chief4af Posted September 14, 2021 Share #1 Posted September 14, 2021 Colonel Paul Raftery served in the CBI and France. These are his awards and decorations as well as his Colt M1908 380 (1945) normally a general officer's pistol, Colonel Raftery was issued this pistol because of his leadership role in Ordnance. This group was obtained directly from the family. You can't get a better find than that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriarChuck Posted September 15, 2021 Share #2 Posted September 15, 2021 Beautiful grouping. Any idea what the two French medals at the bottom were for? The cross is from a French retired Sub Officer (NCO?) organization. Also interesting that his ribbon bar bears the ribbon for the Cloud and Banner 7th class but the medal is for the Cloud and Banner 4th class. Friar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief4af Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted September 15, 2021 This is how I received the group from the son. The round medal I am thinking was from Belgium. My research on the bottom medal had it as a French medal. As for the Chinese medal my guess was the ribbon was the only one available. Most foreign medals on US ribbon bars are a hit or miss, once awarded there doesn't seem that a good supply is ever available. This is my take on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chief4af Posted September 15, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted September 15, 2021 Correction to previous post. The round medal appears to be a town medal from Angouleme France, not a Belgium medal as previously reported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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