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The medal is mounted on a single claw with a single-curl mounts. It is suspended from a ribbon is 36 millimetres (1.4 in) wide and consists of 7 coloured stripes: red (1.5 mm), white (2 mm), blue (1.5 mm), maroon centre stripe (26 mm), blue (1.5 mm), white (2 mm),
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standing on a scallop shell, with a spear in her right hand and the sun's rays behind her. Two lions encircle each side with their heads towards the bottom of the medal. The rim is uniquely numbered to each recipient.
229:, or any other unit or organization prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. Those individuals who received a volunteer war service medal from another country are ineligible for this medal.
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The medal was established
November 6, 1981 by the Volunteer War Service Medal Regulations, 1981, Newfoundland Regulation 204/81, and further amended by the Volunteer War Service Medal Act, 1993.
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in 1949. Accordingly, Newfoundland servicemen who volunteered to serve with
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A total of 7,500 medals were awarded, including those issued to next-of-kin, who could claim on behalf of those who died both in or since the war.
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The medal was specifically created to honour service with the
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341:"Campaign Stars and Medals (1939-1954) - Newfoundland Volunteer Service Medal"
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390:"Newfoundland joins Canadian Confederation (1949)"
194:During World War II, Newfoundland was a separate
470:1981 establishments in Newfoundland and Labrador
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485:Military awards and decorations of World War II
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289:. House of Assembly, Newfoundland and Labrador
253:NEWFOUNDLAND VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL 1939-1945
370:. House of Assembly Newfoundland and Labrador
368:"Statutes of Newfoundland 1993 Chapter V-7.1"
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312:"Campaign Stars and Medals (1939-1954)"
460:Civil awards and decorations of Canada
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392:. Marianopolis College. Archived from
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181:Memorial University of Newfoundland
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343:. Veterans Affairs Canada
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287:"1981 Numerical Register"
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316:Veterans Affairs Canada
200:Canadian Confederation
227:Newfoundland Regiment
420:Medal Yearbook 2015
418:John Mussell (ed).
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233:Description
187:Institution
95:Established
77:Eligibility
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449:Categories
270:References
239:Royal Mint
146:Equivalent
131:Precedence
121:Ribbon bar
259:Britannia
249:George VI
160:War Medal
225:and the
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196:Dominion
374:July 8,
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