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Description: | The medals are all suspended from one bar. They are identified as: The India General Service Medal - a circular silver medal, 3.6cm in diameter. The obverse shows the crowned head of King George VI and the legend "GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP". The reverse shows a tiger symbolically bridging a mountain pass, with the word "INDIA" above. The bar is inscribed "North West Frontier 1937-39". The ribbon is a red bordered, wide khaki central stripe with green edge stripes. The 1939 - 1945 Star - a six pointed star, inscribed with the royal cipher "GRI VI" in the centre, within a circlet bearing the title "THE 1939 - 1945 STAR". A crown is positioned on the circlet at the top. The ribbon has three equal stripes of dark blue, red and light blue, symbolising the Royal and Merchant Navies, the Army and the Royal Air Force. The Pacific Star - a six pointed star, with the royal cipher "GRI VI" in the centre, within a circlet bearing the title "THE PACIFIC STAR". A crown is positioned on the circlet at the top. The ribbon has red edge stripes, a narrow central yellow stripe flanked by wider green, and thin dark blue and light blue stripes. The dark blue, red and light blue symbolize the Navy, Army and Air force. Yellow and green symbolize the forests and beaches. The Defence Medal 1939 - 1945 - a circular medal of cupro-nickel, and is 3.6cm in diameter. The obverse shows the uncrowned head of King George VI and the legend "GEORGIVS VI D: BR: OMN: REX: F: D: IND: IMP:". The reverse depicts a crowned oak tree on a symbolic island, guarded by two lions. The words "THE DEFENCE MEDAL" are in exergue. The ribbon is green with a wide central orange stripe and two narrow black stripes. The green represents "our green land" and the orange the flames of enemy attacks. The black stripes commemorate the black-out. The War Medal 1939 - 1945 - a circular medal of cupro-nickel, which is 3.6cm in diameter. The obverse depicts the crowned head of King George VI with the legend "GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP:". The reverse shows a victorious lion standing on a defeated two headed dragon (the axis powers) with the dates "1939 -1945" above. The ribbon has red, white and blue stripes to symbolise the Union Flag. Long Service medal. The obverse depicts the crowned head of King George VI with the legend "GEORGIVS VI D: G: BR: OMN: REX ET INDIAE IMP:". The reverse is plain, with the words "For Long Service And Good Conduct". The ribbon is burgundy with two white stripes. The bar is inscribed "Regular Army". (Source: www.northeastmedals.co.uk) The cap badge is in the shape of a tiger, and inscribed at the top "Hindoostan", with "Leicestershire" beneath. T.W. Crook of Pelsall and Walsall served with the Royal Leicestershire Regiment on the N.W. Frontier, and subsequently served as a steward at the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals.
Medals awarded to Mr T.W. Crook, and a regimental cap badge. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Museums | Rights holder: | Walsall Museums | Subjects: | Army Second World War (1939-1945) Military Medal | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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