Jtski Posted March 3, 2022 Share #876 Posted March 3, 2022 This ribbon bar belonged to Colonel Dale Shatzer, USMC. I have a portrait confirming same entitlement and a newspaper clipping giving some career details. Other bars to him showed a later entitlement to a Navy Commendation Medal as well. Always like the Legion of Merit with "V" as it really was held in esteem as a combat leadership award. Could not find a citation unfortunately. In between rows there is khaki cloth to match the uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted March 6, 2022 Share #877 Posted March 6, 2022 A few of my latest. First an embroidered Army ribbon group featuring the Bronze Star with gold, instead of bronze, "V" and two oak leaf clusters, and two nice Navy ribbon bars. Both sets have the ribbons sewn to the mounting bars, and unfortunately, the Good Conduct ribbon is missing two star devices. I'm patiently waiting for a more modern ribbon group to arrive. It should be here in just a few more days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted March 9, 2022 Share #878 Posted March 9, 2022 The GWOT Ultra-Thin set I referred to in my last post arrived this week. The Vietnam Air Medal set I've had for a while, but I hadn't gotten around to posting it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim T Posted April 7, 2022 Share #879 Posted April 7, 2022 My one and only. ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted April 11, 2022 Share #880 Posted April 11, 2022 My latest ribbon bar. Very nice bar to a career Navy officer, although the ribbons are a bit out of order. From left to right: WWI Victory w/ 1 battle star, Mexican Campaign, and American Defense Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4STARCHRIS Posted April 14, 2022 Share #881 Posted April 14, 2022 MG Spurgeon Neel Jr.- out of my collection Major General Major General Spurgeon Neel Jr., MD: was a Army physician who also pioneered the development of aeromedical evacuation, better or commonly known as “Dustoff” also became “MAST”or Military Assistance to Safety and Traffic. more recently known as “Life Flight” of battlefield casualties and critically injured civilian casualties during the Critical first hour in the civilian world. The general earned his medical degree at the University of Tennessee. He served as a commander of a medical unit in World War II. He served as a surgeon at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, 82d airborne from 1949-1951. In early 1949 was on a board that oversaw the early use of helicopters for medical evacuation. In 1951 he became the First graduate of the Air Force’s Aeromedical medicine School at Randolph AFB also in San Antonio. Now the Army has its own. Had over 5,000 recues at and around Fort Sam in San Antonio. His ribbon bar represents the following awards: Army Distinguished Service Medal with OLC Legion of Merit Medal w 3 OLC Bronze Star Medal w OLC Air Medal w 3 OLC Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal Purple Heart Medal American Defense Service Medal World War II Victory Medal World War II Occupation Medal Korean Service Medal w bronze star Vietnam Service Medal w 4 bronze stars Korean Service Medal w 1 bronze star Korea Order of Military Merit, Eulji Medal Vietnam National Order of Vietnam, 5th class Vietnam Army distinguished Service Order, 2d Class Vietnam Public Service Medal United Nations Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal w 1960 device Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted April 17, 2022 Share #882 Posted April 17, 2022 Just got a couple more custom groups. First up is a beautiful Army DSM / WWI Victory pair sewn to the mounting bar. The second set of ribbons I actually used to own, but had sold many years ago. I found it up on eBay and managed to get it back. It's pretty unique as it has both the Army & Navy Good Conduct Medal ribbons and the Philippine Defense Ribbon. I'm very glad I was able to get this one back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted April 20, 2022 Share #883 Posted April 20, 2022 This Coast Guard group just arrived today. Made by Leu's Handicraft in Taiwan, it features, among others, the CG Achievement Medal, CG Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon, CG Bicentennial Unit Award, two awards of the Humanitarian Service Medal, and the CG Special Operations Ribbon with 3 stars. Interestingly, it doesn't have the CG Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtski Posted May 9, 2022 Share #884 Posted May 9, 2022 A very nice quality modern set of ultra thin ribbons spaced nicely between khaki fabric. The quality of the attachments is exceptional, the C device not too common to see especially on a Joint Commendation, the individually spaced attachments looks so sharp in my opinion, well done USMC. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtski Posted May 27, 2022 Share #885 Posted May 27, 2022 An interesting combo with no personal awards and 3 Reserve-related ribbons. I was wondering if there would be some chance of matching a formation served with based on the 1 x PUC, 2 x NUC, and 2 campaigns on the Asiatic Pacific. Each row is a separate bar. