Children's peace medal

The 1919 Children's peace medal was commissioned by the Department of Defence to commemorate the end of the First World War. The obverse of the medal depicts the Roman goddess Pax (Peace) standing victorious while the reverse of the medal depicts an Australian soldier and sailor with the words ‘The triumph of liberty and justice’. The medal was issued to all Australian school students aged 14 and under and to those aged 15 and 16 whose parents had served in the armed services. Approximately 1,670,000 copies of the medal were struck by five manufacturers.