George Kruger Gray

George Edward Kruger Gray CBE (25 December 1880 – 2 May 1943) was an English artist, best remembered for his designs of coinage and stained glass windows.

There he won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in London, from which he graduated with a Diploma in Design in his birth name George Edward Kruger.

During the First World War, Kruger served with the Artists Rifles, and a camouflage unit of the Royal Engineers which specialised in hiding military items and making dummy objects to confuse enemy forces.

Kruger Gray was a well known artisan of his time, and produced a number of coats of arms, including the version used by The University of Western Australia from 1929 to 1963.

I am asking Mr. Bracken to call for designs from Sir Kenneth Clark within one week, after which production must begin with the greatest speed, and distribution as the deliveries come to hand.

The finished design took the form of a shield upon which a sinking shark, speared by a marline spike, was set against a background made up of a fishing net with two trapped enemy mines.

[citation needed] In 1940 Gray designed the new George Medal for gallantry based on a bookplate for the Royal Library at Windsor Castle by Stephen Gooden.