Group Photo Info – From left: The 1939-1945 Star, The Africa Star, The Italy Star, The France & Germany Star, The Defence Medal, The 1939-1945 War Medal & The Territorial Efficiency Medal which was awarded to anyone who was in the Territorial Army in 1939.
ID Number – 1446
Image No – img1760
Subject – Sgt Ken Sturmey’s SAS Wings & Dress Medals
Date – 1945
Donor – AllenSandra
Street – Outside Rodbourne
Location – Unknown
Additional Information – The SAS pattern parachute wings designed by Lieutenant Jock Lewes and based on the stylized sacred ibis wings of Isis of Egyptian iconography were worn, when Ken served, on the left breast. The RAF objected after the war and they are now worn on the right shoulder. Click on SGT KEN STURMEY to see Ken wearing them.
Notice the clasp on the Africa Star with 8th Army on it and the Oak Leaf on the 1939-45 War Medal which denoted Mentioned in Dispatches.