azyeoman

I keep looking at these and it makes me want to collect South American medals, decorations and orders.

This may have come from the family, but it is not an original box for the medal. The white one is and they are rare and do indeed cost a lot; more than the medal actually. With the above one, I've seen a total of four, one of which is in my collection. The certificates are fairly easy to find to the army, but they've sky rocketed in price lately. I used to find them for 40 Sterling and now they've gone up anywhere from three to five times. My rarest one is to a sailor and is the only one I've ever seen. The French site on the medal is fantastic and there are lots of wonderful photos of the vets wearing their medals.

Congratulations Owain! What a way to start off the New Year! Cheers, John

That would indeed have been the best course of action.

Perhaps this has something to do with the decision. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants. On July 19, 2005, Hayek, a naturalized American citizen, testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary supporting reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act. In February 2006, she donated $25,000 to a Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, shelter for battered women and another $50,000 to Monterrey based anti-domestic violence groups. Hayek is a board member of V-Day, the charity founded by playwright Eve Ensler. Since the birth of her daughter, Hayek has worked to help mothers in developing nations worldwide, teaming up with Pampers and UNICEF to help stop the spread of life-threatening maternal and neonatal tetanus. She is a global spokesperson for the Pampers/UNICEF partnership 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine to help raise awareness of the program. Hayek also advocates breast feeding. During a UNICEF fact-finding trip to Sierra Leone, she breastfed a hungry week-old baby whose mother could not produce milk. In 2010, Hayek's humanitarian work earned her a nomination for the VH1 Do Something Awards. [edit]

Beautiful bar. Congratulations! I hope you find out who the recipient was.

Very nice collection. Thank you for sharing. I like the way you've got them displayed too; simple but elegant.

I've noticed on some Australian and New Zealand medal bars that there were bars that had holes on both ends and were attached to the ribbon via white thread. It appears some of the bars are pebble backed and others are smooth backed. Do you have any information as to the different types of bars and which were issued and to what countries. Thanks in advance, Cheers, :unsure:

Congratulations; a fine medal bar. Also, happy Veterans Day to you and thank you for your service!

Great photo.

Please show us your medal bar. :jumping:

This is absolutely fascinating. Why don't we learn about this in history classes... thanks for opening up a whole new world.

I think the Japanese medal is too low a class... it doesn't make sense.

It's legitimate and worthwhile. Without the project, there's a very good chance will literally lose the farm and no pun is intended.

Excellent point and true.

Most interesting and sadly an overlooked and understudied part of history.

Fascinating. Thank you for the explanation and sharing the great photos. Please post others if you have them as it's always nice to see modern groups on uniforms rather than just the camo... : )

Great photos; what's interesting is that the medals appear to be mounted in the same moder French style as opposed to the German styles used up to the 60s. Do you think it's in vogue to do that or could it be that it's expensive to mount them another way?

How much does it cost to make a medal bar in Euros? :whistle:

I've got the corresponding ribbon bar for the above Somali/Yugo bar too. Nicely made with the corresponding little bars "SFOR" and "Former Yugoslavia." Many are quite disparaging about these modern medals, but they made up nicely on this bar.

And the reverse.

Here's another that is a most interesting modern bar.