British War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Sapper Percy Charles Petty, New Zealand Engineers

Circular campaign medal with, on the obverse. crowned head of King George VI, with the inscription, 'Georgivs VI D: G: BR: Omn: Rex et Indiae Imp:'; on the reverse, a lion standing on the body of a double-headed beast with the heads of a dragon and eagle, representing Germany and Japan, with the dates '1939' and '1945'. The reverse also bears the initials, 'ECRP', for the designer, Edward Carter Preston. The ribbon has a central narrow red stripe, flanked by narrow white stripes, broad red stripes at either edge with two intervening blue stripes.

The British War Medal 1939-45 was awarded to all full time service personnel of the Commonwealth Armed Forces wherever their service during World War Two (1939-1945) was rendered, provided they had completed 28 days service between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945.

Sapper Percy Charles Petty, 8 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers was killed in action during World War Two (1939-1945), aged 32, at El Alamein, on 23 October 1942. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records his burial at El Alamein Cemetery in Egypt.

From a medal group awarded to Sapper Percy Charles Petty, New Zealand Engineers.