I just received my Great Grandfathers medals and was wondering if anyone could give me some insight as to what they're for. My family have little knowledge as to what he did in the war, or where he was deployed. I know he served in North Africa and I'm assuming one of the stars is for serving there, but that's all I know.
The second one is this, the War Medal 1939-1945. Just looking up the other ones now.
The third one appears to be the Defence Medal 1939-1945, [here](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence_Medal_(United_Kingdom). The fourth is the Italy Star, here. The fifth is some type of star medal, yet with the Defence Medal ribbon...this is confusing! The sixth is the Africa Star.
Originally, I thought the first one could be this, an RAF eagle, but the wings don't look correct, then a Pathfinder, but there's no crown on it and I can't see the detail on the central part of the medal. Could you take another picture of it? The closest thing I can find is this, a sweetheart medal. Here is some information on sweetheart medals, but you would need to create a (free) account unfortunately.
Not sure about this one, but possible a RAF thing you pin on your chest?
War Medal 1939–1945
Ribbon belongs to the 1939 to 1945 Star but with a round medal instead of a star, not sure about this one
Italy Star
Ribbon looks like the Defence Medal but I couldn't find any star medal with that ribbon, so I could be wrong.
Africa Star
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Medal_1939%E2%80%931945
https://www.gov.uk/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility
This is partial but by the looks of it I think your great grandfather spent some time in North Africa and Italy.