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I would also be interested to receive details of the ribbon , if any , that went with this medal

Both specimens that I have acquired are without ribbon

I would be interested to know whether this is an official ( Cuban state ) award or an unofficial award such as that of a veteran's organization

Thank you Drugo for the information on Ante Sisko .It is much appreciated

Thank you for posting the photos Drugo

I am wondering whether the name on the specimen that I have seen ( SISKO ANTI ) would be Croation ?

Thank you for your response and the information contained therein Drugo

It might be of interest to other members to see a photo of the medal .I do not have the equipment to post one myself 

I wonder whether the Zagreb celebration was confined  to Yugoslavian Veterans only or whether veterans from other countries were invited to attend as well

I believe that previously the Yugoslav Veterans had issued or been issued a  wearable ribboned medal for Spain 1936-9

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Thanks for your response Bayern

Would anyone be able to provide information about awarding authority , award criteria , recipient population , numbers awarded etc

of bronze wearable medal inscribed " COMBATIENTE INTERNACIONALISTA  ESPANA 1936 1939 " .

Presumably for survivors ( Cuban only ? ) of the International Brigades 

My internet searches did not turn up anything other than an illustration 

Would anyone have any concrete information  ( awarding authority ; award criteria; recipient population ; number awarded etc ) about a base metal medal awarded to " VOLUNTARIOUS INTERNACIONALES DE LA LIBERTAD  " at a meeting in Zagreb 30.x.1966

The medal is nonwearable , circular , uniface and the obverse depicts  a clenched hand above a map of Spain over a Star above a circle . Also the dates " 1936 1966"

The plain reverse of a specimen seen is stamped " SISKO ANTI " ( presumably recipient name ) and "  SKOPSTINA GRADA ZAGREBA 30.X.1966 " 

Thanks for the illustration.The one on the left is the one I posted 

Thanks for your response and the info contained in it dmiller8

There is no document present verifying the Army GCM

Thank you for your input dmiller8

i do not have photo equipment etc to post any pictures.

A picture shoud be findable on a Google search 

I was not referring to the Silver Star Decoration.

What I was referring to is a small silver star device affixed to the MM Combat Bar ribbon

According to my info the device is not a second award of the Combat bar but instead denotes having had to abandon ship due to enemy action ( including mine sinkings ) 

The Combat Bar on its own is for seeing action without necessarily having had to abandon ship 

The card with Stewart's award is annotated " star "

In WW1 Stewart served with S African Forces and received the BWM and bilingual VM

I reiterate my starting question as to whether details of the incident are findable 

When in NYC I bought at a flea market a box containing a WW2 Pacific Theatre  USN group to Walter Alfred Jensen, USN .

Included in the group is a Navy Good Conduct Medal

Also in the same box with his Dogtags and a few documents were a New York State Medal for Merit and an ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL 

These latter two have not yet been verified as having been  awarded to him

Would a combination of both of the Navy and Army Good Conduct Medals to the same recipient be possible ?

( Also : how can one verify the New York Medal ?)

I have one of these in a group for  WW2 USN  Pacific Theatre service

Would anyone know how many of these might have been issued for WW2 service ?

It is apparently classified as a " Distinguishing Mark " 

Do they come on the market often ?

Was it only a WW2 award ? What lifespan did it have ?

Any assistance with these queries would be much appreciated 

William O Stewart received a Silver Star with his Merchant Marine Combat Bar ( for WW2 service ) denoting having been on a ship abandoned due to  war action .

Is there  any means of obtaining details of the incident ( abandonment of ship ) ?

John C Meehan served in the European -African -Middle East Theatre and Army of Occupation Germany during WW2

His group includes a named Bronze Star and a named Purple Heart 

Would anyone have any

(i)details ( gazetting , citation etc ) on these two awards or know where such could be found 

and(ii) WW2 service information about him 

and (iii) any biographical information about him ( he may have died in Patterson , NJ in 2009 ) ?

I am also interested in pre-WW2 Palestine 

Some DCM citations might be obtainable from the regiment of the recipient if it survives 

As I have quite a few duplicate S African Police and Railway Police ( and also Prisons Service ) Medals for disposal , I would be interested to hear if this proposal leads to anything

I was not requesting anyone's guestimate

I was requesting firm evidence of known to survive medals

Such can be found in published catalogues of collections and also dealers' lists and auction sale catalogues 

Thank you to Egorka and Cazack for your responses and the information provided

The information that I have obtained via a paid researcher is that Order of Gory III # 115895 was awarded to EREMIN , Fedor Semenovitch 

The same researcher has advised that there is no information available for ORB 136619 and OPW1 294533

You have the correct no Egorka

I can copy the award card to you and anyone else interested if given an email address to which to send.

I do not have the know how to post it online

Thank you to dmiller8 for the detailed information that you have posted about the Somers medal

I am still interested in knowing how many are known to survive .

The medals were named ( at least to the British recipients ) 

THANK YOU CHECHACO1 FOR THE REFERENCE 

Thank you Red October 

I do not have the know how to post the record card onto this site 

I have it in an email with attachment from a researcher and can forward it to you ( and also anyone else interested ) if provided with an email address to which to send it