HeikoGrusdat Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 nice photo from a colonial soldier..........but which medal does he wear??? I am not shure.....
Riley1965 Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 :jumping: That is a GREAT photo!!! Unfortunately I'm no help with the medal Doc
Leutwein Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Nice pic!I mean that it could only be the GSWA-medal in bronze for fighters.Best wishesLeutwein
HeikoGrusdat Posted June 27, 2008 Author Posted June 27, 2008 Karsten,that would make the most sense of course.... but it looks a bit different, especially the ribbon..... :wacky:
Leutwein Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Hello Heiko,I have no problem with the ribbon. Here a NCO of my collection. The same ribbon, only the red strikes are missing on your pic. Probably the flashlight is the reason for.What do you think that it could also be???Best wishes Karsten
Tom Y Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 A little tweaking of the gamma and the "ladder" begins to appear.
Riley1965 Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Nice pic!I mean that it could only be the GSWA-medal in bronze for fighters.Best wishesLeutweinPlease forgive my ignorance...But what is GSWA? Doc
Guest Rick Research Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 German Southwest Africa-- now Namibia.Back home in civvies, identified only as "uncle Konrad," but with two campaign bars.and one in living color:
Wild Card Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 Gentlemen,A minor but interesting, at least to me, detail. Being singly mounted, I would assume that both medals are the pieces actually awarded; and as such would have come from the same source. Yet, the ribbons are mounted in opposite directions.Does anyone have an explanation for this and is there a recognized correct direction for the ribbons to be mounted on these older style bars?Riley1965, GSWA = German South West Africa.Regards, Wild Card
Guest Rick Research Posted June 28, 2008 Posted June 28, 2008 In general practice, left side of a double ribbon "up" on a normal medal bar mounting, and right side "up" on a Frackspange. That is, the unobstructed first ribbon side should be in the place of highest precedence.I don't think I ever saw aanything REQUIRING that--0 just custom.But a lot of outfitters were dyslexic, or inattentive! And if I had 1 RM for every exception.... :catjava:
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