Paul R

What is the Iraqi Navy Command Glazed Neck Medal awarded for? That parade sash looks really sharp.

Thanks Bob. Have you ever seen any in black for higher ranks?

That is another beautiful hat. I love the heavy wire embroidered insignia.

I have not seen a CPO hat in blue before great find!

That is a magnificent grouping! I love seeing the WW1 medal mounted within groups. You did really well with this one too. I bet that this man had some wild stories to tell.

Perhaps the officer was confused, as he rationalized the placement to coincide with the enlisted good conduct medal? I really love this set.

Charlie Chaplan came to mine for me. Great photo!

Sorry. For some reason, I thought that you were talking about the first ribbon on the ribbon bar on post number 68. I saw the picture you posted, but thought that the comment was toward the ribbon bar in that post. Which were you talking about?

Do you have those groups posted here? I would love to see them.

I cannot wait to see the finished product. This is a great medal. Thank you for sharing it.

That is an amazing grouping. I have never seen a set with that medal combination before. The photo is icing on the cake. This is a top shelf grouping. Thank you for sharing it. Paul

Here is the Coast Guard's description of what the RAID tems do: Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment Positions The current Redeployment Assistance and Inspection Detachment (RAID) Team consists of Coast Guard members deployed with the U.S Army in support of the shipment of materials in and out of the war zones. Their mission is to assist DOD with the safe re-deployment of containerized cargo as well as the storage and segregation of hazardous materials. The Coast Guard's goal is to ensure hazardous material is properly prepared for shipment and for re-entry to U.S. ports. The team moves from one Forward Operating Base to another, making them among the few Coasties that have been that far forward with the US Army in a combat zone. http://www.uscg.mil/epm/PATFORSWA.asp The Coast Guard does do anti piracy operations in those areas, but RAID teams dont do that mission.

No Sir, That is the obsolete version of the Naval Reserve Medal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Reserve_Medal The Naval Reserve Medal is a decoration of the United States Navy which was created by order of Secretary of the Navy James Paulding. The medal was first issued on September 12, 1938 and was an active award until 1958. On September 12, 1958, the Naval Reserve Medal was declared discontinued and was replaced by the Armed Forces Reserve Medal. It is not to be confused with the Naval Reserve Meritorious Service Medal which is a different award. The Naval Reserve Medal was awarded to any member of the United States Naval Reserve, the associated National Naval Volunteers, and local Naval militia units. To be awarded the decoration, a service member was required to perform ten years of continuous service in one of the aforementioned components in either an active duty, drilling reservist, or inactive status. Additional awards of the Naval Reserve Medal are denoted by service stars. The United States Marine Corps equivalent to the award is the Marine Corps Reserve Ribbon.

This is the highest naval ranking I have seen made by the Iraqi Sewing Company. It is for a Major(Lieutenant Commander).

That is the high end dealer price, and it will sit for a bit. Collector to collector, I would personally sell it for about 800 dollars.

Those Imperial buckles are really nice. On the first column(left side), second one from the top... who used that one?

These are really great medals. Is there a huge collector demand at the moment?

Great job on finding that bar. It is definitely a keeper. Based upon those medals, do you think it is possible to track down the original owner? Please dont tell me that the Soviet Order of the October Revolution was not in that five dollar box?!?!

I had no idea that there were no many Napoleonic War medals out there.

It looks like a nice medical visor to me.

It is a sharp looking medal. My question is the same as Paul Wood's.

Will and Brett, Those are some marvelous groupings. You are so lucky to find such treasures. That VC citation is really something.

Those are some outstanding groups. HerrGeneral, what nation is that one from? I bet that he must have been someone very imporant to have all of those foreign awards. Was he an American who went abroad? I have not seen a Soldiers Medal bestowed upon a non American. Paul

I wonder how they got the dog to cough it up?

This is the funniest stuff I have read in a long time. I bet it would have been funnier to watch it on the news, on TV.