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Cleveland Petrol Miniature War Medals

Started by Prosit, May 16, 2011, 03:06:07 AM

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From eBay today we have this information:

In 1971 Cleveland Petrol, at that time a subsidiary company of Esso, issued a selection of superb miniature medals in aluminium (19 mm. dia.) as a reminder of the outstanding service rendered by the armed forces over the past 200 years.

There are sixteen medals in the set and they are:

Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840
Military General Service Medal 1793-1814
Waterloo 1815
China 1842
Sutlej Campaign Medal 1845-1846
Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-1849
Crimean War 1854-1856
Ashantee 1873-1874
Afghanistan 1878-1880
British South Africa Company's Medal 1890-1897
Egypt 1882-1889
India General Service Medal 1895-1902
Sudan Medal 1896-1897
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902
War Medal 1914-1918
War Medal 1939-1945

The series was entitled Historic Campaign Medals 1793-1945.

They were struck by the Pobjoy Mint.
Malcolm
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