Victory Medal Miniature RAF Collection 'the war to end all

'the war to end all wars'

instead each allied country issued its own victory medal using the same ribbon and an effigy of the figure of Victory - except Japan who used a traditional Samurai Warrior

Although the awards have been split fairly evenly across the Military and Civilians it is perhaps today more often awarded to Military Personnel

Each medal is British made in the same factories that produced the original wartime medals

Victory Medal Miniature RAF Collection 'the war to end allA replica miniature of The Victory Medal 5,334,522 Victory medals were awarded and this gives us an idea of the scale of the war which had just been fought. This medal was awarded to personnel who had served in an operational theatre of war either on land, in the air or at sea. The medal was instituted to obviate the need for an exchange of medals between the allies, instead each allied country issued its own victory medal using the same ribbon and an