My Father in Law served in Burma during the war. He always said he had sent his medals back - he really wasn't happy about Burma. Turns out he had actually given them to his sister and they eventually made their way to Sandra via her brother Peter.Anyway, couple of the ribbons had detached so I did a search to see which medal went with which ribbon. Looks like a bit of mix and match on the internet - nothing seems to fit. So...
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| So, in order left to right, 'The Star', ?, 'The Burma Star.' Incidentally, that middle one - can't find this combination of medal and ribbon either! So is it right? |
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| So calling the left one Blue and Red, right one Orange and Green. |
So, question is: Can anyone tell me which medals go with which ribbons? Any help appreciated!
All your answers are on the British medals site:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.awardmedals.com/medals/world-war-ii-medals/full-size
Looks like you've got a mixture here, but all ribbons are shown on the page. Best rgds. Phil
Thanks - been on that one. Trouble being other sites contadict some of them and Sandra's dad's medals don't fit! Could be medals lost but... can't imagine he would have had the Atlantic medal, but has the ribbon, and it's on his 'war medal'. 'Correct' ribbon is there but separate... we don't have the Burma Star ribbon shown on the site... etc. Fun, isn't it?
DeleteSandra has decided what she's going to do: buy the 'correct' ribbons then see if she can find out who was in the Home Guard and who was in theNavy!
ReplyDeleteFrom the er. Horses Mouth https://www.gov.uk/guidance/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility#world-war-2-medals
ReplyDeleteI think the issue is that the medal has been hung from the wrong ribbon - the ribbon is for the Atlantic Star. A picture of the reverse of the medal from which it is hung will help to identify it - the obverse tends to be the same for many medals but the reverse is usually unique. Also, have you checked the back of the stars and the rim of the other medal to see if the recipient is engraved on it, I know that was done with some medals.
ReplyDeleteCurrent thinking is that there has been a mix up in medal ribbons ad that the 'wrong' ribbons came from one or more of Sandra's other relatives.
DeleteRob, the ribbon on the left goes with the round medal which presumably has 1939-45 on the reverse? The other ribbons do not match the 1939-45 star or the Burma star. I have my dad’s medals with correct ribbons if you want me to send a photo?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the offer but everything is sorted now.
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