The British Imperial War Medal: 1939-45

[Ulsterman]

Apparently the war medals' regs have been stretched a bit recently....

Check out this interesting thread over at the OMSA site:

http://www.omsa.org/forums/showthread.php?...sted=1#post9615

Edited January 25, 2008 by Ulsterman

[Ed_Haynes]

Stretch? S . . . t . . . r . . . e . . . t . . . . . SNAP!

Clearly, no one knows, no one cares,

[PKeating]

Hmmmm. I knew of fellows who took part in some pretty hairy operations in Ulster back in the 1980s but who never got anything because they did not have enough days in the province to qualify for the CSM. And then there were the blokes who were in the Falklands who almost didn't get SAMs because the authorities decided that they were not there, even though they were very much there. Still, it's reassuring to see that some people are getting their dues. In fact, the medal office has given some veterans two and even three medals for Iraq, so we gather. Great! All the more for collectors...

PK