ringo

Hello Gentlemen,

The last months i am searching for an original uniform for a RAF pilot during worldwar 2 and it would be great if the pilot received the DFC.  I would love to make a nice setup of a wartime pilot with fighter command...

I recently saw a tunic i fell in love with, can you give me your opinions please?

There is no tailor or name tag in the uniform unfortunately...

Thank you

Ringo

9 minutes ago, Dave Wilkinson said:

Chief Constables in England & Wales don't wear aiguillettes. The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and of the City of London do. However, ceremonial uniform ceased to be worn by the Chief Constables around about the late 1950's.

Dave.

Thank you Dave, you are a great help!

Hello Dave, sorry, i was looking for the good word for the aiguillettes... my fault 

Thanks guys, you were a great help!  I will look on Ebay to see what i can find.  Another thing i am thinking about is setting the uniform op with the silver ceremony cords, i guess these things are harder to find...

Hello everyone,

I have a uniform belonging to a Chief Constable and i would love to set in up in my office...  I have found the two medals for on this uniform but if i search on the internet i can see that the most CC wear a metal chain ( i don't know if this is the correct term ).  Can anyone give me some information about this litte thing?  Maybe were i can buy them?

Best regards

Ringo

The first four men in uniform aren't Generals, the first General in the row is the fifth with the golden ( white on the picture ) epaulettes.   The first one is indeed General Major Danloy, "father" of the Belgian commandos during and after WWII.    As the General turns slightly right I can't see him enough to ID him... 

Really a wonderful collection, small pieces but each very interesting and beautifull!

Hey Ross, of course!  I would be nice to join an organisation about UK police memorabilia!  I live in Belgium but i would love to come once a year to the UK to attend a swap meeting...  I visited the website of the Association and will aply for membership tomorrow.  Hope i will meet other collectors soon!

I work for the Belgian Local Police so maybe i can help other collectors with Belgian police memorabilia!  Thanks for the tip!

I all wish you a healthy and happy 2018!

Thanks Dave for your quick reactions... is it correct to say that it is not allowed to buy/sell these helmet plates in the UK? 

Are there places on the internet where you can find these helmet plates or where collectors meet? I always look on Ebay but it seems that the current plates are very difficult to find there...

thank you for your answer and i hope you have a wonderfull new year!

best regards

ringo

nice topic about the different police helmets.  I try to collect the current helmet plates but they are not that easy to find...  Do people still collect the plates or isn't there a lot of interest in that sort of things...

Regards

Can nobody help me please?

Maybe website/dealers online who sell these kind of stuff that i can contact?

Hello, thanks for your reply... no response to my question but i have just posted my question so still have hope...

Oh, i was forgotten:

You can find a biography of the General here:

http://www.northlincsweb.net/13Base/html/louis_remy_103_sqdn.html

Hi - Ringo. Sometimes you can be lucky in these quests - and I sincerely hope one of our members will be able to

help - or, point you in the right direction. I will say that Squadron Badges are sought after by collectors , so you

may be lucky. Post a picture of the uniform ? Mervyn

Hello Mervyn,

Thank you so much for your answer... I sincerely hope someone will/can help me finding this badge, it would be great to complete the uniform of this "little" Belgian who came to the UK to fight against Germany.

General Remy was a great man! After his duty for his country may 1940 he was imprisoned in Oflag VIIIC where he escaped tree times and was therefore send to Colditz were he learned to know a friendly pilot without legs who became his friend. This was without any doubt the legendary Douglas Bader...

After his escape from Colditz he fled to Spain through Germany - Belgium - France en Spain and during his journey to the UK was imprisoned again in Miranda. He could - once again - escape and swim ( !!! ) to Gibraltar from where he could travel to the UK... There he met his friends and could become bomber pilot with the 103 squadron.

You can say that he was - at least - very motivated to come to the Uk for the Allied case. Therefore i am very happy that i could find this uniform...

For now i don't have a mannequin to put the uniform on but i will post a picture of the complete uniform that's a promise!

Regards

ringo

Hello dear fellow collectors,

Recently i obtained the uniform of Brigadier General REMY Louis DFC. REMY was a Belgian pilot officer who flew with 103 squadron during WWII and obtained the DFC for his actions in combat.

On the uniform are some ribbons ( Order of Leopold II - Order of Leopold - Belgian War Cross with seven (!) oak leaf ( bars ) and the DFC.

The problem is that i have a picture of the General wearing his uniform during his appointment were he wears a pin badge of the 103 squadron on his right upper pocket of his vest and now the badge isn't on the vest anymore...

I would love to complete the uniform with a original little 103 squadron badge but is there anyone who can help me find one please? I don't know were to start

Thanks in advance

Ringo

Of course Hugh, here you go:

I have in my collection one ribbon bar that i can't ID. It's a Belgian uniform and the ribbon is between other Belgian ribbons so one could presume that the ribbon is a Belgian one but i never seen this one and as i collect for some years now i would be very surprised if this one would be a Belgian medal without knowing it... As the men has the France and Germany Star rewarded i hope it's a British medal so i can identify him...

The picture isn't that clear but you will see that these collors are present:

bright bleu - black - red line - black - red line - black - bright bleu.

Hope someone can help me!

Regards

nobody ...

I have in my collection one ribbon bar that i can't ID. It's a Belgian uniform and the ribbon is between other Belgian ribbons so one could presume that the ribbon is a Belgian one but i never seen this one and as i collect for some years now i would be very surprised if this one would be a Belgian medal without knowing it...

The picture isn't that clear but you will see that these collors are present:

bright bleu - black - red line - black - red line - black - bright bleu.

Hope someone can help me!

Regards

Can you please show some pictures as I have never heard of a Non-British person being given the 1914 Star........

I have gone through the new book "Great War Medal Collectors Companion" which gives a list of all units that were awarded the 1914 star and they are all Bristish Empire troops......

Mike

Hello Mike,

Thank you for your reply, i have posted a picture of the uniforms medal bars. Meanwhile I will search in the Belgian book of the fire-cross, maybe i can find something...

Regards

I have in my collection a General with the ribbon bar of the English 1914 star.

Is this medal awarded regular to foreign military personnel?

Do you think there are lists where i can find which Belgian personnel received this medal?

Regards

Hello Roel,

Thank you for this very appropriate answer. By this answer i could finally ID the General. On the name tag there was the name of "Bievez" and we tought it was the other General Bievez - Bievez Léon ( as on this website http://www.ars-moriendi.be/bievez.htm ) and that the jacket was "updated".

Now i know it is a original vest periode '35 so thank you very much. Can you tell me how you found the men without any further information?

Regards

Dear Jeff,

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me. I am not searching for the full medals because i like uniforms with medalbars on it, certainly like this uniform!

I was wondering, as there are not more than 100 medals for every country, would there be a list of persons who received the medal. I know King Albert I received one but thats the only thing i know...

Regards

Hello Dave and Jeff,

Thank you very much to identify the last two ribbons. I have antoher two questions about the medals,

=> is it possible to check out when my General received his OBE? Is there any service who register the names of the men/women who receives this medal?

=> is the Panamanian Order of Solidarity a rare medal to find in the class?

Regards

Ringo

I have a uniform of a Belgian General periode 1935 and there are quite some Belgian ribbons on it but i can't ID the last two foreign ribbons.

Can anyone help me please?