Glory 429673 falls between observed awards:
422,350 award citation 11.3.45 and 430,199 award citation 5.7.45 (EOW ranges)so that would PROBABLY place it in that range. However, over the range 450,xxx through 463,xxx there are also a number of 1944 awards.
Awards were sent out to various fronts en masse and fronts with more awards sometimes used up their glories faster than others. Hence the discrepancies. However, based on this, I'd place my money on this being a March - June 1945 award.
Glory 665,279 falls between observed awards:
630,091 award citation 30.1.44 and 666,088 award citation (?).3.45. (EOW ranges) The 600 range still seems to belong to the 1945 range although there are some observed 1947 awards in the higher half of the 65x,xxx range. This again makes me unsure whether its an actual 1945 award or an award issued post WW2 for 1944 or 1945 acts.
Corroborating the EOW ranges with Rick's ranges, 422,350 falls in range 401,524 award citation 4/6/45 and 465,746 award citation ?/06/45 whilst 630,091 falls close to 641,096 = 12/2/45. This more or less supports the EOW ranges and does not really indicate either way if this is a 1945 award proper or a later award. But if I really had to place a date on it, I'd probably say it also a 1945 award.
Hope this helps!!!
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