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      ID medalribbon

      in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals

      Posted

      Dear Ed & John,

      Again, thank you for your help.

      Before I posted this question, I had been looking in my books to ID the ribbon. .. with no succes. I also have a War issue of "ABC of the RAF" ( new edition 1943). It's a quite detailed book full of interesting info but there is no mention about the 1939/43 star in the pages about decorations awarded to RAF personel.

      I'm in debt to you both.

      kind regards,

      Jef

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      ID medalribbon

      in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals

      Posted

      Thank you Ed, thank you John, for your message.

      Never heard or that "1939/43 Star" before. Do you have a pic, please?

      In any case, this is breaking news !!! and I am truly greatfull.

      With the help of the crew relatives, we ( the commitee: Dirk, Johan, Flip and myself) are trying to write the story of Lancaster JB 455 again. And with your help we will have succes, thanks again.

      yours,

      jef

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      flagstaff

      in Germany: Imperial: Rick (Research) Lundstrom Forum for Documentation and Photographs

      Posted

      Hello Gents,

      Some time ago I got this upper part of a flagstaff. It came from Sachsen, was cast in bronze but was unfinished. I removed the wire-edge with a file and polished it. I tried to paint it but i'm not satisfied. Will put the outer parts of the EK in silver schlagmetall ...etc...

      My question: is there anyone who can show me a pic of a flagpost with this type of upper part ? Any comments much appeciated.

      Sorry for the bad pic, this thing was to thick for my scanner.

      Kind regards,

      Jef

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      Order of the Palmes Academiques

      in France

      Posted

      Another type. The ball under the suspension ring holds a stone. I don't know anything about stones, but this one is harder than glass. :jumping: .Couldn't find any marks. Hendrik, you told me in the past this one is a privat purchase. Any ideas about the timeframe?

      Thank you,

      Jef

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      ID medalribbon

      in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals

      Posted

      But if he died in the crash in 1944?

      /Mike

      Thank you Mr. Chairman and Mike for your message. I got this photograph from John's brother. He told me this pic was taken shortly before he crashed, let's say April or May 1944. He has no idea what medalribbon this may be. John Devlin's RAF carreer started in 1939. He trained for Air Gunner, Bomb Aimer and finally flight engineer. Hope this might help?

      Again, thank you for any help,

      Jef

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      RAF versus Luftwaffe

      in Germany: Third Reich: Uniforms, Headwear, Insignia & Equipment

      Posted

      Dear Gentlemen,

      Two years ago a memorial stone was erected in Anzegem, Belgium for a crashed RAF aircraft.

      Lancaster III JB 455 ( base Oakington, 7 squadron, Pathfinder force) crashed on 16/6/1944. It was the 33th kill of Hauptmann Georg Hermann Greiner and his Me-110.

      I was a member of the team who erected the memorial stone, and you can not imagine how hard we tried to find relatives.... thank God, with succes. We even found the relatives of the NewZeeland tailgunner.

      Now, with their help we are going to reconstruct the whole story. The only thing we dont't have is a photograph of the aircraft itself! Very soon after the crash German Luftwaffe soldiers dismantled the aircraft. The crew is buried in our village. Only the pilot survived.

      I'm quite sure someone of the Luftwaffe soldiers has photographed the crashed Lanc.

      My question: Is there anyone of our German friends who has any knowledge of such photographs? It must be kept in one or another private photocollection. I know, it's looking for a needle in a haystack... but still, I'm trying, and keep my fingers crossed.

      Thank you so much for any help.

      Jef

      PS. I was trying to put a photograph of the memorial plague in this message, but my scanner refuses to help.

      Sorry Chris, it's a H&P, don't have an Epson. Try again, later

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      Belgian Long Service Awards

      in Northern European & Baltic States

      Posted

      So when he finally is going to retire, he might get the gold palms at last??

      or even a knights cross if he works long enough?

      Hello again,Jacky,

      I was told, for industrial long service the golden palm is the highest reward you can get. Hendrik is this OK? But for administration long service ( or military long service, of course) you might get a knight's cross or higher award, I guess it all depends...

      Jef

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      Belgian Long Service Awards

      in Northern European & Baltic States

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      Thanks Hendrik,

      I was wondering what this medal was.

      Just a long service like the other labor-decorations.

      Could you explain after how many years one get the Labor decoration 2nd class?

      then 1st class

      Outstanding Decoration 2nd Class?

      Outstanding Decoration 1st Class?

      Or were those used for people already having been awarded the gold medal or palms??

      :cheers:

      Thanks in advance..

      Hello Jacky,

      Hendrik's answer was quite right. I only would like to add: for long service of 35 years, you receive a golden medal of the Order of the Crown. For long service of 45 years you get the golden palms of the Order of the Crown. But there was an exeption: an example, someone had a long service state of 41 years. Because he was retired, he also got the golden palms of the Order of the Crown. Another strange example: two friends of mine, both a long service state of 40 years. One person got the golden medal of the Order of the Crown, the other got the golden palms in the Order. Why? The person who got the golden palm was retired, the one who got the golden medal was still working with us.

      I know this because recently, I got a golden medal myself and investigated what and why......

      Best regards,

      Jef

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      belgian Order of Leopold l

      in Northern European & Baltic States

      Posted

      Any more pictures??

      Jef, with such beautifull malls,

      I think you have also some full size official medals???!!

      Would you mind showing them off??:P

      Greetzz

      Hello Jacky,

      Thank you for your encouragement, but I don't have anything special. Only the most common things.

      If I post a message, I have a question, or I would like to help a fellow member with information. I don't want to bore you with the most common medals.

      best regards,

      Jef

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      Some British Cap Badges

      in Great Britain: Militaria: Badges, Uniforms & Equipment

      Posted

      Nice examples Jef :beer:

      It is true that we should think of the people that earned these badges, as this is the main reason I collect, to hopefully someday be able to show and tell people the history of these items. It appears mine is a WW1 issue, but it is not a match to any you have posted. It has a maker mark of Irwin? London so if anyone knows about this maker please leave some info,

      Thanks again,

      Pat

      You' re welcome Pat, always.

      Jef :beer:

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