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Yeah-but I thought the NATO award was back-dated for service starting in 1992 right through to 2002. Weren't you in the airport in 92-93? see here: http://www.pbase.com/zidar/image/68043550 I note that it has also been given to a few war correspondents.

yeah- unusual though Oldenburg, Wurt and the Prussian Ls. Sniffs navyish doesn't it?

Aren't you owed a NATO medal as well?

I am pulling from memory here, but I recall seeing a photo of a railroad official with a medal bar like this-two different state Ls medals and a Centennial and maybe a KHK. In those days they seem to have worn all their medals together in uniform, so somebody who served in the Wurt. army from say 1895-1904 and then went back in @ 1914 (into a Prussian or imperial unit) and was out in 1920 may have had this bar.

nice,nice photo!!

Egad! Actually, despite my visceral political views on this subject, I was hoping there would be a "separate" (partitioned?) Irish forum. There certainly is more to the subject than I realized and the leading lights in cyberspace seem to congregate here. It would be useful to have them all under one rubric.

very,very interesting. I did not think that WW2 campaign stars were awarded to 'groups'. I reckon its an individual.

thanks Hendrik-just the common ones. pm sent. ta

a new store? in two words-ribbon bars!

Probably a matter of degree. I have zero Hungarian beyond the dictionary, so the subtleties are far beyond my ken, but if a native speaker could confirm that "merited" is 'less good' (awk!) than "distinguished" or "excellent", we'd have a definitive conception. I suspect there is a "ladder" or merit involved here: ("attractive,pretty,beautiful, gorgeous").

well, I find one mention of the shooting of 20 civilians in Aalst on Sept. 27, 1914. According to Horne and Kramer this was the result of a skirmish with a Belgian patrol from Antwerp. The "enraged officer" Kohlenberg above may also be responsible for a series of other atrocities in the area within a fortnight, including the execution of peasants working in the fields, the local curate and a number of children. I have no mention of him, but my Landwehr resources are limited. It would be interesting to know though, if there was a Landwehr73 book out there somewhere. It was part of the 37th landwehr Brigade and their commanding officer was killed later the next year, so they seem to have spent most of the war on the western front. Hanovers' records seem a little more available than other sources.

thanks CD! When were these badges instituted? They look very 1970s-1980s to me.

what was your ancestors' name?

ah- thanks very much! Any chance anyone out there has a few extra bars sitting about ? I'll give them a good home.

ah thankee-Jeff Any thoughts on a possible bar of the nationals sevice medal? What bar should/could be on the Algerian medal? Is the volunteer service medal still awarded?

At the local show I got these: two vaguely familiar badges (army good soldier awards?) and a parade badge from 1960. What are the top two? Cheaply made, one piece cast and painted enamel, yet still quite nice. The Hungarian stuff is beginning to disappear though-

I was at a local showon Sunday I bought these little bits of cloth because they brought to mind chris B's excellent article on his own ribbon bar (RE: "heretic" thread). I recognize the Medal Militaire and the National Service medal of course, but after perusing the OMSA site I am left wondering as to what and why the other two are. Also, the MM I thought was awarded rather infrequently, which makes me wonder. Still, you never know. Also, can anyone help me obtain relevant and common bars for these? Ta

Excellent!! I LOVE the collection. Brilliant idea to have the recipient with the medal. it makes history so vivid. Do you ever research the regiment/action as well?

....would that be Heinrich (the PLM winner?). Did he perhaps later command the II/SS btln. Westland ? well, yes he was, I just researched the forum and found this thread-a very nice document-worthy of an article, esp. given his later SS command of the dutch volunteers in the East. By the way. Mike Miler almost certainly has his file on his CD. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1082...adeln&st=20

wow- talk about rare. He's not only a Count but also in the colonial troops. Why was the document done so late in the war? Did he end up as a POW? What was his later career? :jumping:

ah-you did get that one. Good catch.

wicked nice! The older ribbons are becoming harder and harder to find- almost a predictor of originality these days

yes-that is the buch!

what do mean? -even sweeter to get a top class tidbit like this at a bargain! wait until Bob Lempke sees this one.

wowo!! Oh wow!!!!