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HERE'S THE LATEST GROUP FROM INDIA. 1163377 NK-L/NK-Sepoy Satpal Semplay, AMC Medals (L-R): Raksha Medal, Sangram Medal, 25th Anniversary of Independence Medal & 9 year Long Service. Doc

Hi, The ribbons are from L-R: Order of the British Empire (Civil Division), Order of St. John of Jerusalem (Knight?), King's police Medal for Distinguished Service and Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (1951). Doc

Here's the Bronze and Silver classes of the Kuwaiti medals. I need your help with these medals. Doc

These two Iranian medals are part of four medals that will soon be here. The two Iranian medals are the Coronation of the Shah 1967 and an unknown that I need help with. Also there are two medals from Kuwait that Ed has translated the writing as Wisam-Taqdir. What are they and what are they for? Any help is appreciated. Doc

THIS THREAD IS DEDICATED TO THE MEDALS OF INDEPENDENT INDIA PLEASE FEEL FREE TO POST YOURS. Doc

Hello Brian, That's a GREAT group and explanation. There is a thread here that I started Titled "Medals of Independent India". Please feel free to add to it. I have posted almost all of my groups and some singles there. Doc

:jumping: That's a VERY nice group!!! I look forward to the answer. Doc

Hi Chris, I would need a 240mm bar. The price is fine. Please send me a PM with payment details. Many Thanks!!! All the Best, Doc

Thanks rick!! Paul got in touch with me and I got the catalog. Doc

Hi Chris, A new bar is just fine for me. I need one 215mm. I really appreciate your help!!! How do I pay? Paypal? Doc

Rick, Where can i buy a copy on CD? Doc

Hi Chris, Are you saying that you need the width of each ribbon or the width of the ribbons when the medals are laid out the way they would be mounted? Doc

Lorenzo, I laid mine out overlapping 1/3 and It measures 220mm. It's 240 mm if I use 1/4 ribbon overlap. I also noticed that your friend's bar, while beautiful, has different ribbon overlaps. Some medals are 1/3 overlap. Some are Half overlap. These different size overlap suggests that he used the mounting bar he could find and squeezed the medals to fit. Doc

Hey lorenzo, Thanks for the length of the mounting bar. You have posted the front and back of your friends replica bar. Doc

I just realized that I will have to measure the medal layout because the ribbons are of different widths. Doc

Hi Chris, The bar will need to be long enough for 11 medals half overlapped. Does this help? Doc

Hello Chris, I'll do a layout of the medals and get the measurement to you today. Many Thanks for this!!! Doc

Here's some pictures I'll use in the display and the list of those killed along with Brian (the list has his name spelled as Bryan Clinefelter) and a remembrance: The Remembrance We remember the 37 American Navy crewmen who were killed in the Persian Gulf when their frigate, the USS Stark, was hit by Iraqi missiles on May 17, 1987. The mission of the USS Stark was to maintain peace in the hostile environment of the gulf: to help keep essential sea lanes open, to show the American flag in an area of vital interest, and to provide U.S. Navy protection to those entitled to it. And for the cause of peace in a troubled world these 37 brave Americans lost their lives. The List of the Honored Dead We Remember Them... 37 Who Died Doran Bolduc - Lacy, Wash. Bradley Brown - Calera, Ala. Jeffrey Calkins - Rickfield Springs, N.Y. Mark M. Caouette - Fitchburg, Mass. John Ciletta* - Brigantine, N.J. Bryan Clinefelter - San Bernadino, Calif. Antonio Daniels - Greenville, S.C. Christopher DeAngelis* - Dumont, N.J. James Dunlap - Osceola Mills, Pa. Steven Erwin* - Troy, Mich. Jerry Farr - Charleston, S.C. Vernon Foster - Jacksonville, Fla. Dexter Grissett - Macon, Ga. William Hansen - Reading, Mass. Daniel Homicki - Elizabeth, N.J. Kenneth Janusik - Clearwater, Fla. Steven Kendall - Honolulu, Hawaii Stephen Kiser - Elkhart, Ind. Ronnie Lockett - Bessemer, Ala. Thomas MacMullen - Darby, Pa. Charles Moller - Columbus, Ga. Jeffrey Phelps - Locust Grove, Va. Randy Pierce - Choctaw, Okla. James Plonsky - Van Nuys, Calif. Kelly Quick - Linden, Mich. Earl Ryals* - Boca Raton, Fla. Robert Shippee - Adams Center, N.Y. Jeffrey Sibley - Metairie, La. Lee Stephens - Pemberton, Ohio James Stevens - Visalia, Calif. Martin Supple - Jacksonville, Fla. Gregory Tweady - Champaign, Ill. Joseph Watson - Ferndale, Mich. Wayne Weaver - New Bethlehem, Pa. Terrance Weldon - Coram, N.Y. Lloyd Wilson - Summerville, S.C. Vincent Ulmer - Bay Minette, Ala. *Buried in Arlington National Cemetery Source: Military District of Washington Doc

Thanks Lorenzo, I'll add it to the list of ribbons for Ammar to find for me. If not...No big deal. Once mounted it will be hard to tell. Doc

Hey Lorenzo, I figured that I should use the picture of him wearing the medal bar to go with my replica. I do need to make one thing VERYclear. I am buying the medals a couple at a time from an Iraqi Medal Dealer...NOT from any Military or coalition civilians. The ONLY reason I'm making this is as my personal memorial to my life-long friend Brian who was killed onboard the USS Stark. This will NEVER be sold, traded or given away. I would undo it before it ever left my care. Doc

Thanks Lorenzo!!! I'll talk to Ammar. Here's my medals for the replica of Saddam's medal bar minus the Wisam al-Jadara. I've been working on a replica of Saddam's medal bar from one of his official portraits. All I need to complete it is the Wisam al-Jadara. The medals are: TOP ROW (L-R): Bravery Medal, General Service Medal, Nut Herb Filistine 1948-49/Medal for the Palestine War 1948-49, Nut Quami al-Isyian fi al-Shimal/Medal for crushing the Northern Rebellion, Nut Thurath 14 Ramadan (1963)/Medal for the 14 Ramadan Revolution (1963), The Medal for the 17 July Revolution in 1968 Bottom Row (L-R): Co-Operation Medal 1967-73, 1st class / Nut al-Taawin, 1967-72, 1st class, The Medal of Peace with the Kurds (Gilt), Golden Jubillee Medal 1st class & Medal for the 1973 War with Israel. I will frame this with the pieces of one Saddam's main bunker in Baghdad, a picture of my friend Brian (killed 17 May 1987 aboard the USS Stark) and a picture of the official portrait this medal bar is based on. Doc

The next two Medals arrived today. The General service Medal and the Bravery Medal, 1st Class. Now to buy the last (and most expensive) Medal the Wisam-al Jadara. That will complete the replica of Saddam's Medal Bar. The first pic is the the Bravery Medal, 1st Class and the second is the General Service Medal. Doc

Thanks for the ID!!! I knew the first and last and I've seen the Oldenburg FA Cross before but my memory failed me. The The Prussian Bravery cross was one that I haven't seen until now. Doc Riley

I have two questions. 1st- What country is this Medal bar from? 2nd- What are the two middle crosses (Including what PLM stands for). Doc Riley

Where can I get that kind of hinged pin attachment? Doc