Looking for some Medals

[Magma]

Looking for 2 Medals

First one
Canadian Forces Decoration (C.D.)
http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/honours_awards/engraph/honour_awards_e.asp?cat=3&Q_ID=92

Second One
Special Service Medal (SSM)
http://www.forces.gc.ca/hr/dhh/honours_awards/engraph/honour_awards_e.asp?cat=3&Q_ID=35

Also looking for a display case or some form to display them nicely, I have the ribbons mounted on a bar already but no medals to go with those ribbons so im looking for both of those and some way to display them

 

[Grunt_031]

Replica or Genuine?

I have replica available on my website at

www.defencemedals.ca

Genuine you will have to try eBay, or

www.speedbid.com

 

[Magma]

Replica

I noticed on your site the medals are not mounted...whats mouting if I bought both the medals and just wanted them lose with swing style?

 

[Grunt_031]

Swing Mount is $9.00 and Court Mount is $7.50 ea.

 

[Black Watch]

I wonder if I can find the Royal Canadian Legion 75th anniversary medal...

 

[Bergeron 971]

Good luck finding Legion medals, Unless someone is selling a set of a dead member...

http://www.joedrouin.com/

They have almost everything you'll need.
cheers

 

[primer]

Good luck finding Legion medals, Unless someone is selling a set of a dead member...

http://www.joedrouin.com/

They have almost everything you'll need.
cheers

If Joe dos not have it he will find it.

2332 RC(ARMY)CC Had Sgt. Edward JG Holland, VC (RCD) medals redone and had them donated to the armoury (Replicas) all but the V.C were found .The medals and Bars from the Boer war were even found in the UK.

MAJ EJG HOLLAND VC ARMOURY 2100 WALKLEY ROAD OTTAWA

 

[geo]

There is also "Wm Scully Ltd" who advertise on this web site all the time
Miniatures are certainly available - would imagine replicas are also available.

 

[Guy. E]

i was under the empression that it was illegal to buy or sell your medals/ accommodations...

who would want to sell they're medels?

 

[Michael Dorosh]

i was under the empression that it was illegal to buy or sell your medals/ accommodations...

who would want to sell they're medels?

RCR online kitshop also has medal replicas, inexpensive.

It is NOT illegal to sell medals - they were given to you, so they're yours to do with as you please.  Great thing about living in a free country, eh?

Why would anyone want to sell their medals?  Money, generally.  Widows and descendants see little value in them very often, or monetary value.  Some vets sell them to make a few bucks.  Can't take it with you, and they don't let you sign the register at the Pearly Gates with post-nominals.

 

[Guy. E]

to me that is one of the most disrespectfull things i can think of...

is it still acceptable to ware your fathers medels/ accommodations on your right brest of your DEU's after he passes away?

 

[jmackenzie_15]

to me that is one of the most disrespectfull things i can think of...

is it still acceptable to ware your fathers medels/ accommodations on your right brest of your DEU's after he passes away?

I agree.... selling your medals on ebay to make a buck, especially someone elses, is just plain wrong.
I have a bunch of my grandfathers old ww2 medals upstairs, and I wouldnt let anyone else have them besides family members.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

I agree.... selling your medals on ebay to make a buck, especially someone elses, is just plain wrong.
I have a bunch of my grandfathers old ww2 medals upstairs, and I wouldnt let anyone else have them besides family members.

Civilian medal collectors do far more to preserve our history and the dignity of decorations than many service members themselves, so you're way off base with these comments.

To answer the other question, no, you are not allowed to wear anyone else's medals on the right hand side.  Or the left side.  That practice has gone the way of the dodo.

 

[jmackenzie_15]

Civilian medal collectors do far more to preserve our history and the dignity of decorations than many service members themselves, so you're way off base with these comments.

To answer the other question, no, you are not allowed to wear anyone else's medals on the right hand side.   Or the left side.   That practice has gone the way of the dodo.

Im way off base to have my own personal beleif that selling someones medals is ethically wrong, and that I wouldnt part with mine?

Excuse me if im "way off base" in beleiving that medals and awards should stay within the families that earned them   :

 

[Guy. E]

when did this olde practice go south?

 

[Michael Dorosh]

Im way off base to have my own personal beleif that selling someones medals is ethically wrong, and that I wouldnt part with mine?

Excuse me if im "way off base" in beleiving that medals and awards should stay within the families that earned them   :

You're excused.  

You're ethically opposed to selling medals, in the belief that they need to be preserved.  But you don't feel that those with the most interest in preserving them - medal collectors - should have the "right" to purchase them.

You don't detect a leap of logic there?

My uncle worked for Air Canada.  When he died, his ID badge and uniform bits went in the trash.  I had no use for them.

I think it is perfectly legitimate for families to feel that military uniforms and medals are equally worthless.  Different viewpoints make the world go round.  I also am glad there are people out there - even who aren't serving - that do value preservation of military history, traditions and customs.  Some even pay big money out of their own pockets to do so.

Why would you dissuade them?  Given a choice between throwing medals in the garbage and selling them to someone who will research the owner, frame them, and preserve the legacy of the guy who wore them, I know what I would pick.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

when did this olde practice go south?

After WW II I think.  Some people still do it - Russell Crowe - an Australian - did it at the Oscars a few years ago.  I've seen it here in Canada at a museum dedication a few years back also, but technically, in Canada, it isn't done anymore.  It may still be ok in other Commonwealth countries.

Crowe wore the medal on the wrong side, incidentally.  I think it was his grandfather's or his uncle's British Empire Medal, which he got as a combat cameraman in WW II.

 

[gifrank]

I personally dont think that the medals now days mean as much as they use to.  The medals I have are the same ones the civies at PSP are getting.  For example the Peacekeeoing medal (blow Job) medal the non article 5 balkans,the only one for my understanding they dont have is the cyprus or the CD which has my name on  it..

So if someone wants to buy my medals they can go for they dont have the same meaning unless someone is  gone to war.

 

[Michael Dorosh]

That's all very open to personal interpretation.  The guy who landed at Dieppe and had his legs blown off got the exact same medals as the guy who staffed a desk at First Canadian Army Headquarters during the war, and only one more medal than the dude who stayed in the United Kingdom.  Some infantry reinforcements got fewer medals than the guys in England, if they went straight to Europe from Canada, thereby not qualifying for the Defence Medal by serving in the UK.

Some value their medals, others don't.  It's a matter of personal choice.  For myself, I respect anyone who has served for any length of time and no matter which medals they've gotten.  I like the idea of medals, personally, and am proud of my CD.  I like the post-nominal, too.  To others it is worthless, to others it is mysterious.

I also like that they are ours to do with as we please.  There is one collector out there - with big money to be sure - who specializes in collecting actual Victoria Crosses (not replicas, but the real deal that was actually awarded).