RobW Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 To all, As there doesn't appear to be a lot of ribbon bars from the antipodes on the forums here are a couple of ribbon bars from Australia and New Zealand. Descriptions and explanations will be posted with the pics. The first of 5 ribbon bars. A pair of: *British War Medal 1939-45. *Australia Service Medal 1939-45. This pair indicates home service in Australia only and no operational service outside of Australia. More to follow. Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 A trio of: * British War Medal 1939-45. * Australia Service Medal 1939-45. * Efficiency Medal. This group indicates both pre-war reserve or territorial service as well as home service inside Australia during the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 A group of 4: * 1939-45 Star. * Pacific Star. * British War Medal 1939-45. * Australia Service Medal 1939-45. This ribbon bar group is regularly seen and indicates an Australian serviceman who served in the Pacific theatre of war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) Group of 7: * 1939-45 Star. * Africa Star. * Pacific Star. * Defence Medal (Service in the Northern Territory of Australia, or the Middle East, east of the Suez Canal, or Malaya prior to 8 December 1941). * British War Medal 1939-45. * Australia Service Medal 1939-45. * United Nations Korea Service Medal 1950-54. (This could be issued for service in the area post-armistice 1953 period or if attached to the UN). Interestingly the ribbon bar screws are actually screwed threads with triangle shaped attachments. Edited March 16, 2010 by RobW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted March 16, 2010 Author Share Posted March 16, 2010 (edited) A nice New Zealand Navy group of 8: * Distinguished Service Cross. * 1939-45 Star. * Burma Star (with silver rosette denoting Pacific bar). * Defence Medal. * British War Medal 1939-45. * New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45. * Korea Medal 1950-53. * United Nations Korea Service Medal 1950-54. Regards, Rob Edited March 16, 2010 by RobW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hi - Rob. Very interesting to see these bars with an Aust. and NZ connection. We don't seem to see as much as we should from Aust.. The last ones with the DSC - I bet you wish you had the original set ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPL Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 A nice New Zealand Navy group of 8: * Distinguished Service Cross. * 1939-45 Star. * Burma Star (with silver rosette denoting Pacific bar). * Defence Medal. * British War Medal 1939-45. * New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45. * Korea Medal 1950-53. * United Nations Korea Service Medal 1950-54. Regards, Rob Hi Rob, Nice DSC ribbon bar group. It's interesting to note that the UN Korea Service Medal ribbon is of US manufacture - note the corded edges on the ribbon. Jean-Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hi - Rob. Very interesting to see these bars with an Aust. and NZ connection. We don't seem to see as much as we should from Aust.. The last ones with the DSC - I bet you wish you had the original set ? Hello Mervyn, While there is always a large amount of British items on this forum the Australian and New Zealand items are much more rarely seen. I'm not sure why. I will always try to add such pieces as I come across them to add to the commonwealth flavour. Yes it is indeed a nice set. The original ribbons are of a markedly better weave than the current production and the rosette on the Burma star is silver, hence the nice deep toning to it. I have also seen the reduced miniature ribbons on a similar ribbon bar arrangement but was not able to obtain that piece. I can only imagine what the original medals would sell for in todays market. Regards, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobW Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) Hi Rob, Nice DSC ribbon bar group. It's interesting to note that the UN Korea Service Medal ribbon is of US manufacture - note the corded edges on the ribbon. Jean-Paul Hello Jean-Paul, I hadn't actually noticed the difference in UN ribbon and it is of a different weave than that seen on the corresponding Australian 7 group on the post above (#4). I do agree that it is indeed a fine ribbon bar. As mentioned to Mervyn the ribbon weaving is of a very fine quality and considerably much better than the replacement ribbon that is seen in the market today. Regards, Rob Edited March 17, 2010 by RobW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Very nice bars Rob! I especially love those last two ones.... . Here is my only ones from Australia at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noor Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 and regarding British imperium.... here is one example from Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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