There were no problems about medals from those of WW2 vintage. In about 1964 a new station commander arrived at RAF Honington; then home to 55, 57 and 90 Squadron. The messes and crew rooms, both air and ground, were carpeted with blokes with chestfulls of gongs mostly earned with Bomber Command. The Group Captain had none, he had joined after the war. Nobody worried and he was a first class station commander.