Hendrik Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 One of the latest addition to the Belgian awards : a bar for those that served in the Tsunami relief operations ...This "Tsunami Solidarity" bar is worn on the ribbon of the Commemorative Medal for Foreign Operations.Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vatjan Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) Well done, Hendrik.Another one to put on the "need-to-get" list Best regardsJan Edited July 9, 2007 by Vatjan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Why is it in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Why is it in English? My thought exactly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted July 9, 2007 Author Share Posted July 9, 2007 Why is it in English? Ha ! To save on government money I'd say ... Belgium being a tri-lingual country in which Flemish, French and German are spoken and some people being rather sensitive about it all, the obvious solution is to use English operational names when feasible with the added advantage of having to make bars in more than one language.Gone are the days when bars for "RODE DRAAK" and "DRAGON ROUGE" had to be manufactured to please those involved ... a mere "RED DRAGON" would now suffice So, all in all, just Belgian politics ...Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 My God! you mean English is the newLatin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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