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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 238

Iraq, Kingdom, Active Service Medal, no clasp, of local manufacture, 33mm, contact wear, toning, one with some edge bruising, about very fine overall (2)

Instituted in 1926 by the Gallantry and Active Service Medals Law No. 34, although referred to in the Regulations as the General Service Medal, the inscription on the medal and all subsequent references to it in the Iraqi Government Gazette refer to it as the Active Service Medal. The medal, bronze in colour, takes the shape of a disc fixed upon two crossed rifles with their muzzles appearing at the top and their butts at the bottom. Between the muzzles is a radiation of nine lance points. In the centre of the obverse the inscription 'Active Service' rests above a laurel wreath and a crescent, and the reverse features 'Faisal The First' and the Hijrah date of institution '1344'.

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Estimate
£60 to £80

Starting price
£50