Africa Star
Awarded to Adm-Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. A six pointed star, uniface, surmounted by a circular band crowned containing within it the Royal monogram "G.R.I. VI". Legend: "THE AFRICA STAR". Bar: "AFRICA 1942-1943". Fitted with a ring and buff ribbon with a central scarlet stripe and a pale and dark blue narrow stripe on opposite sides. Mounted on a bar with twenty others.
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Object Details
ID: | MED2653 |
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Collection: | Coins and medals |
Type: | War medal |
Display location: | Not on display |
Events: | World War II, 1939-1945 |
Date made: | circa 1945 |
People: | Cunningham, Andrew Browne |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | 44 mm |