United Kingdom: The King's Medal for Service in the Cause of Freedom. Instituted 1945

A contemporary miniature medal

Reference 'British Gallantry Awards' (Abbott & Tamplin, 1981), an estimated 2490 x King's Medals for Service in the Cause of Freedom were issued to allies and foreign nationals

Most awards were made to European and United States recipients, and in particular those incarcerated for acts of passive resistance (journalists, civil servants, diplomats) those employed in promoting the principles of democracy and the causes of the United Nations, as well as raising war funds, acts of philanthropy towards the British and Allied war effort, etc

Scarce seen

Condition: EF

Code: 25402