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.
I've been enjoying a sojourn in Narrabri with Mr GeniAus. On our weekends we have explored neighbouring towns and historic sites.
As a genie I love to detour past the local cemetery in any towns we visit. When we pulled up in Lightning Ridge we were surprised to see that so many of the plots had simple white wooden grave markers which appeared to be made by the same hand. On closer inspection we noticed that these simple crosses were all the same and the details on them appeared to be inscribed in the same hand. These inscriptions give names and birth and death dates of the deceased.
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| Graves with unknown occupants also have markers |
I was unable to discover who was responsible for this local project, which is a great example of genearosity. Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
