Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal
Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal is a Norwegian military award, which was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 27 October 1942. It was awarded in recognition of military personnel who served in the Norwegian armed forces in Britain on the 70th birthday of Norwegian King Haakon VII. The medal ranks 33rd in the Norwegian decoration order of precedence.
Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal
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- Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal Haakon VIIs 70-årsmedalje
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- 1942
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- Norway
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Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal is a Norwegian military award, which was instituted by King Haakon VII of Norway on 27 October 1942. It was awarded in recognition of military personnel who served in the Norwegian armed forces in Britain on the 70th birthday of Norwegian King Haakon VII. The medal ranks 33rd in the Norwegian decoration order of precedence.
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• Name — Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal Haakon VIIs 70-årsmedalje • Type — Commemorative medal • Awarded For — Military personnel who served in the Norwegian armed forces in Britain on the King's 70th birthday • Established — 27 October 1942 • Higher — Haakon VII Jubilee Medal 1905–1955 • Lower — Haakon VII Centenary Medal • Caption2 — Ribbon bar of the medal
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1942
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1942
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The medal is circular and 32 mm in diameter. The obverse depicts the effigy of the king in a military uniform, surrounded by the inscription HAAKON 7 NORGES KONGE. The reverse bears the inscription TIL MINNE OM 70-ÅRSDAGEN 3 AUGUST 1942, surrounded by a decorative pattern around the medal's edge. The medal is surmounted by a crown which suspends it from a red ribbon with two central yellow stripes.
Photo taken at the Hjemmefrontmuseet Rakkestad, a local World War II museum in Rakkestad, Norway, exhibiting 4000 items related to the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945, Norwegian, German, and Allied military forces, the Norwegian resistance movement and everyday life during the war, etc. Norwegian military and commemorative WW2 medals: Defence Medal 1940–1945 (Deltagermedaljen 9. april 1
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Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945: Norwegian military decorations awarded to Karl Gustav Silsand, a Spitfire pilot from Kabelvåg, Norway, shot down and drowned in the English Channel in 1942: The W
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