My great grandfather’s “war medal”.
Just starting to do a bit of looking into the history of it, thought reddit would be a fantastic impartial starting point.
My great grandfather’s “war medal”.
Just starting to do a bit of looking into the history of it, thought reddit would be a fantastic impartial starting point.
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Here it is I think so
https://www.theirishwar.com/product/irish-army-na-forsai-cosanta-emergeny-medal-ww2/
For being involved in the army during the emergency (WW2)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Service_Medal
Those extra bars mean he served for most of the war it seems
I have my grandads one from when he was stationed in Limerick during the emergency, I treasure it.