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Medal - 20th Anniversary V-E Day

Location United States
Year 1961
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Composition Bronze
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Obverse description Three overlapping left-facing busts in high relief depicting Eisenhower, Alexander, and Koenig, arranged in a stepped profile composition across the field. The dates 1939 and 1945 flank the busts in the lower field, with the names EISENHOWER, ALEXANDER, and KOENIG inscribed below. A curved legend arcs across the upper portion of the medal.
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Obverse lettering THESE WERE HONORED IN THEIR GENERATION AND WERE THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES 1939 1945 EISENHOWER ALEXANDER KOENIG
Reverse description The central field features the shield-shaped patch of the European Theater of Operations (ETO) overlapping a circular United Jewish Appeal (UJA) emblem depicting a candle with radiating rays, both surrounded by olive branches. Two small rosette ornaments flank the lower legend.
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