Mike Serpa Posted August 21, 2017 Share #1 Posted August 21, 2017 Need help with some of these ribbons. I'm not familiar with the rosettes on the ribbons and the curly addition on the bottom row. Can someone please explain? Thanks! http://www.af.mil/AboutUs/Biographies/Display/tabid/225/Article/107225/general-james-harold-doolittle.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermanus Posted August 21, 2017 Share #2 Posted August 21, 2017 If you check his Wikipedia page you'll get a good idea. Cheers Herman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Serpa Posted August 22, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted August 22, 2017 If you check his Wikipedia page you'll get a good idea. Cheers Herman I did check his Wikipedia page. I found no information about rosettes or the curly thing. It's possible the information is there and I missed it. Thanks. Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniformcollector Posted August 22, 2017 Share #4 Posted August 22, 2017 All of the ribbons with rosettes are foreign awards and the "curly thing" is the French Croix de Guerre. Here is a photo of one of the General's uniforms in color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lettow Posted August 22, 2017 Share #5 Posted August 22, 2017 The bronze palm on the Croix de Guerre indicates it was issued at Army level or above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Serpa Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted August 25, 2017 Thanks all for your comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan H. Posted September 4, 2017 Share #7 Posted September 4, 2017 I'm going to list the ribbons off of the colored photo from Uniformcollector. The green ribbon is the Order of the Condor of the Andes officer grade from Bolivia. The red wibbon with the white stripes and the rosette on top of the silver tress is the Polish order of the Polonia Restituta knight grade. The white ribbon with the two dark stripes is not one that I can identify. THe red ribbon with the rosette on the silver tress is that of the French Legion of Honor. Wiki lists Doolittle as having received the grand cross of this order. The next ribbon if the French Croix de Guerre with palm. The last ribbon is the British Order of the Bath.Doolittle is also listed as having received the Belgian Croix de Guerre, the Order of Abdon Calderon from Ecuador, the Order of Ouissam Alaouite from Morocco, and the Medal of the Armed Forces from the Republic of China, but none of the ribbon designs match the unidentified ribbon on the bottom row. Maybe someone else can step in and ID it for us. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Serpa Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share #8 Posted September 16, 2017 I'm going to list the ribbons off of the colored photo from Uniformcollector. The green ribbon is the Order of the Condor of the Andes officer grade from Bolivia. The red wibbon with the white stripes and the rosette on top of the silver tress is the Polish order of the Polonia Restituta knight grade. The white ribbon with the two dark stripes is not one that I can identify. THe red ribbon with the rosette on the silver tress is that of the French Legion of Honor. Wiki lists Doolittle as having received the grand cross of this order. The next ribbon if the French Croix de Guerre with palm. The last ribbon is the British Order of the Bath. Doolittle is also listed as having received the Belgian Croix de Guerre, the Order of Abdon Calderon from Ecuador, the Order of Ouissam Alaouite from Morocco, and the Medal of the Armed Forces from the Republic of China, but none of the ribbon designs match the unidentified ribbon on the bottom row. Maybe someone else can step in and ID it for us. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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