Ireland, Republic. A General Service Medal, 1917-1921 Auction Archive Instituted 16 February 1837

Instituted 16 February 1837

raised platform in white felt with framed and slotted medal beds for the badge and breast star

Oxygen masks were very uncomfortable

(Issued 1833-1864)

6+24 Reichspfennig stamp with "Tage der Briefmarke 1943 " (Day of the Stamp 1943) designation

Ireland, Republic. A General Service Medal, 1917-1921 Auction Archive Instituted 16 February 1837(An Bonn Seirbhise 1917 1921). Instituted in 1941. In bronze, un named, measuring 41. 2 mm in diameter, original ribbon suspended from a hanger with pinback with COMRAC clasp, very light contact, dark patina, very fine. Footnote: The General Service Medal was instituted on January 21, 1941 and awarded to participants in the struggle for independence between the Easter Uprising of 1916 to the ratification of the treaty which ensured independence from