Kiwi Medals

From the late 30’s until 1960 men in the UK were forced to undertake 18 months service in one of the branches of the armed forces. Because of the short duration of service those men did not qualify for an official service medal. In the late 90’s an entire industry grew around creating what is nicknamed “tin medals” so that the purchaser and correct some perceived oversight in official recognition. Usually I avoid these like the plague but this ones named to LAC 3137291 J.A.Burchell RAF. So in the sack it goes!

This entry was posted on February 22, 2026 at 3:22 PM and is filed under 1945 + Medals, Family Groups & Singles with tags Cold War, Family Groups and Singles, United Kingdom. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.