France St. Helena Medal ribbon variation

[JBFloyd]

Has anyone heard of the St. Helena Medal being given on a red/white/blue ribbon to wounded veteran officers?

I've dealing with a case of "family history" and cannot find any documentary evidence to back up such an award.

[Bison]

You will not find anything about this ribbon for the single reason it does not exist.

Regards

Bison

[azyeoman]

Hi Jeff,

Only the green and red ribbons are good ones... : )

[Bison]

Not all, in fact.

The WWI war cross ribbon is very similar.

The original red stripes were raspberry and not really red. It is very common to find St. Helen medals with a WWI ribbon as a replacement.

[JBFloyd]

Thanks. This confirms my own thoughts and research, but I was concerned that I may have missed some nuance in the regulations. Now I have to go back to the family and explain that "family history" is not always accurate.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Many, many medals on the wrong ribbon over the last 100 years or so.... Have even seen Vets mount their own medals with the ribbons on the wrong medals....

[azyeoman]

Not all, in fact.

The WWI war cross ribbon is very similar.

The original red stripes were raspberry and not really red. It is very common to find St. Helen medals with a WWI ribbon as a replacement.

True, I've only got two or three of them with original ribbons; something worth getting as they look much different to the WWI CdeGs.