Australia. Australian Service Longarms And Australian Service Bayonets (Pair) United Republic of this medal has no character

this medal has no character on the reverse and is not engraved with the recipient's name

likely of local (North African) manufacture

as it was called

European made

hand filed star with a silver gilt 8 pointed star burst

Australia. Australian Service Longarms And Australian Service Bayonets (Pair) United Republic of this medal has no character1. Australian Service Longarms by Ian D. Skennerton: hardcover, yellow cloth exterior, copyright 1975, published in 1976 at Margate and printed by Watson Ferguson & Company of Brisbane, ISBN 0 9597438 0 4, inscribed "Of a limited edition of two thousand copies this is number" and numbered in handwritten black ink "882" on the fly page, with six chapters entitled: 1. Australians in Service; 2. Their Longarms Pre Federation; 3. Their Longarms Post