Chutesandskulls Posted August 5, 2015 Share #1 Posted August 5, 2015 My friend who is a current Marine SSGT started making and selling his own half inch Wolf Brown ribbons to for people to use for both reenacting coats and unifoms restorations. He has a huge surplus of NOS ribbon and bronze, gold and blue stars to use as well. The rack shown is a reproduction rack he made for one of my Raider uniforms. His website is on Facebook and is called Wileys uniform accessory shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 5, 2015 Share #2 Posted August 5, 2015 If all replicas are marked as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherwringer Posted August 5, 2015 Share #3 Posted August 5, 2015 what do the backs look like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutesandskulls Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share #4 Posted August 5, 2015 They are pin back. The back of the ribbons are unmarked. Original ones are marked Wolf Brown on the back of the ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willysmb44 Posted August 6, 2015 Share #5 Posted August 6, 2015 Good looking work I wonder if someone can figure out a way to re-crate that plastic coating you see on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutesandskulls Posted August 6, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted August 6, 2015 He later added plastic coating to them this is be great it was added I'll try to post pictures later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Minton Posted August 6, 2015 Share #7 Posted August 6, 2015 As a collector scary to know their are reproductions floating around now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAW Posted August 6, 2015 Share #8 Posted August 6, 2015 Great....another repro for someone to manipulate for bad intentions. Reenacting-wise...they look great. I wish they could be marked on the back in someway to let people know though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belleau_woodsman Posted September 21, 2015 Share #9 Posted September 21, 2015 Gents, I am the owner of Wileys. When I started this up I was too worried about what could be done to STOP people buying a rack like you see above and selling it as real. I have done a few things to ensure that they will not be passed off. The first thing I do is use a very strong glue so that they will not only come off, but also if you try to take the rack apart it will ruin the whole thing. The next thing is the ribbon bar itself is a lot thicker than the real ones. This was also done so just at a glance you can tell that it is a repro set. I also have put something on the ribbons so they will hit under a black light as well. Also, the back of the ribbon is NOT marked so that you do not see a WB tag on them. A collector will be able to tell by look and feel that they are repro. But, when they are mounted on a uniform they have the correct 1/2" look and you cannot tell. I will try and post up some other pictures tonight to show the difference for the crowd.Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ww2imp Posted September 28, 2015 Share #10 Posted September 28, 2015 I've seen these up close and I can attest as to the accuracy and impressiveness. Jason has done a very good job of recreating these for the USN/USMC uniforms. I will be directing any of my customers who seek the wider ribbons to Jason. They are VERY GOOD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
istout0321 Posted November 28, 2018 Share #11 Posted November 28, 2018 Those look fantastic! Looking fwd to placing an order soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavcon Posted November 28, 2018 Share #12 Posted November 28, 2018 Great looking! I will be in touch as I have a few racks I would like to have for shadowboxes. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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