Anyone know what this means?

I bought this small "Thing" that i thought was a ribbon until i also bought a uniform and on the side it had the exact same marks as the "ribbon" can anyone help me shed some light on this?

 

British uniform? If so, that is a ribbon for the Order of Merit.

 

No, it is most likely norwegian, but i am not sure, i bought it at a norwegian army sale.

 

Where is the strip- on the arm? If so, it could be an arm of service strip for the Royal Artillery. These were normally worn under the divisional insignia. All British regiments had their own strips in their regimental colours.
If the jacket's Norwegian, it could be an attempt to copy British insignia postwar.

 

The norwegian army used alot of english and american ww2 equimpment after the war.

 

I KNOW that this is totally way off base but, thats also the exact ribbon colors to the US Merchant Marines medal for war wounded. The award I am speaking about is a Medal that the Merchant Marines awarded to their men who were wounded in battle. My Grandfather was awarded one of these and the medal itself is called the: Merchant Mariners Medal. No-im NOT saying yours represents my Grandfathers Medal, just pointing out that the ribbon colors are exactly the same as on the Mariners Medal. BTW, Mariners Medals are much more scarce than a Knights Cross-approx 5,000++ were awarded during WWII.

 

Cant get back in to edit but, IF it means anything? the Grandfather I spoke above who got that Mariners Medal-well, he's 100% Norwegian ;-))

 

Hmm, so you are part norwegian eh?

 

Yepper ;-)) as well as part Cherokee Indian, Irish and Welsh.

 

I think it is a symbol of the alliances

 

Hmm, so do you guys think the uniform is from ww2 or is it postwar, or do you need more picture?

 

Ya got me there. I don't know anything about American stuff.

 

So, that means you like to eat buffalo, corned beef, leeks and walrus eh....

 

Hi A/ I've never tried any of the above but, Buffalo meat is much more leaner than Beef is and much healthier-which is why you never see overweight "Injuns". ;-)) I would like to try some if I can ever get any locally?

I take it back, I have tried Corned Beef, but the last time I can recall ever having it, I was maybe 6-7 years old. Don't know if I would ever try Walrus though-nor Whale-for that matter ;-))

 

Carl I'm guessing you don't see too many Casino "injuns" nowadays, hahaha. The good life!! Buffalo is most delicious. My cousin's fiancee owns a buffalo ranch and last year he gave me a bunch of burger, steaks, and roasts. Holy cow (no pun!) is buffalo steak good...wrapped in bacon it's like edible awesome.

 

Hi Luke, heh heh, not down this far in Tejas. I bet quite a few must be in Oklahoma though ;-)) I think about a year or so ago, they had actually been considering passing a law that would allow Casinos to be operated in Texas. It was defeated though. The closest thing Texas has to a real Casino-is an old cargo ship that was revamped and made into a floating Casino-called: The Texas Treasure. All you do is pay I think $25.00 to board it, and they sail to International Waters-and then you can start playing the One-armed-bandits and do some actual gambling.

You also get a free meal with your paid trip. A friend and I went onetime, he spent maybe $10.00 worth of Quarters in the slots-won about $400.00. I spent $20.00 and came back with nothing-which is my luck and why I rarely play the lottery ;-)

PS, the free meal was barely edible and tasteless.

The things I enjoyed about the 4 hour boat trip was the live entertainment we got-magic acts, song and dance stuff, some comedian doing their spiels, and some Gent who played the Piano most excellently. What shocked me about this not that it mattered, wa sthat almost all of that ships crew were from various parts of Europe and Asia. I met three really pretty looking Waitresses who were from St. Petersburg, Russia, and a Gent who was from Stalingrad-now Volgograd.

As I don't care much for the taste of most spirits, I had the Bartender make me a Roy Rogers-and he put extra Cherry Syrup in it which was actually very good ;-))