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THE DANISH RED CROSS BADGE OF HONOUR, 1st type, pre 1963 (Dansk Rode Kors’ Haederstegn) - A Catalgoue of Decorations and Campaign Medals
Issued By Denmark To United Nations Forces
For The Korean War 1950 - 1954
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Obverse |
Reverse |
THE DANISH RED CROSS BADGE OF HONOUR, 1st type, pre 1963 (Dansk Rode Kors’ Haederstegn) |
THE DANISH RED CROSS BADGE OF HONOUR, 1st type, pre 1963 (Dansk Rode Kors’ Haederstegn)
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Obverse |
A 1.5mm raised rim, straight armed cross with a white enamel circular centre
with a 10 X 10 mm red cross in the middle. On the arms of the outer cross
are the initials ‘D D R K’ in 8mm high letters one letter on each arm
starting from the left and reading clockwise. |
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Reverse |
A 1.5mm raised rim and ‘ INTER ARMA CARITAS’ in 4mm letters across the
central arm of the cross. On the upper and lower arms of the cross is a 8mm
diameter rose. |
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Size |
39 X 39mm cross. |
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Suspension |
The ribbon is threaded through a 12mm diameter ring, which passes through a
5mm sphere fixed to the top of the medal. The ring will move forwards and
backwards but not sideways. |
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Composition |
Silver. |
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Designers |
Not known. |
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Naming |
Issued unnamed. |
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Ribbon |
Red 27mm wide, with two 4mm white stripes inset by 0.5mm. |
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No. of clasps |
None. |
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Other emblems |
None. |
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No. issued |
261 medals awarded between 1916 and 1963. |
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Instituted |
By King Christian X on 19 February 1916. |
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Qualification |
Awarded for outstanding and unusually protracted service to the Danish Red
Cross, and usually only after a previous award of the Danish Red Cross
Medal. |
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Part of the Red Oblong Network