Africa Star

The Africa Star was a campaign medal of the British Commonwealth, awarded for service in World War II.

The Star was awarded for a minimum one day service in an operational area of North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943 . The whole of the area between the Suez Canal and the Strait of Gibraltar is included, together with Malta, Abyssinia, Kenya, Sudan, The Solmalilands and Eritrea. The areas not bordering the Mediterranean only qualified for the Africa Star from 10 June 1940 to 27 November 1941 .

Description

• The Africa Star is a six–pointed star of yellow copper zinc alloy, with a height of 44mm and a maximum width of 38mm.
• The obverse has a central design of the Royal Cypher of King George VI, surmounted by a crown. The cypher is surrounded by a circlet containing the words ‘The Africa Star'.
• The reverse is plain, although Stars issued to Australian, Indian and South African personnel have recipient names impressed.
• The ribbon for this medal, along with those of the other Second World War campaign stars, is reputed to have been designed by King George VI. The sand of the desert is represented by pale buff, the Royal Navy (and Merchant Navy), British Army, and Royal Air Force are represented by stripes of dark blue, red, and light blue respectively.

Clasps

Regulations only allow one clasp to be worn with the Star, being the first clasp the recipient qualified for.

• 8th Army

• 1st Army

• North Africa 1942-43

See also

• British campaign medals
• Australian campaign medals

Bibliography

• Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - Medals Yearbook - 2006 , (2005), Token Publishing.
• Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), British Battles and Medals , (1988), Spink

References

1. ^ Commonwealth of Australia Gazette No S134 dated 10 April 1995

• UK MoD site
• ADF Honours and Awards
• Stephen Stratford Medals site
• Veterans Affairs Canada site
• NZDF Medals site
• Africa Star Regulations from NZDF site

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