4STARCHRIS Posted February 9, 2021 Share #376 Posted February 9, 2021 Very nice Silver star mini set. Like the DSO and MBE as well. 4starchris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linedoggie Posted February 9, 2021 Share #377 Posted February 9, 2021 On 5/5/2008 at 11:55 PM, market garden said: I see posted here two nice miniture medal groups. Guys post yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javelin4life Posted February 9, 2021 Share #378 Posted February 9, 2021 1 hour ago, 4STARCHRIS said: Very nice Silver star mini set. Like the DSO and MBE as well. 4starchris Thank you! I have another similar caliber bar I’ll be posting in its own thread. Your RN miniature bar is beautiful. It looks as though was made by Goldsmith and Silversmiths, based on the designs of the planchets, ribbon drape length and suspension fasteners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4STARCHRIS Posted February 9, 2021 Share #379 Posted February 9, 2021 Thank you that is great information. Let me know when you post your other bar. 4starchris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 9, 2021 Share #380 Posted February 9, 2021 3 hours ago, 4STARCHRIS said: Sorry for the delay in reply. The British DSO George VI 1938-1948 . 1914-1915 Star, WWI British War Medal, WWI WWI Victory Medal 1939-1945 Star-Air Crew Germany Bar, WWII Atlantic Star 1939-1945, WWII Pacific Star 1941-1945, WWII Defense Medal 1945, WWII War Medal 1939-1945 King George V Silver Jubilee Medal USA- Navy Cross, 1945 Only 19 WWII USA Navy Crosses were awarded. Only 3 to Australians. Only John Malet Armstrong also awarded a DSO. The closet I was able to ID this set was John Malet Armstrong. These are all original medals to the mount and the way I received them. 4starchris I might be a bit confused, but I'm trying to understand what makes this an Australian bar. Can you enlighten me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4STARCHRIS Posted February 9, 2021 Share #381 Posted February 9, 2021 Dave, I do not think/know it is an Australian bar. I just think John Malet Armstrong, an Australian was the closet person I could find. Home of heroes listed 29 brits in WWI as Navy Cross recipients and none of them matched or had WWI DSO's. I am still trying to confirm for sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 4starchris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 9, 2021 Share #382 Posted February 9, 2021 38 minutes ago, 4STARCHRIS said: Dave, I do not think/know it is an Australian bar. I just think John Malet Armstrong, an Australian was the closet person I could find. Home of heroes listed 29 brits in WWI as Navy Cross recipients and none of them matched or had WWI DSO's. I am still trying to confirm for sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 4starchris Chris: No worries. I cheated and read his bio. He would not have been entitled to the 1914 Star, or the Star with bar. Also, he was also not entitled to the Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp...so I think it's not his bar. Back to the research drawing board. :( Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4STARCHRIS Posted February 9, 2021 Share #383 Posted February 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Dave said: Chris: No worries. I cheated and read his bio. He would not have been entitled to the 1914 Star, or the Star with bar. Also, he was also not entitled to the Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp...so I think it's not his bar. Back to the research drawing board. :( Dave Thank you for the test though. Thanks for looking 4starchris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajbUSWM Posted February 10, 2021 Share #384 Posted February 10, 2021 It is interesting to research these sometimes. Many years ago I picked up a very impressive 4-5 row min bar set from a friend of the family of a colonel I believe. Upon my cursory research, I could not confirm several of the medals on the bar and concluded that the seller was confused as to the original owner. After several more months of reading about his history, I was eventually able to confirm each and every award ... his complete record was nowhere to be found online at the time (many years ago). Glad I didn't give up.... lol. Today you could confirm in 30 seconds. Times have changed for the better in that respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USMCR79 Posted February 10, 2021 Share #385 Posted February 10, 2021 8 hours ago, 4STARCHRIS said: Sorry for the delay in reply. The British DSO George VI 1938-1948 . 1914-1915 Star, WWI British War Medal, WWI WWI Victory Medal 1939-1945 Star-Air Crew Germany Bar, WWII Atlantic Star 1939-1945, WWII Pacific Star 1941-1945, WWII Defense Medal 1945, WWII War Medal 1939-1945 King George V Silver Jubilee Medal USA- Navy Cross, 1945 Only 19 WWII USA Navy Crosses were awarded. Only 3 to Australians. Only John Malet Armstrong also awarded a DSO. The closet I was able to ID this set was John Malet Armstrong. These are all original medals to the mount and the way I received them. 4starchris I think that 4 or 5 Royal Navy Officers received the Navy Cross following the 1937 Panay incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cagedfalcon Posted February 10, 2021 Share #386 Posted February 10, 2021 Lt General Buford D Lary Photo from '67Patches are 494th TFS & 530th BS.Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4STARCHRIS Posted February 10, 2021 Share #387 Posted February 10, 2021 these are a nice framed group. Thanks for posting. 4starchris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 1, 2021 Share #388 Posted June 1, 2021 Now that I'm retired, I had my minis and my full sized medals remounted. They aren't in the regulation style (should be four-four-four) but I don't like the way that looks. UltraThin, who has mounted all of my medals for ages, said they'd be happy to do them in whatever configuration I wanted since I was retired. So...two rows of six each. I'm really pleased with how they came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted June 1, 2021 Share #389 Posted June 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Dave said: Now that I'm retired, I had my minis and my full sized medals remounted. They aren't in the regulation style (should be four-four-four) but I don't like the way that looks. UltraThin, who has mounted all of my medals for ages, said they'd be happy to do them in whatever configuration I wanted since I was retired. So...two rows of six each. I'm really pleased with how they came out. Dave, Looking good. I remember you mentioning doing them abnormally. Does the Navy do the stars horizontally on medals? I'm embarrassed to say I never noticed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweazy21 Posted June 1, 2021 Share #390 Posted June 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Dave said: Now that I'm retired, I had my minis and my full sized medals remounted. They aren't in the regulation style (should be four-four-four) but I don't like the way that looks. UltraThin, who has mounted all of my medals for ages, said they'd be happy to do them in whatever configuration I wanted since I was retired. So...two rows of six each. I'm really pleased with how they came out. Looks great, I’m not up on current regulations but I thought that the Navy can you do six or seven wide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 2, 2021 Share #391 Posted June 2, 2021 34 minutes ago, Sweazy21 said: Looks great, I’m not up on current regulations but I thought that the Navy can you do six or seven wide? No, it's max five wide, which is why the twelve would be 4-4-4...and I'm not a fan of that. :) 50 minutes ago, Brig said: Dave, Looking good. I remember you mentioning doing them abnormally. Does the Navy do the stars horizontally on medals? I'm embarrassed to say I never noticed Yes. Marines do vertical, Navy does horizontal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 2, 2021 Share #392 Posted June 2, 2021 Here's what my "shadowbox" ended up looking like with the medals...might hang it in my cubicle at work. 🤣😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decwriter Posted June 2, 2021 Share #393 Posted June 2, 2021 Very nice Dave and congrats on your retirement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerialbridge Posted June 2, 2021 Share #394 Posted June 2, 2021 Ditto, Dave. And YS would approve of the 6 x 2. But he's also say you're too young to retire. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermanus Posted June 2, 2021 Share #395 Posted June 2, 2021 I bought these a while back. Dutch medals with an interesting US Bronze Star medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javelin4life Posted July 3, 2021 Share #396 Posted July 3, 2021 Swing mounted Spink & Son manufactured miniature bar attributed to Lt Gen Sir Alexander Hood MD, KCVO CBE FRCP FRCSE, RAMC, Director General of Army Medical Services from 1941-48 and Governor of Bermuda from 1949-55. His LoM Commander was awarded for services rendered between 1942-45, being the essential reason why US troops had access to British medical supplies, staff, and facilities when they were initially short handed. He also had a vital role in helping establish the US Army Medical Service. His story is quite detailed and I will make a separate post dedicated to this bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted July 4, 2021 Share #397 Posted July 4, 2021 Love these last two...always interesting to see US awards on foreign bars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suwanneetrader Posted July 15, 2021 Share #398 Posted July 15, 2021 I'm restoring a USMC Dress Mess uniform I need a rack of Miniature Medals (Modern Day Mfg OK) See photo of ones Family Kept. Thanks Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted July 16, 2021 Share #399 Posted July 16, 2021 What's wrong with the ones you've got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suwanneetrader Posted July 17, 2021 Share #400 Posted July 17, 2021 In my previous post #401 I said "See photo of ones Family Kept. " Guess you missed it Ha Ha I do that all the time. No Problem Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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