Medal: The Africa Star awarded to Gratton J. Grey, WWII
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Royal Mint, UK (estab. 0886 AD)
Royal Mint, UK (estab. 0886 AD)
Production date
1945
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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 AFRICA STAR’. The reverse is plain. Ribbon: grosgrain, 32mm wide, pale buff with a central red stripe and two narrow stripes, one dark blue and one light blue.
Source: Spink: 157.
Royal Mint, UK (estab. 0886 AD): Manufacturer
Grosgrain ribbon: 2 - ribbon
2D objects (HxW): H 40 W 32mm: 2 - ribbon
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