Medals From The Second World War

These are the medals from my late grandfather the Late Honourable Lieutenant Bhag Singh Kaila.

  1. Indian Independence Day Medal
    A commemorative medal for service with the Indian armed forces at the time of independence in August 1947

  2. Indian General Service Medal 1936-37 (NWF)
    Awarded for service on the North West Frontier between 1936 and 1937

  3. 1939-45 Star
    A military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to British and Commonwealth forces for service in the Second World War

  4. Africa Star
    A military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943 during the Second World War

  5. Burma Star
    A military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British and Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945, during the Second World War

  6. 1939-45 Defence medal
    A campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945, to be awarded to citizens of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational military and certain types of civilian war service during the Second World War
  7. 1939-45 War medal
    A campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 16 August 1945, for award to citizens of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945

  8. 1918-1962 General Service Medal (S.E. Asia 1945-46)
    Instituted to recognise service in minor Army and Royal Air Force operations for which no separate medal was intended. Local forces, including police, qualified for many of the clasps, as could units of the Indian Army prior to 1947

  9. George VI Coronation medal 1937
    A commemorative medal, instituted to celebrate the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

3+6+7 are standard medals for WW2