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Most medals should have the service number and name of the person awarded them on the rim, this is why the oak leaf medal was awarded:
(wikipaedia)
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A single bronze oak leaf emblem is worn to signify a 'Mentioned in Despatches' and a silver oak leaf is worn to signify an award of a King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. There is no bar other than these emblems.
If you do not know the regiment your uncle served with then you will need to do some research but WW2 is not as easy as WW1, do you have any more info on him? like a photo with a cap badge or other uniform insignia?
(wikipaedia)
Clasps
A single bronze oak leaf emblem is worn to signify a 'Mentioned in Despatches' and a silver oak leaf is worn to signify an award of a King's Commendation for Brave Conduct. There is no bar other than these emblems.
If you do not know the regiment your uncle served with then you will need to do some research but WW2 is not as easy as WW1, do you have any more info on him? like a photo with a cap badge or other uniform insignia?
if i am correct, I think it would have been clipped to his war (Victory) medal (the ribbon anyway) and it means he was mentioned in dispatches.
the next of kin can request his service record and he will be in the medal rolls
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prose01/Gen_Medal _Rolls.htm
I am sure there are some experts in Military campaigns in WW2 on here.
the next of kin can request his service record and he will be in the medal rolls
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prose01/Gen_Medal _Rolls.htm
I am sure there are some experts in Military campaigns in WW2 on here.
Although awards such as Mentioned in Despatches will form part of your uncle's service record, it is highly unlikely that the citation for any award will exist within the record.
MIDs are published in the London Gazette (or Edinburgh / Belfast edition where appropriate) so you could search for your uncle's name there for the "Mention"...
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/AdvancedSearc h.aspx?GeoType=London
MIDs are published in the London Gazette (or Edinburgh / Belfast edition where appropriate) so you could search for your uncle's name there for the "Mention"...
http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/AdvancedSearc h.aspx?GeoType=London
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