AJEX to help reunite veteran families with war medals

AJEX The Jewish Military Association has launched a ‘Family Medals’ campaign to help ensure that any Jewish family who do not have their own or family members’ medals from war and other service can be reunited with them to guarantee the legacy of Jewish service lives on.

Whether you have lost family medals from the World Wars or other conflicts and service or never claimed your own or your family’s medals, AJEX will help you identify what medals would have been worn and belong to you or your family member.

While the number of Second World War and National Service veterans declines, their families and direct descendants continue to thrive and are active with AJEX. AJEX hopes that many more first-time Parade goers will proudly march wearing these medals at the Annual Remembrance Parade & Ceremony on 19th November 2023. Whether you need new ones or have the originals, the aim of the campaign is to get the Jewish Community’s medals out and on display, proud and clear.

National Chair, Dan Fox said: “Medals are some of the most personal artefacts of military service. For individuals and their families, they are markers of the commitment and bravery undertaken. As a community, they are collective badges of honour, and of pride in the Jewish contribution to our nation. I hope that many spouses, children,