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Navy Good Conduct Ribbon with Chaplain Device


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Hello All,

 

Has anyone seen anything like this? I found it among an old display and it looks like it has been together for a long time. It caught my interest because I like Chaplain pieces. Curious if there is any particular significance to it.

 

Thanks,

 

Eric

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Wow! It looks like they stuck a mini lapel cross pin through the ribbon. Cool whatever it is!

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The two outside clutch fasteners are from the 1960’s if I remember correctly. The one on the cross looks older but i am not sure of the time frame. I like it to as I also collect Chaplain items.

 

Marty

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I can't address this particular GC ribbon. However, I've seen a WWI KIA Purple Heart with a very similar miniature cross affixed to it. Jack

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I have a strong suspicion that this ribbon was probably worn on a lapel of a suit coat as a way to help the gold cross stand out a little more rather than it being worn on a uniform in the configuration.

 

Allan

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I have not seen anything like this before.

I am not a Navy Chaplain expert.

I did check and this device would not happen prior to the Korean War.

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Im going to say most likely one of two things happened! Either the veteran just stuck them together at some point for storage or maybe even an antique dealer etc did it! My second theory is that the veteran was wearing it post war on his suit etc and he just throw them together because he was christian! I doubt it is anything super special!

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The ribbon looks like a late 1950s/early 1960s thin mount made by Wolf Brown. It is a Navy Good Conduct ribbon, and the device is certainly not one what was approved (or that I have ever heard of being worn, even in non-reg situations).

 

I think this has one of two possible answers:

 

1. That the cross was pinned on it to keep it from being lost.

 

2. That it was used by a church or religious organization to denote some award or for some sort of recognition by the group.

 

The latter seems likely to me, as many churches used to have programs where various pins or items could be given out for service to the church. Some of them used patches (complete with arced tabs) that are sometimes mistaken for military patches. They might use the ribbon to represent a religious symbolism. Much like I have seen county/city agencies using obsolete military style ribbons for their own uses. The possibilities are nearly endless with an item like this, but it is fairly safe to say that I have never heard of any device authorized for wear in the US Navy on a Good Conduct ribbon, except the regulation stars.

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