Medal
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- OBJECT TYPE
- military/Campaign Star
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0424.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 1939-1945 Star
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- medal of copper-zinc alloy; cloth ribbon
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.5 cm
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 1.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Commemorative
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWII (1939-1945); usually applied for & awarded shortly after war 1945-46
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
awarded to British Commonwealth (incl.Canadian) armed forces personnel during WWII subject to specified minimum terms of operational service between Sept. 3, 1939 & Sept. 2, 1945; awarded automatically if service ended in death, disability or wounding; or if awarded medal for gallantry or mention in dispatches - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- raised lettering on medal reads: "GRI/VI/THE 1939-1945 STAR"
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- brazen medal/ dark blue, red & light blue ribbon
- Decoration
- medal in shape of 6 pointed star; raised royal cipher surmounted by Tudor crown; vertical stripes on ribbon
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medal, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1999.0424, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0424.001/
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