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£or Those Who ServedRcyal Canadian Mint SpeedingProduction Of Campaign Medalsmentals for more thjLr. 1 000 000 Canadianwho sogved in the Armed Forces and Merchant Marine during World War II will be struck and distributed some Ume 4 well on in 1948'*, The Ottawa Journal learned from Defence Department headquarters. Medals and clasps are now being turned cut on precision machinery at the Royal Canadian Mint on Sussex street at the rate of many thousands a month, and inspection of completed lots has revealed them to be of the highest standards of fineness and craftsmanship.Number*'of campaign medals alone* -reaches the staggering total of 3.-356.000. including those for service on four continents and two greatofhasars.oceans.While it Is expected that these medals and clasps commemorative of service in many campaigns will be available for distribution next year, there is no certainty when either decorations for gallantry and distinguished war service or awards to civilians for notable service during the war vears will be delivered to those who have won them.re-wasoks-slowrthy.lirect)lvm-at 50stillhalfngelswithUnlike the campaign medals, decorations for gallantry and orders such as the CMG. CBE, OBE and many others are not made in Canada They are turned out bv firmsw Wrm the United Kingdom with manydecades' experience i the gold andsilversmiths’ art and the intricate processes of enamel and inlay work i Owing to the immense backlog of ordeis from all parts of the British Empire together with shortages of certain materials and of labor, only a moderate proportion of these decorations for gallantry and distinguished service have been turned out So far behind are the medal-mak-mg firms in the United Kingdom that civilian awards in His Majesty’s Dominion Dav Honors' List of 1946Vhave not yet been received in Canada.Largest single batch of campaign medals to be awarded is that of the \ Canadian Volunteer Service Medalor Spam'’ decoration. The Mint hasorders for 1,183.000 of! of which will carryft?clasp Second largest War Medal which will to 1.060,000 men and for this decoration and for the Defence of Britain have not vet beenWreceived in Canada from the United K.ngdom. The Defence of Medal is being awarded to Canadian men and women.Bill »KLS tilKl. \\IS AT I MR— Awarded a special prize in thehandicraft division of the Seaforth.Out , fair is this model airplane held by June Work of Brussels.made. Such correspondence. It explains, si ws down the work of the Branch and. in anv case, no exactWanswer can be given.Assurance is given, however, that all decorations will be delivered as speedily as possible and that full information as to distribution will be overseas , made public well in advance.these, 654,000thegroup is thebe distributedwomen. DiesFBritainNew Worldnl455.000I11serviceli, en-i lined a m .d the es att bet-t theactionclosecham-ValterNumbers of other active campaign medals are as follows: S ’39-’45 Star, 288,050; Franee-Ger-many Star, 185,000; Italy Star, 107,-500; Atlantic Star. 40,000; Africa Star, 12,000; Air-Crew Europe, 12,-1000; Pacific Star, 8.250; Burma Star. 5,200,Members of all three services operating in th Pacific theatre of war will be eligible for the Pacific Star, including the survivors nipeg Grenadiers andRoyal Rifles who took defence of Hong Kong.Just AroundThe CornerIfof the Win-the Quebec part in theLONDON. — Car-airplanes, type writers without ribbons, ultra-viole rays in the kitchen to make tougl meat tender, doors which open them selves, movable walls in houses streets and clothes warmed by elec tricity, radios which deliver flasl news, cigarette lighters with glass wicks which will outlast the lightei• *mgScott Clubmg attimescoachAt the Mint the department mak-campaign medals is turning out the Italy Star in large numbers and also the Atlantic, the Africa and theAir-Crew Europe Star While the British Institute' medals themselves are exactly simi- Technology,lar, lettering of each is different, designating the theatre of war in which the recipients served.In preparation for next year's tribution of medals, the Honors Awards Branch of the Defence partmant is carefully searching records of every man and woman in de the the three services and the Merchant .essing Marine. A card index is being pre-( iplying pared to ensure accuracy and expedite delivery when the completed or-” ders are received from the Mint.The Department has appealed to ex-servicemen and women not to write letters of inquiries asking when delivery of honors, gallantry awards and campaign medals will beThese are only a few of the itemi just around the corner” for all i we really want them, according tlt; Porf. A. M, Low, principal of thlt;of Kngineerini. rious-Pipp iattmg s, golfisefcalldisandDe-theitrinsiclemical i com-In his new book, Your World To morrow ”, just published here, Lov describes this new world, which h says is within our reach in the nea future if only we are willing to de vote to peacetime research a fractio of the money and effort expende during the war on seeking new an more effective means of destructioiNevertheless, that search fur rnor speedy and improved means of d* struction and defence has advance by many years the possibility t bringing into practical everyday ui many new process* s, fabrics and mi terials which, without the war, wou still be in an early experiment)stage today.In our homes of tomorrow, for o:
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Hamiota Echo
Hamiota, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Sep 28, 1949
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