After our correspondence about a second type of unofficial Rats of Tobruk medal (a triangular type as well as the well known round type) someone notified me about a third type that is diamond shaped - technically square but standing on a point. This one has a Jerboa (Libyan desert rat) rather than a rampant regular rat and is based on the colour patch of the Australian 9th Division. I have been unable to find any other information about it, or in fact any reference to it all, so I wondered if your readers knew anything about this?

My Dad's medal is the only one I am aware of, from the 20 or so produced, that has the rat facing to the right with no eye detailed. All the others I've seen have the rat facing left with an eye detailed.