More Medals/Bar!

[Wensleydale]

Had the privilege a couple of years ago of visiting the Royal Mint in Wales

The Hole with a Mint in it!?

[Tankertrashnav]

P-N That would be a great idea, telling a French firm they could have the contract for OBEs etc if they produced a Waterloo commemorative first.

Sacre bleu!

[TwoTunnels]

Op NEWCOMBE

I think it must have been the Royal Navy who set the criteria for the Op NEWCOMBE medal (GSM) as none of the aircrew (from a particular unit) who flew missions over Mali in 2013 qualify. Whereas if you were somewhere in the Atlantic you did.

[Pontius Navigator]

TTN, and a Trafalgar out of the iron from the cannon balls . . .

[mmitch]

In an article in the 'Mail' a British medal maker complained that although the British government put out to open tender (as required by EU rules) he had never seen one from the French. Where have I heard that one before?
mmitch.

[Tankertrashnav]

Originally Posted by mmitch

In an article in the 'Mail' a British medal maker complained that although the British government put out to open tender (as required by EU rules) he had never seen one from the French. Where have I heard that one before?
mmitch.

The tender documents are kept in the bottom drawer of a filing cabinet in the basement of the municipal building in Clochemerle sur Seine, behind the door with a sign reading "Attention au leopard". There is no excuse for not bothering to find the correct documents.

(Acknowledgements to the late Douglas Adams )

[BlackadderIA]

Originally Posted by TwoTunnels

I think it must have been the Royal Navy who set the criteria for the Op NEWCOMBE medal (GSM) as none of the aircrew (from a particular unit) who flew missions over Mali in 2013 qualify. Whereas if you were somewhere in the Atlantic you did.

That's been fixed in the latest DIN. Qualification is now 45 days continuous, 60 days cumulative or a single flight for aircrew.

[Melchett01]

Originally Posted by BlackadderIA

That's been fixed in the latest DIN. Qualification is now 45 days continuous, 60 days cumulative or a single flight for aircrew.

Is 45 days the new 30 days?