Air Crew Europe Star

Product Description: This Miniature Air Crew Europe Star medal is made from lead-free pewter that is 22ct gold plated. It is supplied with approximately 9cm of ribbon. The medal is mounted on a fold-over information card that has an image of a Hadley Page Halifax on the front and has historical information about the medal and cover image on the reverse.

Information: The Air Crew Europe Star was awarded for operational flying from bases in the United Kingdom over Europe from 3 September 1939 to 4 June 1944. For aircrew of the Air Forces, two months of operational flying was required in order to qualify for this award. Army personnel qualified for this star after they had served on air crew duties for four months, provided 2 months of this minimum four month period had been operational flying over Europe with at least one operational sortie.

This star is by far the most coveted of all Second World War stars.

Cover Image – A Hadley Page Halifax flies over the German target during a daylight raid. The Hadley Page Halifax heavy bomber together with the Avro Lancaster provided the principal means whereby bomber command fought the Battle over Germany.