Christi,
Welcome, indeed, to the G. I got my uncles WWll medals, and bought the neat little plastic-thingie that they mount onto. Tom put you onto a site that does the same thing.
The plastic thing is the perfect medium through wuich to mount the rbbons. The medals are easy enough themselves.
FGll's right, there IS a protocol that is necessary for mounting the ribbons/medals. Don't forget the little stars that are affixed to the battle medals, denoting how many major battles he was in, or how many times he was awarded a particular medal.
In my uncles case, we had, for the uniform, to deal with the Sharpshooter badge, the combat infrantyman's badge and the expert infantryman's badge, apart from the actual ribbons.
He had a chestful, considering he was a staff sergeant. Silver Star with 2 stars, a bronze star, Purple heart with 2 stars. He served in 3 major battles in the European theater, then there were the good conduct ribbons, along with the usual.
There are others to consider, should you want to. The 'ruptured duck' that denotes you were discharged, and, if you like, the patches denoting which army/division, etc he served in, along with his rank insignia.
One thing to remember, if you want to really do it up right, find out where, or IF he was reassigned during/after the war. You have the 'army of occupation, the army of liberation', etc.
If you wanna do 'em all, and you wanna do 'em right, it takes a bit of studying to get it all.
[ 04-22-2003, 05:34 AM: Message edited by: CharlesLowry. ]
