Paul R

I have never seen a ribbon bar like that. Congrats on you new find.

The first English campaign medal!! Pretty cool stuff. Have you ever seen the War of 1812 clasp?

It looks as if there is space for a Warfare badge(IAB, Panzer, or Wound Badge) on there as well. Also, I notice that there is not a button hole ribbon for the KVKII. As you know, a KVKI awardee must have first a KVK2. Same goes for an EK1 and 2 I would love to see the rest of the tunic. What rank/Waffenfarbe is it?

Interesting medal... Historically significant, but really cheaply made. What a shame. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Hi Wayne, I am glad that I was able to help. Thank you for the information on the awards. Often(in my experience anyway) I see awards, but have no ideas as to what the recipient would have done to have them awarded to them. I have noticed that many were awarded based upon the social status of the awardee, but others(like the Order of Glory of the Soviet Union) were awarded for pure valor. I just like to know what I am seeing... Thanks again.

Thank you Col!! I really appreciate you doing that. I fixed the thread.

Thanks for sharing this photo! Tell Rick I said, "Hi". What feats/accomplishments were those two neck orders awarded for?

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Here is what I have. They come from my great grandfather's bring backs.

An exchange would be a great idea. I have boxes of rare stuff(like the BG Marine straps).

LOL! I put them out on the towel because they would look funny on the wooden table. :cheeky:

Thank you for contributing!!

Cool photo!! Can you make out the other medals on Jr's jacket?

The last one...

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Here are some of mine...