Newfoundland Volunteer War Service Medal

The Newfoundland Volunteer War Service Medal was created to honour those from Newfoundland & Labrador who served in the British Forces outside of the province. It was issued to those who did not receive a volunteer war service medal from another country and who had volunteered and served in units or organizations contributed by the Dominion of Newfoundland to the allied war effort. The period of qualifying service was from September 3, 1939 through September 2, 1945.^[3] The medal was established November 6, 1981 by the Volunteer War Service Medal Regulations, 1981, Newfoundland Regulation 204/81,^[1] and further amended by the Volunteer War Service Medal Act, 1993.^[4]

Criteria

The medal was specifically created to honour service with the British Imperial Forces, the Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit, the Merchant Navy and the Newfoundland Regiment, or any other unit or organization prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Those individuals who received a volunteer war service medal from another country are ineligible for this medal.^[4]

Description

The medal is circular, struck in bronze 36 millimetres (1.4 in) in diameter. The obverse has the legend NEWFOUNDLAND VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL 1939-45 around the edge. The field bears the Crown of King George VI surmounted by a Newfoundland stag caribou, baying, is centred over the Royal Cypher G.R.VI. The reverse bears a depictions of Britannia standing, with a spear in her right hand and the sun's rays behind her. Two lions encircle each side with their heads towards the bottom.^[4] The medal is numbered to an applicant on the rim.

The medal is mounted on a single claw with a single-curl mounts. It is suspended from a ribbon is 36 millimetres (1.4 in) wide and consists of 7 coloured stripes: red (1.5 mm), white (2 mm), blue (1.5 mm), maroon centre stripe (26 mm), blue (1.5 mm), white (2 mm), and red (1.5 mm).^[3]

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