WW2 Irish Emergency Service Medal 1939-46 with Two Bars

A good example of the WW2 era Irish emergency service medal a history for which can be found below, this example by happy coincidence has the same inscription on the back as the example shown so is therefore issued to the local security forces, it comes with two bars, a bar was issued for two years service so this is a four year minimum service medal. It comes in good but aged condition and the pin is missing on the back.
The Emergency Service Medal (Irish: An Bonn Seirbhíse Éigeandála) is a military decoration of the Republic of Ireland that was awarded to servicemen who served during The Emergency from 1939 to 1946. The medal is made of bronze, on the front there is an image of a woman with a dog beside her, along the top the words "Re na Práinne" are inscribed in Irish. On the back there is an olive branch with "1939" to one side of it, and "1946" to the other. At the top there are words inscribed in Irish, the words are different across the 11 variants, with each being the Irish name of the organisation or group the individual who received the medal is a member of. The example Medal shown reads "An Fórsa Cosanta Áitiúil", which was the Irish name for the Local Security Forces.

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