Collection search - Burma Star

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Burma Star

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

[between May 8, 1945 and June 15, 1951].

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3639164

Context of this record:

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Department of National Defence fonds

Adjutant General Branch

Medals

Burma Star
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[between May 8, 1945 and June 15, 1951].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 medal: yellow copper zinc alloy, 1 bar; 017.77 gr
Support 38.000 x mm

Language of material:

no language

Scope and content:

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For further information as to this work, please consult the medal card catalogue according to the a208 field.

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Artist: Unknown artist, ca. 1877-1954

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Physical description note:

This medal includes the PACIFIC bar.

Custodial history:

This medal was forwarded to the Public Archives of Canada by the office of the Adjutant-General at the request of the Assistant to the Dominion Archivist, Norman Fee, on June 12, 1951.

Dates of creation note:

The start date is based on information found in "Campaign Stars and The Defence Medal" published in May 1945 by the Committee on the Grant of Honours Decorations and Medals in Time of War. The end date marks the transfer of this particular specimen to the Public Archives of Canada.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: THE BURMA STAR / GRI / VI, Inscription: reverse: no inscription, Inscription: edge: no inscription, Inscription: attachment: no inscription
Subject heading:

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artifact

reward

objet façonné
Source:

Government

Other accession no.:

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00006M
1951-002 X PIC
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6802 Item no. assigned by LAC 6M

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1951-2-6M

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