Bronze medal with crown suspension and original wire suspension bar; the face with a Leopold cross with crossed swords between the arms and with a crown at its centre, the upper arm bearing the cipher of King George I, the lower arm that of King Constantine I, circumscribed ‘With God, for King and Country’; the reverse inscribed ‘ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ / ΗΠΕΙΡΟC / ΑΡΧΙΠΕΛΑΓΟC‘ (Macedonia Epirus Archipelago) encircled by a laurel wreath; signed ‘G. Iakovidis’ on the reverse.
The medal was instituted on 17 February 1914 and awarded for participation in the First Balkan War of 1912-1913.
The two clasps are very rare.The \" ΕΛΛΗΣΠΟΝΤΟΣ\"(Hellispond or Dardanelles ) and the \"ΑΙΓΑΙΟΝ-ΙΟΝΙΟΝ\" (Aegean-Ionian Sea) were awarded warparticipation in operations and battles that took place in these two wartheaters .
It comes with two original ribbon bars , one forsummer and one for winter dress, the ribbon with red is for this medal and the ribbon with green is for the following war of Greece and Bulgaria.
The box is theoriginal award box with the rank and name of the recipient written : \" Κελευστής Μηλιαράκης\" (Petty officer 1st class Miliarakis)

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