Medal - HMAS Sydney II (Military Medal) ND

Reverse

Depiction of the Australian Light Cruiser HMAS Sydney (II) sailing left in centre, surrounded by fifty dots, further surrounded by text.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HMAS SYDNEY (II)
19th NOVEMBER 1941

Edge

Plain

Comment

Sydney (II) was one of three British modified Leander Class light cruisers acquired by the RAN in the years immediately preceding World War II. Her sister ships were Perth and Hobart and in Australia were known as Perth Class light cruisers.