Collection of World War 1 and World War 2 medals
Poor quality photocopy of an image of World War 1 and World War 2 medals aquired with documents pertaining to William John Shaw. An accompanying handwritten description describes the, left-hand group of medals left to right: World War 1 1914-18 Star; World War 1 Defence Medal; Italian War Merit Cross 18/5/19 (1); World War 1 Victory Medal. Right hand group, left to right, WW2 1939-45 Star, WW2 African Star; WW2 Burma Star, ? (ribbon only, medal missing); WW2 Defence Medal; WW2 Territorial Medal (centre panel dark green) (NB the colours of the ribbons in this poor quality photocopy are not true)
NB The Italian War Merit Cross, instituted by King Victor Emmanuel III during World War I on 19 January 1918. was awarded to members of the Italian Armed Forces with a minimum of one year's service in contact with an enemy who received the Medal of the Wounded, or to those who, when mentioned for war merit, received a promotion. Also, if an act of valour was deemed insufficient for the Medal of Military Valor, the War Merit Cross could be awarded instead; from 1922 onwards a bronze sword on the ribbon showed this class of award. From its institution until 30 May 1927, 1,034,924 Crosses were issued.
Dimensions: digital image