Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of British and

An Assortment of British and International replica Military Medals and Awards - An assortment of replica military medals, campaign awards, and related ephemera, primarily of British and Commonwealth origin alongside American, Soviet, Ukrainian, and East German examples. The British and Commonwealth section includes a George VI silver Distinguished Service Cross with a central crown and cypher, mounted on a grey ribbon with yellow stripes. A series of bronze six-pointed Second World War campaign stars all bear the central GRI VI cypher and are inscribed for the Arctic, Air Crew Europe, Atlantic, France and Germany, Italy, Burma, and Africa stars. Naval service is represented by two George VI Naval General Service Medals, each featuring a Yangtze 1949 clasp, and a Queen Elizabeth II General Service Medal with a clasp for Malaya. Further awards include an Edward VII Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, a silver 1902 Coronation Medal for Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, and a Canadian Special Service Medal featuring a maple leaf design, identified by a white adhesive label reading CAN SSM. The international portion of the collection features a United States Legion of Merit in the grade of Legionnaire on a purple ribbon, identified by a hand-annotated label reading USA LECION MERIT, a National Defense Service Medal, and a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal housed in its original blue cardboard box. Soviet and Russian items include a Veteran of Labour medal inscribed ВЕТЕРАН ТРУДА and a victory medal inscribed ЗА НАШУ СОВЕТСКУЮ РОДИНУ. A Ukrainian Defender of the Motherland medal is accompanied by a printed certificate reading ПОСВІДЧЕННЯ to the medal ЗАХИСНИКУ ВІТЧИЗНИ. An East German 20-year service medal is contained in a plastic case inscribed 20 JAHRE TREUE DIENSTE. A white adhesive label reading IRAQ COPY is affixed to one yellow-ribboned medal.