Object number
201402.20.2
Title
The Burma Star awarded to Major Francis W Pritchard
Description
The Burma Star awarded to Major Francis W Pritchard who was killed in action in Burma in 1944. The medal is a bronze six-pointed star with a circular centre with the GRI/VI monogram, surmounted by a crown and inscribed ‘THE BURMA STAR’. With a ribbon consisting of three equal bands of dark blue (British forces), red (Commonwealth forces) and dark blue. The dark blue bands each have at their centres a stripe of bright orange (the sun).
Date
1944 - 1944
Production period
World War Two, 1939-1945
Dimensions
- Height: medal 58 mm
- Width: 39