Replica Miniature Atlantic Star
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UK deliveries from £4.95
Delivery & Returns
Delivery & Returns
We use the Royal Mail, DHL Express or UPS for our customers. For UK addresses, deliveries under 10kg are a standard £4.95 via Royal Mail Tracked 48 Service. For orders over 10kg and overseas customers, postage is calculated for you at checkout once you have entered your postal address. This price, does not include any potential custom charges that may apply, depending on the product or destination, as every country has very different import duties / taxes. Online exclusive products (such as trainers) will be delivered to you directly from the printer, separate from other items in your order, but your postage fee covers ALL items in your order.
If you are unhappy with your purchase, please email shop@tankmuseum.org within fourteen (14) working days of receiving your goods, and return it to us at the address below, in its original condition, unopened (with any seals and shrink-wrap intact) and we will issue you a full refund or replace it. Goods must be returned at your own cost. If the item is faulty, you do not need to return it, we will send you a replacement free of charge.
Replica Miniature Atlantic Star
Description
Description
Pewter Miniature Atlantic Star Campaign Medal with ribbon.
Issued to commemorate the Battle of the Atlantic, this star was awarded to the Royal Navy for six months afloat between 3rd September 1939 and 8th May 1945 in the Atlantic or home waters and for the personnel employed in the convoys to North Russia and the South Atlantic. Merchant Navy personnel also qualified as did RAF and Army (air crews and maritime gunners) who served afloat or operated over the designated waters.
If a recipient also qualified for the France and Germany Star or Air Crew Europe Star, then a bar with that title would be worn on the ribbon.
Cover image - The convoy system was used as a defence against U Boats. It was first instituted in the Great War and was used from the 7th September 1939 until the end of the war in all operational areas. During the course of WWII 366,852 tons of Allied shipping was sunk in the Atlantic.
