THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 5, 1919. 495
No. 556.-The following Army Order dated the 30th August, 1919, regarding the grant of the "Victory Medal ", is published for general information.
A.O. 301.
1919.
ARMY ORDER.
WAR OFFICE,
30th August, 1919.
British Expeditionary Forces, 1914/1919-Grant of "Victory Medal".
1. His Majesty the KING has been graciously pleased to recognize by the grant of a distinctive medal the services rendered by His Majesty's military forces in theatres of war since the 5th August, 1914.
2. The medal, which will be designated "The Victory Medal," will be identical in design with that issued by the other Allied and Associated Powers for service in theatres of war, and will obviate the interchange of Allied Commemorative war medals.
3. The medal will be in bronze, and will be attached to the riband by a ring.
4. No clasp will be issued with the medal.
5. The riband will be red in the centre with green and violet on each side, shaded to form the colours of two rainbows.
6. Provided the claims are approved by the competent military authorities, the medal will be granted to all officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the British, Dominion, Colonial and, Indian Forces, members of women formations who have been enrolled under a direct contract of service for service with His Majesty's Imperial Forces, civil medical practitioners," nursing sisters, nurses and others employed with military hospitals, who actually served on the establishment of a unit in a theatre of war and within the periods as defined in Appendix A.
7. Instructions as to the submission of claims and the disposal of the medals will be issued in due course.
APPENDIX A.
For the purpose of this Army Order, "theatres of war are defined as under---
1. Western European Theatre.-To include all operations in-
(a) France and Belgium, between midnight 4th/5th August, 1914, and midnight
11th/12th November, 1918.
(b) Italy, between midnight 17th/18th April, 1917, and midnight 4th/5th
November, 1918.
2. Balkan Theatre. To include all operations in-
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(a) Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and European Turkey, between mid-
night 4th/5th October, 1915, and midnight 11th/12th November, 1918.
(b) Gallipoli and Islands of Aegean Sea between midnight 24th/25th April,
1915, and midnight 9th/10th January, 1916.
3. Russian Theatre. To include all operations in Russia since midnight 4th/5th August, 1914.
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