Defence Medal, an original World War Two British Defence Medal
A BOXED ORIGINAL DEFENCE MEDAL ( to ) WITH RIBBON AND CERTIFICATE Awarded to MR A C D Penny of Hastings. Presented in original franked box and with ribbon and a note from the Home Secretary, Central Index, Home Office, Whitehall, SWI. The return address on the back of the box The medal shows the uncrowned head of King George VI. The reverse bears the Royal Crown resting on an oak tree, flanked by two lions above the words 'The Defence Medal', with the date top left and top right. The ribbon is orange coloured in the centre flanked by stripes of green to symbolise enemy attacks on Britain's green and pleasant land, with narrow black stripes to represent the black-out. I understand the Defence Medal was awarded to non-military personnel. This person was in the Intelligence Section of the Civil Defence throughout the war and in the subsequent years until the Civil Defence was disbanded.