Chris Boonzaier Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 These are all fascinating, particularly as I'm doing some much needed work on the French section of my website. Please do pop over & comment (especially if you can help me out where I don't know something!).(I actually came here because Ed Haynes wanted to give me some Afghan pictures for said website & the easiest way was to point me to where he'd posted them here... but the rest of the forum is so fascinating I shall be staying )Finally a lady !!!!! Things are looking up!!!Great to see you here!!!!
Hauptmann Posted March 6, 2007 Author Posted March 6, 2007 Indeed! Welcome Megan! Here's hoping you have a great time here, learn alot and I'm sure you'll have alot to pass along to the rest of the members as well. Great to have you on board! Dan
Nick Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 MeganWelcome !!I like your website very informative ! Hope you stay around and enjoy the forum.
Jacky Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Great,not only a woman, but also a great insight in the world of phaleristics....Your website is absolutely stunning, many many images and overviews of state-decorations.Welcome here!!Kind regards,Jacky
ErikMuller Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Welcome Megan! Glad to see you here to! Looks like most of the old Orders, Awards and Decorations Collecting Forum are over to this forum now
Megan Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Searches for a gobsmacked smilie...Why thank you all for such a nice welcome!Maybe I need to become an honorary 'Gentleman' to be here...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Maybe I need to become an honorary 'Gentleman' to be here...Ohhh no... we don't want that !Reminds me of the time in the 80s when a West Indian cricketer was invited to play in South Africa for a club. This left the Govt scratching their heads... obviously there where many places he could not go and things he could not do.In a move that was painfully clumsy, even by the standards of the govt of the time... they solved the problem by declaring him an "Honorary white person".... Just wear trousers and brylcream your hair whenever you log on to the forum and we will simply consider you one of the gang.
Megan Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Thank you all...Just added the French Croix de Guerre 1914-18 - don't have pictures of all the variants, alas... anyone got pictures they'd be willing to share?(Yeah, I can be quite shameless asking - the whole site is made with pictures people give me... I don't actually collect 'things' just information!)
PKeating Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 What a great site. Bravo Megan! When you refer to variants of the French Croix de Guerre, do you mean official, semi-offical and Vichy variants? You'll see quite a rare one if you click here.. The riband is the standard Vichy type as fitted to the 1939-1940 crosses reissued by the P?tain government to men who stayed or re-engaged in the French Army after the armistice. Then there are the Giraud crosses, the LVF cross and, of course, the TOE cross. PK
Megan Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 At the moment, Paddy, I am looking at the Croix de Guerre 1914-18 which came with 4 different reverses (1914-15, 1914-16, 1914-17 & 1914-18 - as they discovered that the war wasn't over as fast as expected!), and with 4 different emblems that could appear on the ribbon.The Croix de Guerre 1939-45 and the TOE will come as separate entries. I guess the Vichy stuff will have its own section, as you are not allowed to wear them in France.
Hendrik Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Hello Megan ... and welcome on the forum !Here's a few pictures that you may find useful Cheers,Hendrik
Kev in Deva Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Hallo Hendrick, I must say you have some very nice crosses and emblems presented there I especialy like the one with the wound ribbon attached Kevin in Deva.
Megan Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Thank you Hendrik - I take it you are OK with my using them? Acknowledged, of course, although you already feature large in the Contributors' List!
Megan Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Guess it is time I put up some of my pictures...Grand Cross, National Order of Merit
Megan Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Commander & Knight of the National Order of Merit(The Officer wears the same badge as the Grand Officer, but without the star).
Hendrik Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 I take it you are OK with my using them?Hello Megan,Certainly ... and you might also want to add in the text on your webpage the existence of a silver palm, which replaced the award of 5 bronze ones.Cheers,Hendrik
Hendrik Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 Megan,An afterthought : you may want to use the picture in http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtopic=7482&view=findpost&p=71272 ... I see it's missing on your Legion d'Honneur's 3rd Republic page.Feel free to call on me or others on this forum as you continue on your list of French awards ...Cheers,Hendrik
Megan Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 You are most kind, Hendrik!What do you all think is the best way to handle things like the fourageres (no I cannot remember how to spell it!) & the wound ribbon - a bit at the bottom for 'Unofficial attachments' perhaps?
Hendrik Posted March 9, 2007 Posted March 9, 2007 ... the best way to handle things like the fourageres (no I cannot remember how to spell it!) & the wound ribbon - a bit at the bottom for 'Unofficial attachments' perhaps?Hello Megan,The full-sized fourrag?res are, as you know, official unit awards whereas the miniature ones worn on medals are indeed unofficial. However, the wound ribbons (both those for military and civilian wounded) are 100 % official ... whereas the corresponding wound medals are not ! Perhaps a note on the proper pages would suffice ?Cheers,Hendrik
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