philippine medals - philippine army, philippine constabulary, philippine state decorations

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thank you argonaut for the eloquent discourse on the insular and commonwealth mov. i hope many will now be aware of these rare medals. we will be looking forward to the OMSA article.

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here is something i brought a few years back

[MDR75]

Here is a Philippine Constabulary World War 1 Victory Medal that I found on line. If only I had the ready cash.....

 

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Mike

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I have to check my photos. I served at Fort Wainwright and we had "Skinny's" uniform on display in 1/25 SBCT HQ. Have to see if his medals were in the display case or just the ribbon was on his dress uniform.

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Are these Philippine Constabulary patches?

 

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I have to check my photos. I served at Fort Wainwright and we had "Skinny's" uniform on display in 1/25 SBCT HQ. Have to see if his medals were in the display case or just the ribbon was on his dress uniform.

It is only his uniform with a great set of his ribbons placed on them. I'll post a pic I took.

4starchris

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Here is the uniform we were talking about.

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Thanks Chris. It was going to take me about 2 hours to go through my Alaska photos =)

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Whoa, $3000 for a philippine constabulary world war 1 medal? And to think I was planning to sell my whole philippine constabulary medals group (with provenance) that include the same p.c. world war 1 medal, long service medal and the rare and elusive Luzon and visayan campaign medals, together with the expert badges, hat pin and collar pins for a lot less. I might as well hold on to those medals.

 

The patches are indeed philippine constabulary.

 

It would be better to see the actual medals of gen. Wainwright to solve that philippine medal of valor mystery. Thanks for showing the general's ribbons though. It is much appreciated.

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The patched are for the Philippine Military Academy and this design came into use in 1942 with minor adjustments in design from that period to present. With regard to the Philippine WWI Victory Medal, of the Victory Medals produced by different countries after the war, this one is considered one of the rarest of types and is a cross collectible in terms of interest from those of us who are Philippine collectors and those who just collect WWI victory medals.

 

The one for sale and MOV's are both the earlier first type, with other versions produced and sold into the 1930's. As to the price, if it can sell for that amount, more power for the seller, and I would be happy to sell one of mine for that price with an original ribbon. With that said, they are not easy to find, and rarely come up for sale with original/period ribbons.

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It's great seeing Wainwright's uniform and the ribbon bar and that he took pride in his Philippine Medal of Valor in that it was mounted only second to his MoH which makes sense, though it would be interesting to know whether by the period of this uniform, if would have been viewed as a non-US award. Given the circumstances, Wainwright should have been given any option he wanted.

 

As we have discussed, Philippine Medals of Valor are all scarce, and ribbon bars with the MoV ribbon equally rare. Here is an early sew-on wide ribbon bar with the MoV dating from the early 1930's.

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I have been collecting Philippine military medals for more than a dozen years now. Most of my collection are post WW2 up to the present. I am particularly fascinated however with the American occupation era of the Islands from 1903 to the 1930s. Military medals from this era are scare but once in a while they come up in the market.

The Philippine Medal of Valor (MOV) is the highest decoration for gallantry in combat in the country. It is the country's equivalent to the MOH. It traces its roots from the Philippine Constabulary MOV first established in 1903. Since then there has been 6 design variations of the medal. The type 5 and 6 (republic era mov) are relatively hard to acquire by a collector. The type 4 (commonwealth era mov) are extremely rare and are in the hands of private collectors the type 3,2 and 1 (Insular era mov) are rarer still. It is generally acknowledged that there are NO sample of the type 1 and 2 that are of existence. In fact Philippine medal expert Robert Reynolds, author of the OMSA monograph, Philippine Medals could only describe the type 1 MOV as a bar with the inscription "For Valor" and a shield attached to the bar with a "PC" monogram. Again he mentioned that there is no type 1 MOV sample that exist.

For reference purposes, a picture of Capt. Cary Crocket wearing the type 1 MOV awarded in 1903 is shown ( photo courtesy of Mr. J. Suarez)

A few months back, the rarest of the rare appeared in the market out of nowhere. Nobody recognized it except for two collectors who made serious bids.

Here finally is a sample of a type 1 MOV awarded to Col. Wallace Cadet Taylor of the Philippine Constabulary in 1905 against bandits in Jauna, Samar in the Philippines. The medal included a mimeograph copy of the original 1905 MOV citation and a copy of a letter written by Col. Taylor himself describing wounds he sustained and an account of the firefight which won him the award.

It is a once in a lifetime discovery considering that the Phil. MOV is " one of the rarest U.S. Authorized award for valor in the field" and very few people know about it save for a very select avid collector. Enjoy the pictures!

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Sorry for the redundant pictures. Here are the other pictures. Capt. Cary Crocket of the Phil. Constabulary force wearing a similar type 1 MOV awarded in 1903. Pictures of the front and back of the type 1 MOV awarded to Col. Wallace C. Taylor in 1905.

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Sorry for the redundant pictures. Here are the other pictures. Capt. Cary Crocket of the Phil. Constabulary force wearing a similar type 1 MOV awarded in 1903. Pictures of the front and back of the type 1 MOV awarded to Col. Wallace C. Taylor in 1905.

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Picture of 1905 MOV awardee Col. Wallace Taylor. I think he is wearing the MOV in this picture.

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WOW! Thanks for sharing this truly rare award. Id love to see a pic of the reverse.

 

Kurt

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General Jonathan Wainwright, hero of Bataan, today received the Philippine Medal for Valor in a ceremony at the Philippine Embassy. Ambassador Joaquin Elizalde presented the Medal on behalf of President Manuel Roxas of the Philippine Republic. Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson looks on, right. From: Beth Gore. From: Beth Gore.

Date(s)

May 1, 1947

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I think this maybe him getting his original Philippine Legion of Valor. Notice the cravat

 

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It looks like white stars on a Medal of Honor type V cravat as in your picture. Also not the ribbon bar already displays his MOH and MOV.

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