United States: Korean Service Medal. With 1 x silver & 2 x bronze 'Service Star' emblems on riband. A lot comprising both the full-size and a companion miniature medal (latter with 2 x bronze 'Service Stars')

Sold together with original blue labelled card box of issue for the full-size medal, this by maker 'Medallic Art'

The 'Service Star's n the full-size medal denotes that the recipient had served in a total of '7' of the 15 x separate campaign phases / operations that were authorised as specified for the Korean War (the silver star = 5 x operations, and the bronze stars each are for 1 x operation)

The full-size medal riband complete with a 'crimp brooch' mounting bar, this retaining the long-hinged pin and drop-lock clasp fittings as issued

The Korean Service Medal (KSM) was created in November 1950 by executive order of President Harry Truman. The Korean Service Medal is the primary US military award for participation in the Korean War and basic award criteria and eligibility was for United States service personnel to have served ashore on land, or above in the skies, or on the seas bordering the Korean peninsula between 27 June 1950 to 27 July 1954

Condition: About EF

Code: 22437