Bos/Kos gongs no longer allowed to be worn??
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Bos/Kos gongs no longer allowed to be worn??
A mate has just been told that we are no longer allowed to wear Bosnia and Kosovo NATO medals and the tailors are in the process of removing his from his best bib n tucker !! Apparently there is a signal out stating that they are no longer de rigeur? Why 
Has anyone else come across this one? If so, the system can pay for mine to be unmounted and reimburse me for having them mounted in the first place
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Ginge
Has anyone else come across this one? If so, the system can pay for mine to be unmounted and reimburse me for having them mounted in the first place
Rgds
Ginge
A mate of my mate has also been told by a man in the pub that you can wear the NATO Afghanistan medal alongside the OSM. He thinks he's almost sure that the bloke in the pub said that you can also wear those ones you buy from the Danbury Mint as well, and just after last orders I think he's sure he said that they're compulsory. That's even more tailoring jiggery pokery to be worrying about! What a spinning bow tie extravaganza eh?
Seriously, no I've not heard that. I'm sure it's not true.
Seriously, no I've not heard that. I'm sure it's not true.
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I'm certainly not trying to wind anyone up !!
He is contemplating returning to stores to retrieve his jacket. Tailor showed him a signal stating the Former Yugoslavia and Kosovo ribbons are to be removed.
So, unless the tailor is wrong or he misread the signal ???
I was hoping that you, my learned colleagues, would tell me they are wrong?
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He is contemplating returning to stores to retrieve his jacket. Tailor showed him a signal stating the Former Yugoslavia and Kosovo ribbons are to be removed.
So, unless the tailor is wrong or he misread the signal ???
I was hoping that you, my learned colleagues, would tell me they are wrong?
Ginge
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Do get a JPA bar for your GSM or is it a special medal?
Am I right in the assumption that if you have more than 6 medals you can't parade.
Before I left the RAF in '79 my GSM (NI) ribbon was quiet a novelty. There had not been any areas of conflict for many years and the number of RAF serving in the province was relatively small. With the Balkans, Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts in recent times there must be lot more of them about, but that does not dilute their value. I have come to the conclusion that campaign medals are a sign of political failure and governments should be ashamed that the award of these medals ever happens.
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A Work friend was told the same today, and the tailors are taking his off.
Apparently the signal went out a while ago stating that unless you have express written permission from a suitable adult (V. Senior Officer) then they are not to be worn.
Seems a shame to me!
Apparently the signal went out a while ago stating that unless you have express written permission from a suitable adult (V. Senior Officer) then they are not to be worn.
Seems a shame to me!
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Just checked my grandfather's medals. He had a GSM with Iraq and Kurdistan bars!
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As an outsider I'm shocked at this. You guys work hard for these medals and why should you not be allowed to wear them.
Next the goverment will collect the metal bits and melt them down to recoup some of their expences they are paying back.
Next the goverment will collect the metal bits and melt them down to recoup some of their expences they are paying back.
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WTF?
before my blood pressure raises, please can someone check the signal and inform the masses of any reason why this is the case? I don't like getting spun-up about something before knowing the facts but i cannot understand why medals which were earned are being removed from dress uniform.
Am i anti-royal if i said the golden jubilee chocolate coin should be a better candidate for removal? - hey everyone I joined before 1997 and the queen has had her job for quite a while.
Am i anti-royal if i said the golden jubilee chocolate coin should be a better candidate for removal? - hey everyone I joined before 1997 and the queen has had her job for quite a while.
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This is a windup right?
Just recently had my little row of well earned gongs crown mounted (along with the Jubilee which I got for erm..........
); would be a tad annoying to know I shouldn't have paid extra for my Bosnian mine avoidance Medal ......
Does that mean they'll wait 10 years and then bin my family avoidance desert additions also?
Just recently had my little row of well earned gongs crown mounted (along with the Jubilee which I got for erm..........
); would be a tad annoying to know I shouldn't have paid extra for my Bosnian mine avoidance Medal ......Does that mean they'll wait 10 years and then bin my family avoidance desert additions also?
Not a windup, but wrong, a misunderstanding of the fact that the NATO Medals Former Yugoslavia and Kosovo are no longer available to new recipients. The word "withdrawn" appears to have been misunderstood.
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Surely DCIs are the authority for the the receipt and wear of medals. So whatever the signal said it should be followed up by a DCI. This would explain the situation as whether permission to receive and or wear has been rescinded. Normally further receipts may be curtailed but previous recipients continue to enjoy the rules as they were when permission was first granted. It normally takes a declaration of war against the issuing country for these medals to be rescinded in toto, an unlikely situation with the UN - the issuing authority.