WWII four place medal bar

[turtle]

I want you to show this medal bar I obtained recently. Unfortunately it's not that easy do get UK medal bars in Germany.

The bar consist of the 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal and War Medal

[Tony]

Did it come with any paperwork? It's a pity these weren't named.

I don't have many WWII British medals but wouldn't mind having an Air Crew Europe group together with the paperwork.

There's a 5 piece medal bar on ebay.de at the moment, well, it's been there for months and months and only priced at about 4 times the retail price.

Tony

[turtle]

No, unfortunately no paperwork came with it. I bought this bar, because it was really cheap, around 40-45EUR and I like the Africa Star.

I´ve seen this medal bar you mentioned on ebay, too. It´s waaaaay overpriced!!

British medals aren´t my area of collecting, but I thought it would be nice to have a few medals from the allied forces, too.

Now I just need a nice WWI pair or trio.

Edited February 17, 2013 by turtle

[Mervyn Mitton]

I take-it that the medals are not named - this will make them a British group. Those to South Africans were named.

The Africa Star covered quite a wide area for qualification - but, most often it is the campaign in North Africa. Mervyn

[Brian Wolfe]

I take-it that the medals are not named - this will make them a British group. Those to South Africans were named.

The Africa Star covered quite a wide area for qualification - but, most often it is the campaign in North Africa. Mervyn

Or Canadian but as you say probably British.

REgards

Brian

[Michael Johnson]

_{If it were Canadian the Defence and War Medals would be in silver, and there would be a Canadian Volunteer Service Medal. New Zealand medals weren't named, but there would be a New Zealand service medal.}

_{His service would not necessarily be North Africa - the Africa Star also covered Malta and Greece.}

_Michael

Edited February 18, 2013 by Michael Johnson