Africa Star 1940-43 awarded to Sister M Roberts, Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps

Copper-zinc alloy medal in the form of a six-pointed star, on the obverse, the royal cypher, 'GRVI', for King George VI (1895-1952), within circlet bearing the medal name, 'The Africa Star', surmounted by a crown. The medal is suspended by a ring from a pale buff ribbon with central red stripe flanked by light and dark blue stripes.

Sister M Roberts served in the Second World War as part of the Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps. She served in campaigns in Italy and North Africa.

Instituted in 1943, the Africa Star was awarded to British and Commonwealth personnel who served in the operational area of North Africa between the 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943 during World War Two (1939-1945). The pale buff colour of the ribbon represents the desert sand; the dark blue, the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy; the pale blue, the Royal Air Force, and the red, the Army.

From a Second World War medal group, Royal Red Cross Badge, 2nd Class, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star 1943-45, Defence Medal 1939-45, War Medal 1939-45, Territorial Army Nursing Service badge, 194-1945.