Miniature Irish War of Independence Black and Tan Medal

Description

Reproduction miniature Irish War of Independence Black & Tan Medal

The numbers below refer to those with the comrac bar and those without the comrac bar.One can see that there were at least 10 strikings of the Black & tan medal of both types, this can be seen in slight differences in the medals themselves. There were 15,224 Black and Tan medals with the  Comrac  bar issued and 47,644 without the Comrac bar issued. These figures cannot be exact as there were also replacement and late awards later on, so, they have to treated as approximately.
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16th June 1941                                      10,000
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22nd October 1942                                15,000
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26th October 1945                                 3,000
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28th May 1947                                       4,500
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10th March 1949                                    1,500
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7th November 1949                                3,000
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16th June 1950                                      5,000
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10th November 1951                              6,000
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17th June 1953                                      6,700
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3rd October 1957                                   2,500