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Hello Timo,

It seems that the two ribbon bars belong together. The blue ( medal Order of Leopold II ), red ( medal Order of the Crown ) and black/yellow/red ( military medal 1st class ) are medals you deserve when you serve some years in the military.

The other medals ( third and fourth ) are WWII medals and the last is indeed the commemorative medal for good and loyal service to King Albert I during 18 december 1909 en 18 februari 1934.

Here you see the ribbon bars from my uniform from Vice-Admiral Poullet, Chief of Staff of the Belgian navy between 01-01-1986 tot 30-09-1989

1. Commander in order of Leopold I

2. Grand Officer in order of the Crown

3. Commander in order of Leopold II

4. Military cross first class

5. French legion d'Honneur ( i guess )

6. Unknown

7. Unknown

If someone can help me identify the last two, i should say, be my guest :D

I have found number 12

http://www.esercito....mi/nastrini.asp

Si thanks to Karnet and the aid of Lukasz we have found the most of the medals...

Untill now i have:

1.Commander Leopoldsorde ( order of Leopold )

2.Grand Cross Ordre of the Crown

3. Netherlands Order of Orange Nassau

4. Luxembourg Order of the Oaken Crown

5. Luxembourg Order of Merit

6. France Legion of Honor

7. Hungary: Order of Merit (Commander)

8. Italy: Order of Merit

9. Benin: National Order (Officer)

10. Belgian Military Cross, first class

11. ?

12. Italien UNO-medal

Still one, number 11... I have searched for several hours but without result... Hope we will find the last one...

THANKS!!!

With this exelent Ribbon-Bar site:

http://www.coleccion...intas/index.htm

Here ist a picture of the National Order of Dahomey (Benin) from OMSA Medal Database

Hello Karnet,

Thank you for your post, you really helped me out with these ribbons...

Now, only two to go.

i will search on the website you gave in your previous post, very nice site indeed...

THANKS

as promised, a bit late but busy as usual...

So:

1.Commander Leopoldsorde ( order of Leopold )

2.Grand Cross Ordre of the Crown

3. Netherlands Order of Orange Nassau

4. Luxembourg Order of the Oaken Crown

5. Luxembourg Order of Merit

6. France Legion of Honor

7. Sovereign Military Order of Malta ?

8. Italy. Order of Merit

9. ?

10. Belgian Military Cross, first class

11. ?

12. ?

Can you help me please?

Maybe a little reminder? Can anyone help me with 9,11 and 12?

The QPM and Police LSM are pretty much de rigeur for very senior officers - and it's not uncommon to find a CBE thrown in to the bargain. That said, these days, there are quite a few Assistant Chief Constables and Deputy Chief Constables without any medal ribbons.

Hello Tony,

Thank you for the reply, learned something today! I know the story about the bars on Belgian uniforms because we have the same tradition that at some point a senior officer must have typical medals...

I try to find uniforms from UK senior officers but always prefer the ones with some "bars" on because that tells something about the man who wore the uniform. Not easy to find however

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

thank you Riley for this quick reply and ID of the ribbons!

Does anyone knows if these are common ribbons for police senior officers?

I found a police jacket with following medal bar, can someone help me to ID them?

Best regards

Dear Love4history,

The uniform was indeed worn by General Van Daele, Chief of Staf - Belgium Army. I can now because he gave me the uniform

I know, i should have asked him for his medals at that time, but i was so impresed by the men and it was such a good conversation that i was home before i knew it...

Thank you for showing my the way to the pictures

as promised, a bit late but busy as usual...

So:

1.Commander Leopoldsorde ( order of Leopold )

2.Grand Cross Ordre of the Crown

3. Netherlands Order of Orange Nassau

4. Luxembourg Order of the Oaken Crown

5. Luxembourg Order of Merit

6. France Legion of Honor

7. Sovereign Military Order of Malta ?

8. Italy. Order of Merit

9. ?

10. Belgian Military Cross, first class

11. ?

12. ?

Can you help me please?

Thank you all for taking the time to help me out!

I will take a new, close up picture, tonight and add it as soon as possible!

As this is a Belgian Generals uniform i will post my question in this thread.

Maybe someone can help me identify these international ribons?

For Belgium:

1.Commander Leopoldsorde ( order of Leopold )

2.Grand Cross Ordre of the Crown

Hello to you all, this is my first post on this newly found forum and direct a question for help...

I'm looking for the medal "national order of zaire", knight or officer...

Here is a picture of the medal, can someone help me please?