Object number
200206.2.2
Title
Africa Star 1940-43
Description
A bronze six-pointed star with a circular centre with the GRI/VI monogram, surmounted by a crown and inscribed ‘THE AFRICA STAR’. With a ribbon of pale buff symbolizing the sand of the desert, with a broad red central stripe, a dark blue stripe on the left and a light blue stripe on the right symbolizing the three services. The reverse is blank for this medal. Awarded to Brigadier A.E.M. Walter.
Date
1940 - 1943
Production period
Windsor, 1910-, World War Two, 1939-1945
Material
Dimensions
- Length: 100 mm
- Width: 40 mm