Pacific Star

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Pacific Star

Date

1945

Branch of Service

British and Commonwealth forces

Campaign

Pacific 1941-45

Ribbon

Dark green with a central yellow stripe, narrow stripes of dark and light blue, and widers tripes of red at the edges

Metal

Bronze

Size

Height 44mm; max. width 38mm

Obverse

Reverse
Plain reverse
Clasps
Burma

This article is about the war decoration. For the cruise ship, see Pacific Star (ship).

The Pacific Star was a campaign medal of the British Commonwealth, awarded for service in World War II.

The medal was awarded for operational service in the Pacific Theatre between 8 December 1941 and 15 August 1945. The Pacific Star was authorized for immediate bestowal to any soldier who had been killed or wounded in combat.

British uniform regulations stipulated that Burma Star would not be awarded to a recipient of the Pacific Star. Subsequent entitlement to the Burma Star was denoted by the award of the Burma Star clasp. In undress uniform, a silver rosette was worn on the medal ribbon to denote the award of this clasp.

The ribbon for this medal, along with those of the other Second World War campaign stars, is reputed to have been designed by King George VI. The jungle is represented by dark green, the beaches by the yellow stripe. The Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force are represented by stripes of dark blue, red, and light blue respectively.

[edit] Clasps

Burma

Awarded to those who subsequently qualified for the Burma Star.

[edit] Notes

[edit] Bibliography

Mackay, J and Mussel, J (eds) - Medals Yearbook - 2006, (2005), Token Publishing.
Joslin, Litherland, and Simpkin (eds), British Battles and Medals, (1988), Spink