Hendrik Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 The box :[attachmentid=58685] [attachmentid=58683] [attachmentid=58686] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 A bronze Red Cross Medal with RSI reverse :[attachmentid=58688] [attachmentid=58689] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted October 29, 2006 Author Share Posted October 29, 2006 And finally, the Mauriziana Medal - you need 50 years in the armed forces for this one. The award is a gold medal (which recipients are supposed to take great care of) accompanied by a gilt one for wearing - the one in the pictures below is ... the gilt version, I'm afraid. Cheers, Hendrik[attachmentid=58691] [attachmentid=58692] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Red Cross R.S.I. era is super!! Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Hello, Very good thread => her eis a Italian crown order (officer grade) mounted on a German medal bar Cordial greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Hello, And a closer look at the crown order. A bit worn and very patinated but just as beautifull as it should be Cordial greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted October 30, 2006 Author Share Posted October 30, 2006 A bit worn and very patinated but just as beautifull as it should be Nice group Stijn !!! The rosette on the Italian ribbon has suffered as well and seems at some time to have fallen off and reaffixed on its ribbon ... obviously its recipient had plenty of occasions to wear his group of medals. Thanks for posting it. Cheers, Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted October 30, 2006 Share Posted October 30, 2006 Fantastic medal bar!! Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stijn David Posted October 31, 2006 Share Posted October 31, 2006 Italian crown order ...Thank you both fine gentlemen for the comments @ Hendrik: you might be able to see the bar in real life at the end of the month => mayby worth bringing our Itlian crown orders with us to compare a bit? Cordial greetings, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted October 31, 2006 Author Share Posted October 31, 2006 mayby worth bringing our Itlian crown orders with us to compare a bit? Stijn, you don't have to wait that long : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3770# Cheers, Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted November 2, 2006 Share Posted November 2, 2006 My Knight grade Crown book. Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted November 3, 2006 Author Share Posted November 3, 2006 Hello Rich, Great looking book ... I love the pagefinder ribbon : in the proper colours What are the contents ? Description of the various grades, regulations, anything else like perhaps a list of recipients ? Cheers, Hendrik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Hendrik,Thanks! I have never seen another like this. Printed in 1941. 1 page is a certificate from 1941 to a Doctor in Foggia with his info about his Knight grade medal. Other pages have descriptions/lists of medals. Military Order of Savoia,Civil Order of Savoia,Order of S.S. Lazzaro & Maurizio,Ordre of Italian Colonial Star,Merit of Labor. Got this from a W.W.2 South African vet years ago.I was buying all the Italian badges he had/could get.I'd call him every couple of weeks and ask if anybody brought in Italian stuff. This is back when you could buy Italian brass badges for less than 50 cents each.It is not like that any more. Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Hallo Gents, I was surfing the satalite T.V. channels here in Romania and came across an Italian station, Rai Ono, showing live, 6 high-ranking Italian officers getting various awards for service in Irag - Afganistan- Sudan - some connection with the UN was also mentioned. Some of them had some serious racks of eye-candy What was very interesting, was the days of the old pin into the chest are gone, the medals were stuck onto the erstwhile warriors chest with Velcro!! , as each recipient jacket had a pre-positioned piece of velcro hooks sewn on the uniform, all the President had to do was slap it firmly into place, shake his hand and that was it.Kevin in Deva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikMuller Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Hallo Gents, I was surfing the satalite T.V. channels here in Romania and came across an Italian station, Rai Ono, showing live, 6 high-ranking Italian officers getting various awards for service in Irag - Afganistan- Sudan - some connection with the UN was also mentioned. Some of them had some serious racks of eye-candy What was very interesting, was the days of the old pin into the chest are gone, the medals were stuck onto the erstwhile warriors chest with Velcro!! , as each recipient jacket had a pre-positioned piece of velcro hooks sewn on the uniform, all the President had to do was slap it firmly into place, shake his hand and that was it.Kevin in Deva velcro? And I thought we were lazy in the Netherlands: our soldiers have to pin metal hooks to their uniforms for medal parades. The awarding authority just have to slip the unopened pin over that hook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 But the pro's are there too!!!The soldiers don't have to suffer anymore from wrong pinned medals!!If I'm correct Queen Victoria once pinned the Victoria cross into the man's breast......The poor man didn't flinch.....Nowadays we would prosecute those nasty breastpinners, so easier, painless and cheaper Kind regards,Jacky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted November 7, 2006 Author Share Posted November 7, 2006 My latest and I love the idea : The Service Medal of the Offices for Notification of Military Families (created in 1919). The number of stars on the ribbon indicates the number of years served in the department. Cheers, Hendrik[attachmentid=60039] [attachmentid=60040] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted November 7, 2006 Share Posted November 7, 2006 Hendrik,Neat medal. Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted November 8, 2006 Author Share Posted November 8, 2006 Thanks Rich ! Here's another interesting one from the same era : the Fiume Medal or "Medaglia Commemorativa della Spedizione di Fiume". On Fiume being given to Yugoslavia as war reparation, an Italian force of about 300 under Gabriele d'Annunzio marched on Fiume in September 1919 and declared it an independant state (Reggenza del Carnaro). It was shortlived as just over a year later, in January 1921, the starved occupants had to surrender. Also, it's not without interest to know that Mussolini copied the form of government that had been created in Fiume for his fascist Italy later on. You might like to wander over to my website and have a look at a medal group to one of d'Annunzio's bodyguard ... nice story I think. Cheers, Hendrik[attachmentid=60127] [attachmentid=60128] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted November 8, 2006 Share Posted November 8, 2006 Hendrik,The Fiume medal is nice. I have a few of those. Neat web site!http://www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca/host/itali...Page5/index.htmLink is to my Italian badges and small stuff. Only this is mine. Not the site. Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 "Per la Sicurezza" cross with Afghanistan bar"Per la Pace" cross with Bosnia and Kosovo bars"Pro Humanitate" cross with Macedonia barUN medal with Former Yugoslavia barUN medal with Kosovo barUN medal with Article 5 barJust to clarify, the last three are NATO Medals, not UN Medals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Italian-Turkish War Medal, with date bars. Most of these bars are after the war itself, and carry forward into World War I, so they may reflect occupation and stabilization operations in Libya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRA227 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Dave Danner,Great medal! Wish I had one like it. Rich A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Just to clarify, the last three are NATO Medals, not UN Medals. Right you are, Dan - my mistake Thanks for setting this straight ! Cheers, Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus H Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I don't have many Italian medals left now and only have this poor mans offering, all common medals and nothing special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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