Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Help identify medals please ...
Rescued from house clearance, would like to know what they are. Any suggestions?
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Permalink Reply by anne barwick on
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They are second world war medals but I don't know much beyond that.
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Try this web site.
The one on the left is a WW2 service medal. https://www.identifymedals.com/database/medals-by-period/ww2-medals...
The next are service medals from Africa and Italy.The first silver medal is called a Defence Medal https://www.identifymedals.com/database/medals-by-period/ww2-medals...
The last on the right is The War Medal https://www.identifymedals.com/database/medals-by-period/ww2-medals...
Who ever it was that owned these served from pretty early in the war and fought a slog of a battle across Africa (finally, and successfully under Monty) and then up into a murderous battle for Italy.
Well done for recovering them.
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Do you know whose they were? And possibly anything about their story?
It seems heartbreaking that someone would go through the experience that the owner of these medals went through only for that story to be lost to the sands of time.
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I agree, completely heartbreaking for the personal history to be lost.
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How immensely sad that one man's medals come to be simply discarded !! The stories and pride behind the awards lost. I don't suppose there are names engraved/stamped on rear ?
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My father had an array like this. They are still in the family [I trust]. He was in the Royal Artillery who fought their way across African desert etc to liberate Florence in Italy. My mother held that commenerating key ring until 1995 & I've had it in on my keys since. When doing my family tree, I found a record of my Dad being treated in the desert for teeth problems by the Dental Corps. I have his service record. He must have loved military service as he joined the RAF on demob from the RA in 1945 and stayed military until joining the then newly formed BR.
So there's a starting point if still a mystery. Check the address where you found them on the 1939 war census, but lots of names are censored for some reason.
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