon are attached to the suspension loop. The obverse features a symbolic female figure of Peace, holding a sword and standing on a plinth marked 'PEACE 1919' over 'AUSTRALIA'. Behind her flies a pair of doves, and at her left and right are two figures freed from their shackles. On the bottom right is the manufacturer's name of 'AMOR LTD'.
The reverse features a central panel surrounded by laurel leaves, surmounted by the King's Crown with the word 'VICTORY' over the rays of the rising sun. A sailor and a soldier stand at ease on either side of the panel on which is cast 'THE / TRIUMPH / OF / LIBERTY / AND / JUSTICE'. Below the leaves is a very small panel with the words 'THE PEACE OF 1919'. Under the feet of the soldier is in very small embossed 'EBR'.
MakerAmor Ltd
Maker RoleManufacturer
Period20th-century
Place MadeAustralia
Medium and MaterialsSilvered Bronze
Inscription and MarksVICTORY
THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
Measurements50mm diameter
Subject and Association KeywordsArmistice
Subject and Association KeywordsWorld War I
Object number2025.981
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