Originally Posted by Haraka
Long Service and Good Conduct medals were, at that time, solely the prerogative of S.N.C.O's. some of whom took them down on being commissioned, for reasons that I still have issues with.
We had a flt lt at a certain Area Radar Unit who had a couple of WW2 service medals (NDM and Victory?). He was teased about his apparent age, as his skin colour and dark curly hair gave no such indication. He removed the ribbons and never was seen wearing them again. Nickname was "G***t Noir" to avoid confusion with his pale-skinned colleague with the same surname who was called G**** Blanc".
I suspect I was not the only one who felt a subsequent twinge of guilt about the teasing.
