Medal & Ribbon Groups to Multi-Service Veterans

[ItemCo16527]

Please post what medal and/or ribbon groups you have to people who served in two or more branches. Below are the six groups I currently have. They range from WWII up to the 1980s and features all five branches in existence during this time period, including four different Good Conduct Medals.

 

[ItemCo16527]

Bump for those who may have missed this post :)

[Brig]

Cool idea for a topic, I'll have to dig out some of my USMC mounts from multi-service vets

[Jimnz]

Like the ribbon bars...interesting the USAF Reserve MSM  had a different order of wear then.

[ItemCo16527]

8 hours ago, Jimnz said:

Like the ribbon bars...interesting the USAF Reserve MSM  had a different order of wear then.

I tried finding out if there ever was a change in the order of precedence for that one, but I couldn't find anything.

[ItemCo16527]

On 10/16/2024 at 8:39 PM, Brig said:

Cool idea for a topic, I'll have to dig out some of my USMC mounts from multi-service vets

Thanks, Brig! I'm looking forward to seeing what you have :)

[ItemCo16527]

I updated this group to include an embroidered set of ribbons to a USCG/USAF veteran. This has been a fun side project for me since you see an interesting variety of awards. Please feel free to post your medals and ribbon bars to multi-service veterans 😊

[jmpmstr]

Great threat and very interesting to see the multi service dynamic showcased. 

[ItemCo16527]

Thanks for posting! That is a really interesting grouping. Not only the medal combination, the the number of different clasps and devices on this bar is really intriguing. I bet he had some stories to tell!

[atb]

11 hours ago, jmpmstr said:

Great threat and very interesting to see the multi service dynamic showcased. 

I wonder what happened to any WW2 theater and victory medals or the Korean Service Medal?

[ItemCo16527]

Up until the 60s, members of the Navy could only wear a maximum of 5 medals, so you sometimes see weird combinations of medals.

[ItemCo16527]

Forgot to post this mini-medal bar when I got it a few weeks back. Navy/AF veteran.

[collectsmedals]

Ribbon bar and Submarine Combat Patrol badge to Frederick Laurence Nadeau Jr. 

 

He was a World War II submariner assigned to the USS Queenfish SS-393, on which he made five combat patrols in the Pacific Theater. He was mentioned in the book "Return from the River Kwai" for his actions in rescuing survivors of a torpedoed Japanese ship carrying prisoners of war. He served three years in the Navy and then 18 years in the Air National Guard stationed in Bangor, Maine.

This is part of a much larger group in my collection, which includes his blue navy uniform, many documents, and a copy of the book he is mentioned in.

[Adam R]

This is the medal group of Merritt Daniel Booth. His service included time in the Revenue Cutter Service (and later the Coast Guard), the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the PA National Guard and the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve. He managed to receive less than honorable discharges from the Army (1908), Navy (1925) and Marine Corps (1910). But he did receive a USMC good cookie for his 1920-22 enlistment.

 

Booth served in the Army of Cuban Pacification, but due to being discharged Without Honor, he was ineligible for the medal. The one in group was apparently self awarded, as was the Italian medal. All the other medals in his group were legitimately awarded to him.

 

In addition to being a bigamist, he was charged with cashing government checks that were made out to another wife who was deceased. (His seventh, and last marriage was in 1936.)

 

He crafted many tall tales about his WWI service, which were printed in various newspapers and books, but were easily debunked when compared with his official service papers.