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Medal Operation Black Buck, Gold plated
| Location | Falkland Islands |
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| Type | Commemorative medal |
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| Obverse description | The field features a raised relief map of the Falkland Islands overlaid with inscribed place names significant to the 1982 conflict, including Stanley, Goose Green, Tumbledown, and Bluff Cove. In the lower portion, a colour-enamelled Union Flag is displayed, with the legend THE FALKLANDS WAR superimposed upon it and the dates 2 APRIL - 14 JUNE 1982 along the lower rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE FALKLANDS WAR 2 APRIL - 14 JUNE 1982 |
| Reverse description | The entire field is filled with a full-colour painted enamel scene depicting an Avro Vulcan bomber in low-level flight, viewed from below and to the rear, releasing a stick of bombs over a darkened landscape, with a vivid explosion of flames and smoke visible in the lower left. The sky above is rendered in dramatic orange and red tones. No legend or lettering appears on this face. |
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