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Me neither, it is very surprising that they would make an issue to second, third or forth generation, it was normal to immediate next of kin, I wonder how these twenty first century medals compare to the originals?

djb wrote: I did not know that you could still obtain Great War medals. How was that process?

You can buy replicate medals. Some people sometimes purchase a medal with the correct clasps that has been erased or choose to buy a medal to someone in the same regiment.