Medal: Pacific Star with Burma bar, awarded to George M. Parsons

Maker
Royal Mint, UK (estab. 0886 AD)
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Description
Campaign medal and bar awarded to George M. Parsons for service as a radio officer in the British Merchant Navy. Unworn, ribbon, bar and medal separate. One in a series of eight campaign stars instituted in 1945 to recognise service in World War II. The Pacific Star was awarded for operational service in the Pacific between 8 December 1941 and 2 September 1945.
Description: bronze six pointed star, 43mm diameter with a ring suspender and grosgrain ribbon. Obverse: the Royal cypher ‘GRI’ with ‘VI’ below; the cypher is surmounted by a crown on a circlet with the title ‘THE PACIFIC STAR’. The reverse is plain. Ribbon: grosgrain, 32mm wide. The centre of the ribbon is dark green (jungle) with a central yellow stripe (beach). On the outer edges are red (Army), dark blue (Navy) and light blue (Air Force).
Source: Spink: 158.
Accession number
2016.116.4
Museum System ID
36420
Collection type
Objects
Collection
Barry Parsons
Classification
Medal
Maker and role
Royal Mint, UK (estab. 0886 AD): Maker
Media/Material details
yellow copper zinc alloy
Media/Materials
Bronze: .1 - medal
Grosgrain ribbon: .2 - ribbon
Bronze: .3 - bar
Measurement details
2D objects (HxW): H 50 W 38mm: .1 - medal
2D objects (HxW): H 75 W 32mm: .2 - ribbon
2D objects (HxW): H 32 W 5mm: .3 - bar
Production place and notes
England, Great Britain, Europe
Subject event
World War II; 1939-1945
On display?
Not on display

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