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtski Posted August 5, 2022 Share #886 Posted August 5, 2022 A nice 1950s naval ribbon bar with black backing. Interesting style on the Navy Unit Commendation. I like the downward pointing stars that seem common with the navy, always wondered the significance of this, same as Navy MOH. Foreign Presidential Unit Citations correctly placed at the end before the regs were trained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jtski Posted September 14, 2022 Share #887 Posted September 14, 2022 An interesting combination that indicates Marine service in the Pacific and Army reserve for Korea and Vietnam. Looks like the Reserve Service Medal is out of place. I like the Loma Linda style mounting bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted November 4, 2022 Share #888 Posted November 4, 2022 My latest custom ribbon bar: WWI Victory w/ 1 battle star, Yangtze Service, and American Defense Service w/ clasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted January 29, 2023 Share #889 Posted January 29, 2023 Forgot to post this one. WWII USCG ribbon bar consisting of the CG Good Conduct, American Defense w/ clasp, and CG Rifle Expert ribbons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted January 31, 2023 Share #890 Posted January 31, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stony Posted February 2, 2023 Share #891 Posted February 2, 2023 Here are two custom ribbons with what looks to be a glass covering with golden edges turned up. Anyone seen these before? They look too clear to be plexiglas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brig Posted February 4, 2023 Share #892 Posted February 4, 2023 I've seen them before. They're occupation German-made in what I believe is lucite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted February 9, 2023 Share #893 Posted February 9, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 8:15 PM, ItemCo16527 said: I forgot to post an update to this one. I was actually able to identify the officer who wore these very ribbons. Just by dumb luck, I found him by Googling a rank and a couple of the awards in the group, and he wound up being the very first result that came up. I even found a couple of pictures of him wearing what I believe are these very ribbons. Obviously, for privacy reasons, I cannot post his name, but I cannot believe I was able to ID this set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted March 9, 2023 Share #894 Posted March 9, 2023 For your consideration, I present to you a nice two-service veteran's ribbon group which just arrived today. As soon as I saw it had ribbons from both the USMC and USCG, I jumped on it. Not only that, but it was made by Leu's so I knew it would be top quality. The only flaw is the star device fell off the National Defense ribbon at some point. This veteran appears to have served several years in the Marines, earning the MC Good Conduct Medal, MC Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 star, and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal w/ 1 Star. Then, from the Coast Guard, he received the Commandant's Letter of Commendation Ribbon w/ "O" device, the CG Meritorious Unit Commendation w/ "O" device, the CG Reserve Medal w/ 1 star, et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easterneagle87 Posted March 10, 2023 Share #895 Posted March 10, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 5:27 PM, ItemCo16527 said: I forgot to post an update to this one. I was actually able to identify the officer who wore these very ribbons. Just by dumb luck, I found him by Googling a rank and a couple of the awards in the group, and he wound up being the very first result that came up. I even found a couple of pictures of him wearing what I believe are these very ribbons. Obviously, for privacy reasons, I cannot post his name, but I cannot believe I was able to ID this set! Pretty awesome career. Enlisted to officer. Old Guard, Special Forces and some interesting foreign awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted March 10, 2023 Share #896 Posted March 10, 2023 1 hour ago, easterneagle87 said: Pretty awesome career. Enlisted to officer. Old Guard, Special Forces and some interesting foreign awards. Of all the attributed items I've had in my collection over the years, his ribbon group led me to one of the most amazing careers I've ever seen. He's actually entitled to one more medal: the Legion of Merit. He spent 43 years in uniform by the time he retired as a Colonel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted March 10, 2023 Share #897 Posted March 10, 2023 I just got this unusual bar today. Even though it probably belonged to a foreign officer, I'm including it in this thread since it does include the U.S. Legion of Merit sandwiched between the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau (Knight) and the Military Order of Italy (Commander). It's such an interesting combination of awards I thought others may want to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermanus Posted March 11, 2023 Share #898 Posted March 11, 2023 Nice bar Regards Herman 9 hours ago, ItemCo16527 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItemCo16527 Posted March 11, 2023 Share #899 Posted March 11, 2023 8 hours ago, Hermanus said: Nice bar Regards Herman Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweazy21 Posted March 14, 2023 Share #900 Posted March 14, 2023 Not attributed, but thought id share ribbon set i got a little while back. Added medal just for display. Expeditionary, Cuban Pacification Victory, Haitian, 2nd Nicaraguan American Defense, EAME, Haitian Order of Honour and Merit Expeditionary is missing a star and the Haitian order is missing its rosette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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