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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