US WW2 Ribbon Bar question

Hi there

I'm new to militaria so am hoping someone can help with this question. Ribbon bars I see on some US WW2 uniforms are made up of diffent size ribbons and I am curious as to whether they are all WW2 period.

For example this ribbon bar has 3 ribbons smaller than the rest. Are they all period pieces or possibly post war manufacture?

Thank you
Fatbot

 

Good Job Lou!!!

Early in the War the Navy and Marine Corps, Officers, had "wider" ribbons on their "Tropical" and "White" uniforms. I am not sure if the Army did the same or not.

Welcome to the Board and post more pics when you get the chance.

 

i am new to all of this and i have a ribbon/bar almost identical to the one on the bottom of this picture except the right side ribbons are a little different colors and it has 2 stars on it...the rest of the ribbon, the left side and middle are identical to the colors in this piture...could you explain to me wh it all means and how old it is bc i am not savy to any of this. thanks! Cindi

 

If it looks like this with two little stars it's the Asiatic-Pacific Campagne ribbon. Means he/she was in the pacific theater and was involves in two campaigns/battles. But as mentioned, a picture would be helpful.

 

If I recall correctly, ribbons that came with the medal in the presentation box were bigger than campaign ribbons. May be due to the fact that most medals were awarded then presented much later, after the war in many cases, because of the crunch for materials. The campaign ribbons were more mass produced and I've found variances in sizes from one to the next of even the same ribbons.