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English: Misc. World War II military and civil decorations and medals of the United Kingdom, Norway, and France, and Norwegian patriotic pins. (Names and descriptions in Norwegian.)

1st row:
1. 1939–1945 Star, a military campaign medal instituted by the United Kingdom on 8 July 1943 for award to British and Commonwealth forces for service in the Second World War.
2. Africa Star, UK campaign medal instituted on 8 July 1943 for British and Commonwealth forces who served in North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943
3. Air Crew Europe Star, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for British Commonwealth air crews who participated in operational flights over Europe from bases in the United Kingdom during WW2.
4. Atlantic Star, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for British Commonwealth forces who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic.
5. War Medal 1939–1945, UK campaign medal instituted on 16 August 1945 for subjects of the British Commonwealth who had served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945.

2nd row:
1. Pacific Star, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for award to British Commonwealth forces who served in the Pacific Campaign from 1941 to 1945.
2. Burma Star, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for award to British Commonwealth forces who served in the Burma Campaign from 1941 to 1945.
3. Italy Star, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for award to British Commonwealth forces who served in the Italian Campaign from 1943 to 1945.
4. France and Germany Star, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for British Commonwealth forces who served in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands or Germany and adjacent sea areas between 6 June 1944 and 8 May 1945.
5. Defence Medal, UK campaign medal instituted in May 1945 for subjects of the British Commonwealth for both non-operational military and certain types of civilian war service during WW2.

3rd row:
1. Patriotic pins with Norwegian national colours, for Fatherland League (Fedrelandslaget), a Norwegian right-wing, anti-communist political organisation in the interwar period. Also Norwegian pins with "Jeg vil værge mit land" and monogramme of Norwegian King Haakon 7
2. Homemade patriotic pin made of an old Norwegian "5 øre" coin. Found in Kabelvåg in 1997.
3. King Haakon VII Freedom Cross (Norwegian: Haakon VIIs Frihetskors), a medal established in Norway on 18 May 1945.
4. War Cross (Krigskorset), the highest ranking Norwegian gallantry decoration. The medal was established on 23 May 1941 by royal resolution of King Haakon VII, who was in London with the government in exile due to the German occupation of Norway.
5. Patriotic pins with National flag of Norway. Two pins have added a V sign (V for Victory campaign during WW2), one pin show the flags of Norway, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and has the inscription "9. MAI 1945" (see Russian Victory Day).

4th row:
1. Defence Medal 1940–1945 (Deltagermedaljen, a Norwegian award rewarded to those military and civilian personnel who participated in the fight against the German invasion and occupation 1940–1945.
2. 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (French: Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945), a commemorative medal of France established on 21 May 1946 to recognize individual participation in the Second World War. With NORVÈGE (English: NORWAY) for operations between 12 April 1940 and 17 June 1940 in Narvik.
3. Two Norwegian patriotic badges, the silvery one is a military cap badge showing the crowned cypher H7 of King Haakon VII inside an oak wreath.

4. Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (War Cross 1939–1945), a French military decoration, a version of the Croix de guerre created on September 26, 1939, to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis forces at any time during World War II.
5. Legion of Honour (French: Légion d'honneur), the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte and retained by all later French governments and régimes. (The establishment of the Fourth Republic in 1946 brought about the latest change in the design of the Legion of Honour. The date "1870" on the obverse was replaced by a single star.)

Photo taken on May 8, 2019 at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, memorabilia, smaller items, etc. related to World War II, the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945, and the Third Reich era.

Norsk bokmål: Militære utmerkelser og medaljer fra Storbritannia, Norge og Frankrike for innsatsen i andre verdenskrig. Også sivile jakkenåler for norske patrioter under krigen. Navn på norsk. Fra Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum i Svolvær 2019.
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