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It was agreed at Versailles at the end of the war that the Allies would award a standardised Victory Medal to their own personnel, each awarding basically the same medal to their forces. Below are examples of the medals produced by the Allied Nations. 1st The American Medal. 2nd The Cuban Medal. 3rd The Belgium Medal. 4th The Czechoslovakian Medal.

Here is a map showing all belligerants in WW1 - the orange marded territories are the Central Powers, the green are the Allied (Entente), the grey are neutral - does not quite balance with such an overweight on the Allied side - the chances for the Central Powers (being surrounded), were almost nil from the very beginning, demonstrated by the almost immediate loss of all colonies worldwide, especially due to lack of sufficient sea power. Have never seen the medal illustrated, the ribbon if correct to the medal displayed on, is certainly reminiscent of the victory ribbons - Spain immediately declared its neutrality on the outbreak of war in 1914. I can't imagine Spain issuing a medal for Spanish volunteers to the Allied side, that would be against all neutrality principles. Spain even offered exile to Kaiser Wilhelm II., but Holland was more befitting. It would be desirable to find out more on this. Here is the Wikipedia explanation of neutrality of Spain and its overseas posessions: Spanien / Spanische Kolonien – wirtschaftlicher Aufschwung durch Rohstofflieferungen an die Kriegsparteien, vornehmlich an die Entente. Spanisch-Guinea (heute Äquatorialguinea) – Rückzugsgebiet der deutschen Schutztruppe für Kamerun. Spanisch-Sahara (heute Westsahara).

This is a page from the book British Campaign Medals 0f the First World War by Peter Duckers. Section Allies and Enemies some Foreign Campaign Medals. Opinions is the Author completely wrong or does he know something that nobody else knows ?.

If you ever come across a Spanish Victory Medal for WW1, then you'll know there's something wrong somewhere. Spain did not take part in the Great War, unlike Portugal, which hoped to gain some of the German colonies in Africa and elsewhere. Holland also remained neutral. I remember seeing all Victory Medals complete in the Imperial War Museum London many years ago.

No Paul, these are only examples for anybody who have not seen them. Below are four more. 1st The Brazil Medal. 2nd The Romania Medal. 3rd The Italy Medal. 4th The Greece Medal. The only one I have not found is an example of the Spanish Medal.

Do you have all these? As ever, the whole world ganged up on Germany. Same every time, after which, they divided up the spoils of war, esp. the former German colonies.

Here are the next four medals. 1st The French Medal. 2nd The Portugal Medal. 3rd The Siam ( Thailand ) Medal. 4th The Japanese Medal.