Lukasz Gaszewski

The ribbon of OBE is visibly wider (3.8cm - 1 1/2") than that of LS&GC (3.2cm - 1 1/4"). Besides OBE should precede all other ribbons.

Now this is it! And here is what the original Monte Cassino bar looks like (source: Wiki). Best, Lukasz

Hello everyone, the only correct official precedence for a Polish military would be as follows: Krzyż Walecznych Medal Wojska Krzyż Pamiątkowy Monte Cassino 1939-1945 Star Italy Star Defence Medal War Medal 1939-1945 It should be noted that the recipients who had both Medal Wojska and the War Medal were not supposed to wear them together (but they often did). I also do not think the medals could have belonged to a Brit, as both Medal Wojska and Monte Cassino were conferred exclusively upon members of the Polish Land Forces and not upon the Allies. Such a set of medals was typical of a soldier of the 2nd Polish Corps, who had participated in the capture of Monte Cassino in May 1944. Judging from the photos, the ribbons look genuine, although the Monte Cassino ribbon should have a bronze "Monte Cassino" bar upon it.

A cute bar and a nice-looking uniform! And slightly off-topic: on picture #2 there seem to be some nice examples of the small decoration to the upper classes of the Hungarian Order of Merit and the Spanish Order of Military Merit. Would you mind showing them to public too?

#2 is just the Honour Cross of the World War, which means that the photo was taken in 1934 or later.

An interesting piece. Wish it was original - unfortunately it isn't 😟

Miniatures are privately made... as usual free enterprise proves more efficient than state-administered giants. Not very new (3 October 2023), but as I could not see it pasted anywhere above, I think it can be of some interest: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/six-new-award-designs-featuring-the-kings-image-are-revealed

Yes, it is possible. In the ribbon bars of the Eastern Bloc it was also customary to display all received classes of your decorations, which you can see here, too.

To me it looks like an early 3rd Republic 4th Class (Officer) badge from ca. 1992-1995. It seems that slighly modified PRL stamps were used, The dimensions (55-56 mm) would match. The fairly poor quality of the ribbon would speak for that as well (cf. the quality of the pre-war ribbon). Interesting is the lack of the rosette, which should be there in that class. Not sure if it is what you atre looking for, but it is a diploma of awarding the fourth class (Officer) of the order.

Shouldn't there be the long service medal ribbons in the bottom row?

One little remark: this shoulder board (of a colonel) was used prior to WWI. In 1914 for obvious reasons the regiment lost the patron and the cypher was replaced by Russian "П" (P).

Found one on the awardmedals.com website.

A silver Cross of Merit, post-1990 version. It seems it was kept in unfavourable conditions.

I do not think it can be the star of St. Stanislas. Leaving aside the color, when a badge worn normally on the sash moved to the neck, it was no longer accompanied by a star. That applied not only to St. Stanislas and other Russian orders, but was a general principle, accepted in other countries as well, to mention the Prussian Red Eagle as an example. Besides that of the Order of the White Eagle, the only other gold star I can think of was that of the Saxon Order of St. Henry. But for historical reasons it was conferred sparingly upon Russians and I am not sure any Russian general (well, except Barcalay de Tolly) ever received the 1st or 2nd Class (only these two classes came with a star). I have never heard of St. Vladimir with crown. Besides, in the times of Nicholas I only the highest class of an order reveived could be worn. That the cross with crown is of the Polish honorary Decoration is something I am absoluely positive about. With its black enamel I do not think it could be anything else. Here is the list of the eight generals that can potentially be on the picture. Enjoy! Sergey Baturin (Батурин, Сергей Герасимович) Mikhail Cheodaev (Чеодаев, Михаил Иванович) Alexandr Gerve (Жерве, Александр Карлович) Pavel Pritvitz (Притвиц, Павел Карлович) Karl Rennenkampf (Ренненкампф, Карл Павлович - this can be crossed out. I have found a picture of his and he looks entirely different) Grigory Sergeev (Сергеев, Григорий Алексеевич) Afanasy Tolmachov (Толмачёв, Афанасий Емельянович) Alexandr Zaborinsky (Заборинский, Александр Никифорович)

Agree, provided that #6 is George V rather than Edward VII Coronation Medal and #9 Is the Belgian WWI CdG, as Great Dane has suggested. Here is a GI photo of 22 August 1944, with two other foreign ribbons: of the Polish Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta (for some reason he is wearing it without the rosette) and USSR's Order of Suvorov 1st Class. Most interesting though is the ribbon of the future 1939-1945 Star. It is a good evidence that the ribbon was manufactured as early as 1944, when neither the star, nor the name (in 1944 nobody knew how long the war would last) was yet decided. https://www.gettyimages.it/detail/fotografie-di-cronaca/british-army-officer-field-marshal-sir-alan-fotografie-di-cronaca/781765591