dead man's penny

English

Noun

dead man's penny (plural dead man's pennies or dead men's pennies)

  1. (World War I, informal) Synonym of death penny.
    • 2008, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tales: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers‎[1], →ISBN:
      Nonetheless, the "Dead Man's Pennies" in private or public collections, museums and national archives, are a constant reminder of the ultimate price paid by the men and women of the armed services during the Great War of 1914–1918
    • 2014, Ian F. W. Bennett, The Great War‎[2], →ISBN, page 616:
      Individual memories could be served by medals, commemorative plaques—such as the 'dead man's penny' issued in Britain—or honour scrolls.
    • 2018, Neil Oliver, Not Forgotten: The Great War and Our Modern Memory‎[3], →ISBN:
      One woman in London's East End had thirteen sets of medals and thirteen dead men's pennies on display in her front window by the end of the war.
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