The Southern Rhodesia Service Medal
The Southern Rhodesia Service Medal 1939-1945 is a campaign medal awarded to members of the Southern Rhodesia Defence Forces for home service.
The France and Germany Star is a military campaign medal established by the United Kingdom in May 1945 and awarded to subjects of the British Commonwealth that had served between 6 June 1944 and 8 May 1945 in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands or Germany and adjacent sea areas.
The Allies launched their final campaign in Northwest Europe on D-Day on 6 June 1944. Over the next eleven months, the allied forces advanced across Western Europe and liberated German-occupied France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Personnel who qualified for the France and Germany Star, the Atlantic Star or the Air Crew Europe Star were awarded only that star for which they first qualified and a clasp in respect of the first earned of the other two stars.
The set of nine campaign stars was designed by the Royal Mint engravers. They are six-pointed stars, struck in a yellow copper zinc alloy to fit into a 44 millimeters diameter circle. All of them all have a ring suspender which passes through an eyelet above the uppermost point of the star.
The obverse of the medal has a central design of the Royal Cypher “GRI VI“, surmounted by a crown and the inscription “THE FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR“. The reverse is plain and follows a no-engraving policy (the British Honours Committee decided that WW2 campaign medals would be issued unnamed, except for Indians, South Africans and Australians).
During World War II (1939–1945) British campaign medals were awarded to members of the British Armed Forces and civilians for active service in specific military campaigns or operations. These included:
The Southern Rhodesia Service Medal 1939-1945 is a campaign medal awarded to members of the Southern Rhodesia Defence Forces for home service.
The Australia Service Medal 1939–1945 is a military medal (Great Britain, Australia) that recognizes service in Australia’s armed forces, Mercantile Marine, and Volunteer Defence Corps during World War II.
The Pacific Star is a British military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom in 1945 for those who served in the Pacific Campaign.
The Burma Star is a military campaign medal for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Burma Campaign.
The Canadian Volunteer Service Medal is a British medal granted to persons of any rank in the Naval, Military or Air Forces of Canada.
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