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What manner of medals are these?

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These look foreign definitely. British perhaps? Is this reservist allowed to wear them? I mean damn, it's alot for a Corporal. Found it in the Vancouver Sun

 
George I don't know much about Jump Wings, but does White Jump Wings mean he was in was in a Jump Company?
 
fake penguin said:
George I don't know much about Jump Wings, but does White Jump Wings mean he was in was in a Jump Company?

misratah500 said:
I thought red wings were jump qualified and white wings we're the old Airborne?

Some information here.

Wings
http://forums.army.ca/forums/threads/101634.0
 
Foreign medals are allowed to be worn with permission, nothing to do if he is a reservist or not.
 
Chief Stoker said:
Foreign medals are allowed to be worn with permission, nothing to do if he is a reservist or not.

Yes, with permission, and the Reservist part is not relevant unless he is a young Reservist who hasn't had enough years to be in the military (any military) to have earned such a large number. 

Is that the Nova Scotia flag on the last medal on the Right?
 
George Wallace said:
Is that the Nova Scotia flag on the last medal on the Right?

Looks like it but, if the other between it and the RCMP medal are foreign then it should be placed on the other side of them, being Canadian and all.

Also, seems the CAF might be a second (or maybe third) career, given the RCMP medal.
 
There are French medals in there. I can see the Médaille d'Outre-Mer and the Médaille de la Défense nationale for sure. Also the UK General Service Medal.

This all makes sense perfect sense if the member is a British veteran of the Foreign Legion.

As to his white wings, with sufficient static line experience I think that you can PLAR the Basic Para qualification (like any other qualification) -- I wonder if veterans of foreign airborne units can similarly PLAR the white maple leaf?
 
George Wallace said:
Is that the Nova Scotia flag on the last medal on the Right?

No it's not. Enlarged view makes it look more like the Cross of St. Andrews white on dark blue.

Here is the Order of NS.  http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhr-ddhr/chc-tdh/chart-tableau-eng.asp?ref=ONS

The one on the left is the GSM-SWA. Then the CPSM. Then UN Mission in the Congo (x 2). Next to that RCPM (maybe?)

None of the remainder are shown on the Canadian Honours Chart.

http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhr-ddhr/chc-tdh/index-eng.asp
 
First five look like Canadian and UK service.

General Service medal (South West Asia)
Canadian peacekeeping Service Medal
UNMIK
NATO (Former Yugoslavia) Change to UNKNOWN; possibly police medal, closest ribbon match in Medal Yearbook was NATO.
General Service Medal 1962

Next three

The Overseas Medal (French: Médaille d'Outre-Mer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Medal

The National Defence Medal (French: "Médaille de la Défense nationale")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Medal

The Medal of the Nation's Gratitude (French: "Medaille de Reconnaissance de la Nation")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_the_Nation%27s_Gratitude

Can't find the last one.
 
The last one looks like it has the flag of Jordan on it, and what looks like a white St Andrews cross on blue might be crossed swords.
 
cavalryman said:
The last one looks like it has the flag of Jordan on it, and what looks like a white St Andrews cross on blue might be crossed swords.

Good call.

http://www.royalark.net/Jordan/jordan5.htm

Jordan International Police Training Centre Medal: instituted by King ‘Abdu’llah II in 2003 to reward the members of the Jordanian and international police instructors and trainers responsible for the training of the 50,000 cadets of the new Iraqi Police Force within Jordan between 2003 and 2007. Awarded in a single class.

jordan-JIPTC%20Medal.jpg
 
Michael O'Leary said:
First five look like Canadian and UK service.

General Service medal (South West Asia)
Canadian peacekeeping Service Medal
UNMIK
NATO (Former Yugoslavia)
General Service Medal 1962

Next three

The Overseas Medal (French: Médaille d'Outre-Mer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas_Medal

The National Defence Medal (French: "Médaille de la Défense nationale")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Defence_Medal

The Medal of the Nation's Gratitude (French: "Medaille de Reconnaissance de la Nation")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_the_Nation%27s_Gratitude

Can't find the last one.

RCMP
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhr-ddhr/chc-tdh/chart-tableau-eng.asp?ref=RCMP
Look at the medal itself.

Given that this one is given for 20 years service (and bar at 25) perhaps the Cdn medals are from a mix of Reserve/RCMP service.

As for the wings, perhaps he was CF prior to going FFL? 
 
Michael O'Leary said:
Good call.

http://www.royalark.net/Jordan/jordan5.htm

jordan-JIPTC%20Medal.jpg

And I think you got the wrong descriptor.  I found this:
Jordan International Police Training Centre Medal: instituted by King ‘Abdu’llah II in 2003 to reward the members of the Jordanian and international police instructors and trainers responsible for the training of the 50,000 cadets of the new Iraqi Police Force within Jordan between 2003 and 2007. Awarded in a single class.
 
NO CD.

White Wings

GSM-SWA, CPSM, 2 Tours with UNMIK, Police (NATO Article 5 would not have the Queen's image on it),  and rest are Foreign.


This guy must be quite old.  I have had Police officers working for me, and for them to get time off for long periods of training or deployments was next to impossible. 



Michael

General Service Medal 1962 would be a British medal ??
At the same time, would he not have been credited time in the British military towards his CD?

Ostrozac

I highly doubt that anyone could PLAR White Jump Wings.


It would be interesting to see how old he really is.
 
George Wallace said:
I have had Police officers working for me, and for them to get time off for long periods of training or deployments was next to impossible. 

I've seen plenty of Canadian police officers serving overseas, but they mostly weren't wearing CADPAT. Odds are that his Canadian tours were as a policeman-- Afghanistan, Kosovo, Jordan all had Canadian CIVPOL.
 
misratah500 said:
These look foreign definitely. British perhaps? Is this reservist allowed to wear them? I mean damn, it's alot for a Corporal. Found it in the Vancouver Sun

He's a Seaforth. Anything can happen  ;D
 
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