BACKGROUND: There were eight campaign stars instituted for WW2 with the maximum of five allowed to be worn at one time. There were a number of bars issued for the stars but a maximum of one bar could be worn per star. The Burma Star was awarded for operational service in the Burma campaign between 11December, 1941 and 2 September 1945. A Pacific bar could be awarded if the recipient later qualified for that star.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The medal takes the form of a, bronze colored, six-pointed tombac star, 4cm from point to point, whose uppermost point features a suspension loop. To its slightly domed, obverse center is the stylized Royal Cypher "GRI," with "VI" beneath it, surmounted by a King’s crown and with "The Burma Star" scrolled around it. Its reverse is featureless. The medal has a ring fed through its suspension loop, with a ribbed ribbon with a wide center Red stripe with Dark Blue-Orange-Dark Blue edges with the Red and Blue representing Commonwealth Forces and the Orange the sun.