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another close up

Some close ups

Here's a nice bar/group to a man who served on the Panzerschiff Deutschland. He survived the war and was a POW in Allied hands.

and yet another...

and another

obverse of another Red War Merit Cross bar

obverse of another White War Merit Cross group most likely to someone in the army who was training Spaniards

and the reverse

And now the Red War Merit Cross obverse with a tailor label

reverse with a tailor label

obverse with the very scarce White Merit Cross

obverse of a nice naval bar for an officer who was involved in the Spanish Civil War

and from the inside and front

more photos of the helmet from the sides

Not a medal, but it most certainly follows the posting above... for those of you who don't know, the Glosters wore two cap badges and a small one was at the back; this is a photo of a small badge at the back of one of the M44 turtle helmets as used in Korea. Here's a link to find out more on the double badge... http://www.glosters.org/bbadge.htm

Glorious Glosters Note the large cap badge and the small back cap badge as on the MK44 helmet that follows. To Queen’s Korea (2nd Type) 22359899 Pte. L. P. Jay Glosters. He was from Bath and in Co. A. UN Korea (unnamed as issued) Swing mounted as worn with front and back cap badges, cloth shoulder title and US and Korean Presidential citations. Also court mounted as worn miniature pair.

PPCLI to Queen’s Korea (Canadian) A-800424 J. Cheyne Canadian Korean War Volunteer Medal (unnamed as issued) UN Korea A-800424 J. Cheyne Swing mounted with cap badge, brass shoulder titles, cloth shoulder titles and miniature Queen’s Korea. Photocopied papers that confirm all three medals.

RNZA to Queen’s Korea (2nd Type) 206425 Gnr S. F. Williams UN Korea 206425 Gnr S.F. Williams 206425 Gnr Stanley Francis Williams, known as Stan was born 1929. He was too young for WWII and did not serve in Japan with the NZ forces who were part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces. He only served in Korea. Williams departed NZ on 15 June 1951 with the 2nd Reinforcements. He flew by TEAL (Tasman Empire Airways Ltd) to Sydney, Australia and then by Motor Vessel "Tai Yuan" via Brisbane, Rabaul, Hong Kong to Japan and then to Korea. Posted to Regimental HQ of 16th Field Regt. Served everywhere with 16th Field Regt while he was in Korea. Spent two and a half months in 29 General Hospital in Kure, Japan and had numerous operations on his right hand. (29 GH was a British staffed hospital in Kure and was part of BCOF. It seems that most, if not all, Commonwealth casualties in Korea were initially sent to 29GH for treatment). Emplaned at Iwakuni, Japan 14th Feb. 1953 for return to NZ via Guam, Port Moresby and Sydney and deplaned Wellington NZ from TEAL flight ex Sydney 18 Feb. 1953. He was discharged from Kayforce on 8 May 1953. (All NZ Army personnel in Korea were part of "Kayforce" - the cover name for all our troops who went to Korea). He was awarded the Korea Medal and the UN Medal for Korea and these medals were later sold in London (date unknown). Williams was alive in 1996 and living in Wanganui, NZ. His war service entitles him to the following medals: Operational Service Medal, Korea Medal, UN Medal for Korea, Defence Service Medal with clasp Regular and the Korean War Service Medal

I'll take them out of the plastic later...

Obverse of a bar that must have been worn by an old-timer.

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obverse

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