Korea Medal

Infobox Military Award
name= Korea Medal


caption= Obverse (left), reverse (right)
and ribbon (bottom) of the medal
awarded_by= United Kingdom and Commonwealth
type= Campaign medal
eligibility= British and Commonwealth forces.
for= Campaign service.
campaign= Korean War 1950-53.
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description= Cupro-nickel or silver disk, 36mm diameter.
clasps= None
established= July 1951
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related= United Nations Service Medal for Korea


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The Korea Medal, sometimes known as the Queen's Korea Medal in order to distinguish it from the United Nations Service Medal, was a British campaign medal. Awarded to British and Commonwealth troops for one day's service (or one sortie) in Korea or twenty-eight day's offshore, between 1 July1950 and 27 July1953.

Description

* A circular cupro-nickel medal of 36mm diameter. The Canadian version of the medal is .800 fine silver.
* The obverse has the uncrowned bust of Queen Elizabeth II, facing right, with the legend ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA around the edge. The Canadian version has the word CANADA at the bottom.
* The reverse features Hercules wrestling with the Hydra (a symbolic representation of communism) with the word 'KOREA' at the bottom.
* The 32mm wide ribbon consists of 5 equal stripes: yellow, blue, yellow, blue, and yellow. The blue represents the Flag of the United Nations.
* The medal was designed by Edward Carter Preston. [Edward Carter Preston 1885 - 1965: by Ann Crompton (ISBN 0 85323 792 1)]

Clasps

* A single bronze oak leaf emblem is worn to signify a 'Mentioned in Despatches'. There is no bar or attachment other than this emblem.

ee also

*British campaign medals
*Australian campaign medals

References

* [http://www.defence.gov.au/medals/Content/+040%20Campaign%20Medals/+050%201945-1975/+050%20Korea%20Medal/default.htm ADF Honours and Awards]
* [http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/korean_war.htm Stephen Stratford Medals site]
* [http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group04/km Veterans Affairs Canada site]
* [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/category/h/h19.html NZDF Medals site]
* [http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/warrants/h19-reg.html Korea Medal Regulations from NZDF site]