Object number
201409.12.3
Title
Burma Star
Description
Burma Star awarded to Donald Charles Morgan.
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). It is attached to a medal bar which is mounted onto a green felt covered board. It is one of six medals: The Africa Star, 1939-1945 Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal, British War Medal and Territorial Efficiency Medal. There is also a loose medal bar with '8th Army' on it.
Date
1939 - 1945
Production period
Windsor, 1910-, World War Two, 1939-1945
Dimensions
- Length: 100 mm
- Width: 36 mm