Africa Star

7. The Africa Star will now be granted in addition to the 1939-45 Star to those who have qualified for both Stars.

8. The ribbon of the Africa Star is pale buff in colour with a central vertical red stripe and two other narrower stripes, one dark blue and the otherlight blue. The background is intended as a symbol of the desert, the central red stripe stands for the Armies, the dark blue stripe for the Naval Forces, the Merchant Navy and Fishing Fleet and the light blue stripe for the Air Forces. The ribbon is to be worn with the dark blue stripe furthest from the left shoulder.

9. In the Merchant Navy, service of any lenth at sea in the Mediterranean between the date of the entry of Italy into the War on the 10th June 1940, to the date of the cessation of operations against the enemy in North Africa on the 12th May 1943, inclusive or in direct support of the Army in the Abyssinian, Somaliland and Eritrean Campaigns between the 10th June 1940, and the 27th November 1941, will qualify. Service in Merchant Navy vessels which took part in the landings on the Coast of Morocco on or after the 8th November 1942, will also be a qualification.

Clasp to the Africa Star

10. The Clasp to the Africa Star, denoted by the silver rose Emblem will be granted to the members of the Merchant Navy who served in vessels engaged in landing troops, equipment, stores, etc., at ports, or on the shores of North Africa between el Alamein and the Straits of Gibraltar, during the North Africa Campaign from the 23rd October 1942 (the date of the Battle of el Alamein) to the cessation of hostilities in the North Africa on the 12th May 1943, irrespective of the length of that service. Service in ships which took part in the landings on or after the 8th November 1942, on the Coast of Morocco will also be a qualification.