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Can anyone help identify a medal.

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ErikaH

ErikaH Report 11 Jan 2007 16:04

I can only imagine that he served with British Forces in the Korean War......... If you google Korean War, you'll get the dates of the conflict. Reg

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 11 Jan 2007 16:06

Hi all, I have a medal of my husbands father and I'm having trouble identifying it. On the front it has a man kneeling with serpants around him. At the bottom it say KOREA. On the back it says ELIZABETH11 DEI GRA:BRITT:OMN:REGINA F:D:+. Can anyone help me identify it and tell me what it was issued for and when it was issued. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks. Jelly

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.•:*¨¨*:• ★Jax in Wales★.•:*¨¨*:•. Report 11 Jan 2007 16:14

Yes it was the medal for servicemen who served in the Korean war. If you still have the ribbon it should be yellow and blue stripes. A good site for information about the Korean war is http://britains-smallwars.com/main/index1.html Jackie

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 11 Jan 2007 16:19

Thanks you both for the info. I will take a look at the web site now . Thanks once again. Jelly

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 11 Jan 2007 16:22

If you go to this web page:- http://www.stephen-stratford(.)co.uk/korean_war.htm remove brackets, there is picture of a Canadian Korean War Medal. It says that the British medal is the same without the word 'Canada' on it. Is yours the same? Kath. x

Cheryl

Cheryl Report 11 Jan 2007 16:40

Hi kathleen, Thank you so much, Yes that is the medal I have, although the ribbon is long gone. Thanks Jelly