King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom

[sabrigade]

This is another Sudan find. Unfortunately no attribution.

[sabrigade]

The reverse of the medal, mounted as worn by the recipient.

[Ulsterman]

sweet!!

I always wonder about these;they have such great stories behind them. If only they had numbered them.

[sabrigade]

To be honest, this is the first one I have ever seen.

Regards,

Will

[Ulsterman]

Well, it's pretty darn nice. I think of these as being on a level with an MGS or Waterloo in terms of desirability. I have met a couple of people who earned these and read a bit about a number of the ones awarded in the USA and they ALL represent a tale worth hearing.

The last one I "saw" was worn by its recipient, a civilian US Air Corp woman (who had gone to Wellesley and was a runner up for "Miss New England" in 1940)who had flown something like 500 bombers to the UK during the war. It was her only medal.

[Shots Dave]

Here is the female bow version of the award. You will notice the small BWRS(British War Relief Society) badge which could be an indication as to the reason for the award to the recipient.

 

Here are a couple of interesting pieces of information:

 

https://bid.candtauctions.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/catalog/54/lot/17195?url=%2Fm%2Fview-auctions%2Fcatalog%2Fid%2F54%3Fpage%3D1%26view%3Dlist

 

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-80833115/view?partId=nla.obj-80841559#page/n0/mode/1up