Megan

Beautiful, Arnaud.

Excelllent information, thank you

Oh no.... poor you!

Thank you....

Wonderful, thank you Frank... it's really appreciated!

You are mostly correct, Tim. The ribbon bar and small star were authorised for wear until a campaign medal was issued for the campaign in which the wound was received, then you were supposed to wear the small red star on its ribbon instead.

Beringer's medals: First row: War Cross (Luxembourg), Cross of Honour and Military Merit (Luxembourg), Gold Medal of the Order of the Oak Crown (Luxembourg), Service Cross for Army & Police (Luxembourg) - their long service & good conduct award, Bronze Star (USA) with V device Second row: Medal of the War Volunteer (Belgium), Medal of the Combatant War Volunteer (Belgium), Commemorative Medal for Foreign Theatres of Operation (Belgium), Korea Medal (United Nations) Final row: commemoratives + a marching medal. The putative KIA's medals are: Cross of Honour and Military Merit (Luxembourg), War Cross (Luxembourg), Knight, Order of Leopold II (Belgium), War Cross (Belgium), ???, Korean Veterans' Medal, Medal of the War Volunteer (Belgium), Medal of the Combatant War Volunteer (Belgium), Commemorative Medal for Foreign Theatres of Operation (Belgium)

Here at long last is the beast, courtesy of UK Government.

Thanks Frank, well spotted!

[blows dust off of thread] Whilst looking for something else entirely, I came across an old article that gives the designer's thoughts on coming up with the Air Force Combat Action Medal http://www.af.mil/News/tabid/124/Article/126589/modernizing-an-old-design-a-challenge-for-medal-makers.aspx

Thank you for sharing, Paja.

Also some images and information here: http://www.medals.org.uk/estonia/estonia-republic/estonia001.htm

I went through my website last night updating it. Now I'll have to do the same for the OMSA database... Thanks for all the hard work ferreting out this information, Frank - really appreciated.

Aaaarghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, she says, looking it up. Furtado, R.G. (2010) 'Danish War Medals for the Wars of 1848-1850 and 1864'. JOMSA 61(3):14-24 Fascinating article with infromation about the conflicts for which they were awarded, the development of the medal and different varieties...

Aha! Found the Statutes of the Order - https://www.gesetze.li/lilexprod/lgsystpage2.jsp?formname=showlaw&lgblid=1937012000&gueltigdate=06082016 The ribbon design changed in 1967.

OK, thanks. Back to the MVD for the moment. After sorting out the OMSA images that had strayed, I decided to get that part of my site into order too!

The links still work if you copy them to the browser address bar... bit clunky but at least you can see the images!

Is that the correct ribbon? I thought the half orange with black edge/half red-white-black was the ribbon for the Medal "For the Demining of Palmyra" - the one for the Medal "For the Liberation of Palmyra" being quite different. Or am I confused (not for the first time)?

More wonderful images, thank you Paja for sharing them!

Thank you!

That's an amazing exhibition... thanks for sharing the link, Taras. Even if the pictures are a bit small, at least one knows what one is looking for!

That's nice, Emmanuel - thank you for sharing!

Beautiful images Carol. When did the ribbon change?

Thanks for that... where does it go in the order of precedence?