I knew about the Dead Man's Penny which was issued after the First World War to the next-of-kin of all British Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war.
I had never sighted one until we visited a museum in a country town today.
This image shows two of these medallions in the Museum collection one of which had been encased in a wooden frame. I was surprised to see how large they are.
Lest We Forget
I have never seen one. I know there must be a few for various members of our family but don’t know who has them, it seems peculiar they have all disappeared.
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