Bronze medal commemorating the unveiling of the Australian War Memorial, 1938

King George VI unveiled the memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France on 22 July 1938. It commemorates the 10,700 Australians who died in France and Belgium during the First World War. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens between 1927 and 1932, the memorial was not completed until 1938 due to spending cuts during the Great Depression.