Description
The medal is silver in color 36 mm in diameter. Around the edge is a laurel wreath, the left branch spreading from the bottom of the medal to the top, the right branch is shorter covering from the bottom to half way to the top allowing space for the word "KOREA". The center has the words "VRYWILLINGERS/VOLUNTEERS" with outlines of the Korean Peninsula and South Africa (including South-West Africa). They are connected to one another by a line with an arrowhead at each end, and five wavy lines. Superimposed on the outline of South Africa are the words, "U. van S-A./U. of S.A.".
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