Yesterday, Grandad was presented with his National Defence Medal, for his service to the Navy in the late 1940's. There are almost 1 million Australian's able to receive this medal, yet many know nothing about it. Twelve other men, and one woman were also presented with the medal at this ceremony.
The meaning behind the design of the medal : The red represents the rememberance poppy. The three red stripes represent the army, navy and airforce. The black edge stripes are for those who we have lost, and the two white stripes represent peace time, as well as war time deployments.
