Newspaper clipping July 29 1919, giving details of the War Medal and the Victory Medal
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JULY 29, 1919.
THE SOLDIERS' FRIEND,
Q.- What men are entitled to the British
War Medal, and has the Victory Medal
been authorised?
A.- The British War Medal is granted to
the following classes who either entered a
theatre of war on duty. or who left their
places of residence and rendered approved
service overseas other than the waters di-
viding the different parts of the United
Kingdom, between August 5, 1914, and
November 11, 1918:-
(a) Officers, warrant officers, attested
non-commissioned officers, and men of the
British, Dominion, Colonial and Indian
Military Forces;
(b) Members of women formations who
have been enrolled under a direct contract
of servise for service with his Majestry's
Imperial Forces;
(c) All who served on staffs of military
hospitals and all members of recognised or-
ganisations who actually bandied sick and
wounded;
(d) Members of duly recognised or autho-
rised organisations;
(e) Enrolled and attested followers on the
establishments of the Indian Army.
The medal will be in silver, and the
colours of the ribbon are "centre orange
watered, with stripes of white and black on
each side, and with borders of royal blue."
The medal in bronze will be granted to all
British subjects who were enrolled in Native
Labour Corps units, and who served in a
theatre of war.
The Victory Medal is an inter-Allied de-
coration instituted by the Allied and Asso-
ciated Powers in Paris last March. The
ribbon for this medal is to consist of two
rainbows joined by red in the centre. The
ribbon of the Victory Medal has not yet
been authorised
Q.- To what decoration
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