Date
Instituted: 1945.
Campaign: Atlantic 1939-45.
Description: Six pointed star with a circular centre bearing the GRI
VI royal cypher surrounding which is the inscription 'THE ATLANTIC
STAR'. The reverse is plain and the ribbon passes through a ring
attached to the uppermost point of the star.
Metal: Bronze.
Size: 44mm high and 38mm wide.
Clasps: 'AIR CREW EUROPE' and 'FRANCE AND GERMANY'.
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Naming: Issued
un-named.
Comments: This star was awarded to Royal Navy personnel who completed
six months service afloat in the atlantic between 3rd September
1939 and 8th May 1945. Personnel who served in the convoys to Northern
Russia were also eligible for this star. All recipients of this
star must also have been awarded the 1939-1945 Star with the 6 months
service qualifying for that star being separate for that required
for the Atlantic Star. RAF and Army personnel serving aboard ship
could also qualify for this star but the qualification period was
only 2 months.
Those
who served in the final six months of the war could be awarded the
star without the need to have qualified for the 1939-1945 Star first.
Of the two clasps awarded with this medal only one could be granted
to any individual. |
