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Africa 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:

3639168

Context of this record:

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Department of National Defence fonds

Adjutant General Branch

Medals

Africa 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, 3 bars; 018.56 gr
Support 38.000 x mm

Language of material:

no language

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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 three bars: 1ST ARMY, 8TH ARMY, and NORTH AFRICA 1942-43.

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:

According to the Hansard (UK Parliament), August 1943, vol. 391, c2091, the manufacture of the Africa Star was postponed until after the war. The start date is based on this, as well as 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 AFRICA 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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00011M
1951-002 X PIC
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6806 Item no. assigned by LAC 11M

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1951-2-11M

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