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Obverse |
A silver laurel wreath ring 6mm thick, with a red cross in enamel 7mm wide
in the centre. |
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Reverse |
Silver laurel wreath with the inscription " KOREA / KRIGSFANGE / UDVEKSLING
/ 1953 " engraved in four lines on the plain cross. |
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Size |
34mm in diameter. |
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Suspension |
The ribbon is threaded through a 12mm diameter ring, which passes through a
5mm loop designed to look like a binding for the laurel wreath at the top of
the medal. The ring will move forwards and backwards but not sideways. |
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Composition |
Silver and red enamel. |
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Designers |
Not known. |
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Naming |
Issued unnamed. |
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Ribbon |
White 27mm wide with three 4mm red stripes set 5mm apart. |
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No. of clasps |
None. |
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Other emblems |
None. |
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No. issued |
9 |
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Instituted |
Founded by the Danish Red Cross on 2 October 1956. |
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Qualification |
Awarded with a United Nations certificate dated 8 September 1953, to the
following nine Danish doctors who participated in the exchange of prisoners
after the Korean war:-
Doctor V. ASSCHENFELDT-HANSEN
Doctor H. BOLAND Doctor A. CHRISTIANSEN
Doctor T. CHRISTIANSEN
Doctor H. JACOBSEN
Doctor S. JENSEN-HEIN Doctor P. KIRKETERP
Doctor H. VINTER
Doctor B. MAEGAARD-NEILSON
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Part of the Red Oblong Network