Late issue WWII medals

These three WWII medals are quite uncommon. Not the medals themselves, rather when they were issued. Most WWII medals were awarded in the 1950s and were named by being impressed in a machine. The naming on these medals has been done using a laser. That makes them late issue, probably after 2000. 

I found early in the search that the recipient died in 1972. His memorial plaque also gave me the name of all his children which helped in the search.

The medals awarded to VX50465 GNR Eric Maxwell Sleep came to me from the Directorate of Honours and Awards. Prior to that they had been recovered by the Queensland Police in Bundaberg with other stolen items. I now know the medals were issued to GNR Sleep's son and were stolen from a storage locker. They will soon be returned to Eric's son, Trevor.

The returned medal tally is now 2831.

The difference in the naming methods between these examples and the more common impressing is very clear in these pictures.