war medal
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The Sun newspaper first revealed the 57-year-old had worn a Falklands war medal at a number of public events even though he would have only been 15 years old when the conflict began in 1982.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2024
"It was a war medal, and I knew it must mean a lot to the person who'd earned it," Bath said.
From Fox News • Oct. 21, 2021
“It was a war medal, and I knew it must mean a lot to the person who’d earned it,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2021
At my request, Arad went upstairs to the room he shares with his wife and fetched a war medal he received for his service fighting the Nazis behind enemy lines.
From Slate • Jul. 26, 2015
He had, however, behaved well in the field, and, in spite of his dismissal, was awarded the New Zealand war medal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various