Object number
201208.37.2
Title
A France and Germany Star awarded to 2067291 SPR. F. HIGGINS R.E.
Description
A France and Germany Star awarded to 2067291 SPR. F. HIGGINS R.E. The France and Germany Star is unnamed as issued and part of a group of medals mounted on green felt with cardboard and drawing pins in a wood and glass frame. A bronze six-pointed star with a circular centre with the GRI/VI monogram, surmounted by a crown and inscribed ‘THE FRANCE AND GERMANY STAR’. With a ribbon of five equal stripes of blue, white, red, white and blue the National colours of the United Kingdom, France and the Netherlands. To the left of the France and Germany Star (201208.37.2) is the 1939-45 Star (201208.37.1) and to its right are the Defence Medal (201208.37.3), 1939-45 War Medal (201208.37.4) and Territorial Efficiency Medal (201208.37.5). Beneath the medals are an Royal Engineers Cap Badge (201208.37.6) on the left and a tie pin (201208.37.7) on the right. At the bottom is a green tape with the words '2067291. SPR. F. HIGGINS. R.E.' punched in white on to it. The words 'GIFTED BY CORPORAL DAVID N. WEBSTER / ROYAL ENGINEER 23742887' in blue pen on the back of the frame. Three golden metal plates screwed into the frame hold the wooden back in place onto which the green felt is stapled. Two hooks on the left and right of the frame back hold a section of electrical wire with brown insulation to hang the frame on to a wall.
Date
1939 - 1945
Production period
World War Two
Material
Dimensions
- Height: Medal 103 mm
- Width: 37 mm
- Height: 60 mm
- Width: Frame 295 mm
- Height: 335 mm