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Burma Star

Military campaign medal for subjects of the British Commonwealth who served in the Burma Campaign
Intangible campaign_medal Q767943
Burma Star
Medal created and awarded by the British Government c. 1945, image created by Col André Kritzinger · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
campaign medal, star[1]
Inception
May 1945[2]
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Pacific Star[4]
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Italy Star[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en Burma Star ar نجم بورما cs Barmská hvězda he כוכב בורמה ja ビルマ星章 ja ビルマの星 ro Steaua Birmaniei ru Бирманская звезда uk Бірманська Зірка zh 緬甸星章
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Awarded to 14
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Ayub Khan, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Vera Lynn, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Tom Moore, Sam Manekshaw, Adrian Carton de Wiart +6 more
Instance of 1
campaign medal
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Pacific Star
Next lower rank 1
Italy Star
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Italy Star
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Pacific Star
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Related Entities

Ayub Khan Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Tom Moore Vera Lynn

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  1. 8d ago · Lesko987a · 2026-10-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13d ago · Cypersurfer · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'my', 'no', 'pl', 'ru', 'uk']
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