Burma Star 1941-45, awarded to Colonel John Anthony Stafford Fearfield, Royal Signals, attached to Force 136, Special Operations Executive

Copper zinc alloy medal in the form of a six-pointed star. On the obverse, the royal cypher, 'GRI VI', for King George VI, surmounted by a crown, with a circlet inscribed with, 'The Burma Star'. The medal is suspended from a dark blue ribbon with central red stripe and two orange stripes.

Fearfield served with Force 136 of the Special Operations Executive, during 1942-1945. Force 136 operated in Asia against the Japanese. Commanded by British officers, it recruited indigenous people in Burma, Malaya, China and Thailand to assist in sabotage and intelligence gathering.

The Burma Star was instituted in May 1945 for personnel serving in operations in the Burma Campaign during World War Two (1939-1945) from 11 December 1941 to 2 September 1945.

From a medal group awarded to Colonel John Anthony Stafford Fearfield, Royal Signals, attached to Force 136, Special Operations Executive.