@anon9987823 all the information you want is below. Enjoy.
World War 2
The Star is the 1939-1945 Star issued a to all British and Commonwealth Service personnel.
The Blue and Red Ribboned Medal is the War Medal issued to all Service men and Merchant Navy for 28 days or more of continued service between 1939-1945.
The Green and Orange medal is the Defence Medal usually issued to non-military personal between 1939-1945, however military personnel could be awarded if they attained one or more campaign stars like your Star.
World War 1
The red, white and blue ribbon on its own is the WW1 Service Medal ribbon which should be attached to a star with large crossed swords through it.
The medal with the Horse is the British War Medal.
The Gold coloured medal is the Victory Medal.
All these medals can easily have there ribbons replaced via medal outlets or ebay very cheaply but will add to their provenance and beauty.
Coin
The last one threw me a bit as it isnt actually a medal of any kind let alone a campaign medal. It is a Thaler, to be precise it is the Maria Theresa thaler
Which is a Austrian silver bullion coin dated 1780.
If its an original and in very good condition its worth in excess of £2000, however they have so many variants and conditions. Yours has an edge loop but this is not for a ribbon its for a necklace as over the years as the value diminished as a currency in trade they were used for other forms such as jewellery.
Ethiopians commonly turned them from coins to medallions for some reason, and you can visibly see the edge burns where the loop has been fused to the medallion.
The Home Office have already decided that eligibility for this medal will follow the same pattern as the QGJM & QDJM. Although one of the specific clauses is ‘serving members of the Armed Forces’ we know that prior to the CFC et al, SNCO\WO’s ATC were eligible to receive previous medals so I can’t see any reason why CFAV’s of all flavours would miss out this time around.
WRT the letter of entitlement, Para 9, point B has changed to 2 year maximum. It used to be from the age of 18 and as a result I got 4 years cadet service added to my ‘adult service’.
I wear my 1s so little it would never be seen and unlike other medals doesn’t show any sort of achievement just being “in service” on set dates to align with the Jubilee’s
I’m not worried one way or the other. Medals given out because a monarch has reached another landmark … like a broken pencil. Spend the money on something else and if people want them let them pay for them. Medals should be for doing something, not part of the everyone gets a prize mindset.
Of all the things happening or more so not happening, this isn’t even on the list. Nothing to with VoV. This idea has been kicking around for a few years and as yet they’ve made no effort to do or give us anything tangible.
I don’t think we should worry if we’ve ticked the 5 year box we’ll get one. Mine will go in the drawer with the others. The only one I’ve bothered with is the CFM as at least to some point I’ve earned it by putting ip with HQAC’s attempts to wreck the organisation it heads, but having to apply for clasps is just bloody annoying, I’ve got two and should have got the third last year, but I’m not applying as they should know when to give it to me.
Out of interest, how is over 18 service validated? Is there a need to produce a 3822? I can’t imagine HQAC retain records of cadet service for more than a few years. I’d be eligible for the CFM in two years if I include over 18 time as a cadet, but my 3822 was lost moons ago in a house move.
Maybe now it’s electronic recording “HQAC” will know, unless cadet records are deleted. If you are speaking pre SMS then you’d need a 3822 that has been signed off properly. I have cadets bring uniform back, but no 3822 and we don’t see them again.
Many moons ago you could be a CWO at 18 up until the age of 22 and this needed to be actioned by HQAC. There was no Bader then so it was all probably recorded on a spread sheet.
Now, everything is recorded on Bader so they should have a record of your service etc on there.
Pre 2003 and not until very recently a signed off 3822 would be the only way to ascertain any sort of cadet history.
I very much doubt HQAC or Wing for that matter would have a record of CWO Smith ageing out at 22 let alone when they became a CWO, pre-electronic record keeping.
I tried all the way to the top when I was researching the sqn history and you got a sense of tumbleweed blowing across the void. I was lucky there were a few old boys and girls who could provide info and a local rag micro fiche at the library. The actual organisation we are part of less than useless.
If you know someone looking to prove they did or was this or that as a cadet from say pre-2015 to get a CFM, if they ain’t got a 3822 as I say signed off, I doubt they’ll get very far.
It is on sharepoint. In traditional HQ fashion they have hidden it by giving it their own internal name… If you grab the current “Pers Form 1-12” that is actually MOD Form 002250
Others have said that too. It works for me however. I’m using Acrobat Pro version 10, which is about 6 years out of support. I would have expected that the newest versions of adobe reader should have no trouble. I wonder what the cause is.
From the page with the error message, click the ‘Download’ button and either open it with Adobe Reader, or save it to your desktop, right click it and use the “Open With” … Adobe Reader function.
