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Hi all, I'm vaguely familiar with Belgian medals but could use ID's, info, rough valuation, etc., on these:

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Hi all, Wasn't sure on this one... believe the axes were used by Vichy so didn't know if there was a connection. Belive the ship has to do with Paris... but again not positive. Any help on this one and possibly a rough value would be deeply appreciated:

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Hi all, Here's a Croix de Guerre and a badge which I'm assuming is fir a helmet but please correct me if I'm wrong. Any info would be deeply appreciated:

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Hi all, Wondered if ya'll could give me any info on any or all of these and let me know if there's anything of any significance or if it's all fairly common stuff:

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Hi all, Is this one good or bad? I'm pretty sure bad... but even if so is there anything special or valuable about it?

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Hi all, Hoping ya'll can tell me if this one is good or not:

See... I knew you'd be drooling "almost" as much as I was! Dan :cheers:

Hi Will, Amen to that! We learn something knew all the time... especially be being members here. I've often said this is probably the equivalent of a University education in militaria and military history all rolled into one. I only wish there had been such a thing as GMIC back when I started out... long before home computers or the internet. But I'm sure glad it's here now. Dan :beer:

Hi Uwe, Many thanks for sharing this and that wonderful bar! One thing... wouldn't that have caused some confusion re: ribbon bars? As here they skipped award of the silver and I've seen such before where you didn't necessarily receive them in grade order but might skip as here... or get two of one grade, then another, etc. Very confusing... or at least potentially so and especially when they wore only the ribbon bars. And in this situation having all the ribbons for that series of medals eventually being the same even more so. Any idea why they did that with this particular award... making the ribbons all the same? If it was cost cutting I can't see where doing it for just one award would make that much of a difference when all the others used difference ribbons for different grades of the award. Dan :cheers:

Many thanks! That is indeed the one I remembered seeing. If I ever found one for cheap I wouldn't mind having one as an example of this. Will have to keep my eye out. Would love the Bravery/Valor but will have to keep my eye out for one at a good price as well... if one ever turns up. Dan :cheers:

Many thanks for the info on the Bravery medal. The MMM is the Military Merit medal aka: Combat medal: I "think" I've seen it without the CCCP but couldn't remember for sure. Dan :cheers:

A fascinating topic! I only learned of these last night when reading through one of my old general militaria reference books. Why I'd never spotted it before I've no idea but just goes to show that by re-reading references endlessly over the years you always tend to find something new. Great pieces everyone! Hope to see and learn more. Thanks! Dan :cheers:

How hard are the Bravery medals to come by? Would love to have at least one of those at some point. Also do they still have the MMM's? Dan :cheers:

Nice pieces!!!! They sure are colorful... especially that first one! Almost needed sunglasses to look at that one. Many thanks for sharing! Dan :cheers:

Many thanks Kevin. I remember seeing them before... they have that distinct color difference and really do look great IMHOP. Many thanks!!!! Dan :cheers:

Rick... you are indeed a miracle worker!!!! Many, many thanks!!!! Dan :cheers: