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    JapanX

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    1. 13 minutes ago, hirmiestelio said:

       Is it something that states who was awarded it? 

       

      Red Army soldier Romanov Vladimir Nikolaevich.

      13 minutes ago, hirmiestelio said:

      This is my sole Soviet medal, and I really don't know much about them at all.

       

      Would all campaign medals like this have been issued with a card like this?

       

       

      Yes.

       

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_"For_the_Victory_over_Germany_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941–1945"

       

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_campaign_medals

    2. Original document for the China Incident Medal.

       

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      Document dated March 16, 1938.

      Since medal was created by Imperial Edit No. 496 only on July 27, 1939 we are dealing with posthonemous awarding.

      March 16, 1938 is the date of soldier death. 

      Medal was awarded to army transportation corps superior private Kobayashi Shūichi.

       

       

    3. 12 minutes ago, Great Dane said:

       (and bear in mind that this is all the information I have about this medal)

       

      This is not all the information you have. You also have original criteria for awarding.

       

       

      15 minutes ago, Great Dane said:

       

      Could that include, say, a Swedish military liaison officer stationed in South Korea some time after the war for example?

       

      Why Swedish? 

      John Thompson (see post #2) will do just fine.

      Here comes a close-up of his medal.  

       

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      So what for and when he was awarded with this medal? 

      Thompson transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Parachute Brigade in 1969 and five years later in 1974, together with his Brigadier, gained the rare distinction of being presented at a parade with the Republic of Korea Service Medal on the completion of a one-year posting in Korea on a Commonwealth Liaison Mission.
       

      P.S. 

       

      A little add-on for the owner of the medal in post #1. 

       

      Medal in the first post was made in Korea (american-made medals are also known).

       

      Original cases for such medals look like this one.

       

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      Korean-made medals have 38th parallel demarcation border (on all american-made medals that I am familiar with this feature is missing).

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      Obverse of typical american-made medal.

       

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    4. All medals/medal groups in this thread excerpt for those that stand in the first two posts have nothing to do with medal in discussion. 

       

       

      4 hours ago, Great Dane said:

       

       Your Swedish recipient with that 1974 medal may or may not have any connection with the Korean war.

       

       

      Korean war veteran with this  ribbon bar?

       

      On 22/01/2022 at 16:30, JohanH said:

      The only ribbons that are on the ribbonbar is:

      1. Order of the Sword (or medal of the Sword)

      2. Service medal (probably Nit och Redlighet i Rikets tjänst)

      3. Korea Service medal

       

      It is hardly possible.

       

       

    5. 2 hours ago, v.Perlet said:

        And as such helped tremendously in order for you to  gain information in regards to the Korean service medal.

       

      You see I've been familiar with this medal for slightly longer than 11 hours ? 

      Guess that's why I know who (and for what) was awarded with this medal.

      This information came straight from original 1974 medal regulation (2nd article) and above mentioned site doesn't have it (for some unknown reason since owner obviously familiar with original regulation).

       

      As for your "manly" outburst. Well, I'm not really surprised. In fact after this thread  https://gmic.co.uk/topic/77976-help-with-identifying-a-chinese-medal/  I doubt anything would surprise me. 

       

      Good buy and best of luck with the google.

       

       

       

       

       

    6. 6 minutes ago, v.Perlet said:

       

      the link you had provided in your first post - already explains the origin and timeline of the ROK medal.

       

       

      7 minutes ago, v.Perlet said:

      Since I did not know what medal you might be referring to... 

       

       

      Simply unimaginab­le.

       

      9 minutes ago, v.Perlet said:

      JapanX - if you got a problem with me, address me directly - try to be a man.

       

       

      Sorry, guess I'm not manly enough to adress to you directly ?

       

    7. 15 minutes ago, JohanH said:

      I admit that my knowledge in Korean medals are close to non existing. That is the reason I asked the knowledgeable people here in the forum. 

       

      My previous comment does not refer to your knowledge or content of any of your posts. 

       

      Regarding "hospitals" and "combat troops". This medal has nothing to do with the Korean war 1950-1953 in the first place. 

       

      15 minutes ago, JohanH said:

       Could it have belonged to a Swede serving in the NNSC?

       

      Naturally.

       

      1 hour ago, JapanX said:

      ... the Military Armistice Commission, embassies or other [foreign countries] institutions ... ".

       

       

       

    8. A clear illustration that "instant googling" can't be a good substitute for the basic knowledge of regulation.

       

      Medal was established in 1974 in order "to award foreign military personnel serving in the Republic of Korea".  More specifically to award those "who has served for more than six months in foreign military units stationed in the Republic of Korea (including the United Nations Forces), the Military Armistice Commission, embassies or other [foreign countries] institutions ... ".

       

       

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