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African War Medal 1940 -
1945
Medaille Africaine de la Guerre 1940 - 1945
The African War Medal (or more accurately "The African Medal of the
War 1940-45" ) was created by royal decree of the 30th January 1947
together with the
Abyssinia Medal. Awarded to Belgian & colonial military
personnel with a minimum of twelve months service service on the
continent during the period 10th May 1940 to the 7th May 1945.
Four ribbon bars were issued as follows:
| Bar |
Qualifying service |
| Nigerie |
Three months service in Nigeria |
| Moyen-Orient |
(Middle-East) Six months service, Egypt, Palestine,
North Africa, Tripolitaine, Sudan |
| Madagascar |
One month service in Madagascar |
| Birmanie |
Three months service in Burma |
| Service in a relevant theatre cut short by
death or wounds, or the award of a decoration or mention in
dispatches would automatically qualify. |
Description; in bronze, 31mm wide by 45 mm high and generally
rectangular in shape, with a truncated triangular top and a curved
base. Obverse, within a recess, the left facing overlapping profiles
of the head of a European and an African soldier, with the dates
1940 - 1945 under. Reverse is plain.
| Ribbon; pale blue with three yellow stripes, the central
stripe double the width of the other two. |
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