TacHel Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I have a friend who's a retired Gendarme, we often exchange items, find ribbons for each other etc... He sent me this for Christmas! It is attributed, in original box and with award certificate! Please accept my apology for not showing the reverse or the certificate for now. The award was one for valour and wounds received and the citation is so specific that even if I hid the name, very little effort would be required to trace down the recipient. I want to make sure with my friend that it's actually OK to do so. But still... WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I got some French ribbon bars from a Gendarme who had been with UNPROFOR/FORPRONU. He had good memories of the RCMP officers on that mission. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Oh and by the way... I wasn't afraid in any shape or form that it was stolen... I meant if the recipient had simply departed with it, that he wouldn't be pointed at for doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Joyeaux Noel indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Yeah, just as I thought. The recipient is living... So I'll leave you with the original photo for now. Sorry. Just wouldn't feel right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunneller Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Congratulations, great piece Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 Upon further examination... Good luck reading the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megan Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Beautiful medal, thank you for sharing Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacHel Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 6 hours ago, Megan said: Beautiful medal, thank you for sharing Frank. Thanks Megs, this is one I wasn't even looking for due to the difficulty in finding them. I had resigned myself to the fact I wasn't going to get one ever... Then voilà! He seriously made my XMas card list for a loooong time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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