WAR MEDALS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 May 1920, Page 5

WAR MEDALS.

ARRIVAL OF MEMORIAL PLAQUES. TWO WAR DECORATIONS. Bj Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. Supplies of memorial plaques which the War Office is distributing to the next-of-kin of those who fell in the war, are now being received by Base Records. The plaques are made of copper, being five inches in diameter and circular in shape. They are simple, yet artistic, in design, eaqh plaque bearing the words: "He died for freefom and honor." On the front there is a representation of Britannia holding aloft a laurel wreath, and in the foreground is the British lion. The regimental number and name of the deceased will be engraved on each plaque. It is anticipated that the work of issuing the British war medal to those who served in the war will commence within the next three months, and that the Allied victory medal will be available for distribution by the end of the year. Approximately 100,000 New Zealandtrs are eligible for both these medals, but the task of engraving and issuing them will involve an immense amount of administrative work, for the personal file of each man has to be scrutinised''carefully by Base Records in order' that the necessary data may by obtained. No decision has yet been arrived at in connection with the clasps, but it is -understood there are to be seven clasps for the Western front and three clasps for the other theatres.