easterneagle87 Posted December 23, 2022 Share #1 Posted December 23, 2022 I thought I'd start a topic and see what came from it. I'm a fan of US service members being awarded medals from their sister services. AND .. There have been separate posts of other nations being presented US medals. We've seen Netherlands, UK, France racks with US awards. How about some pictures of Foreign nations wearing US awards. Here is one from the US Militaria Form of French Brigadier General Jean-Pierre Fagué, currently serving as the Deputy Commanding General - Readiness of the United States 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia, wearing a US Army Commendation on his rack. Bottom left in the photo. Link to comment
easterneagle87 Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted December 23, 2022 Expanding on this thread. Here are some "re-captured images of US awards on Dutch/Netherlands ribbon bars from the Dutch medals and orders page. Link to comment
Brig Posted December 24, 2022 Share #3 Posted December 24, 2022 Always been interested in this topic. We see foreign awards on US stacks all the time in the hobby, but much less the other way around. Here are a few... Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal as worn by a Norwegian recipient... Afghanistan Campaign Medal being worn by the head of Norwegian Special Forces, Torgeir Gråtrud... Sven Harald Halvorsen wearing the Army Commendation Medal awarded for the attack on MFO HQ in Sinai, Egypt in 2012 A German award bar with Joint Service Achievement Medal Link to comment
easterneagle87 Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted December 24, 2022 AWESOME!!! Great to see these! Thanks! Link to comment
ScottG Posted December 25, 2022 Share #5 Posted December 25, 2022 Well, I couldn't find a photo of him wearing the medal, but here is a newspaper clipping of the awarding of it and a photo of him earning it. CPL Leslie "Bull" Allen 2/5 Infantry Battalion, Australian Army in New Guinea. Allen received the Silver Star for carrying at least 12 wounded US troops down from Mount Tambu. It is the highest award for valor the US can bestow on a foreign national. Scott https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56377324 https://images.app.goo.gl/2JVjFL8cuQ79Cd8QA Link to comment
Brig Posted December 27, 2022 Share #6 Posted December 27, 2022 Decent list of foreign recipients of US valor awards and unit citations here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-U.S._recipients_of_U.S._gallantry_awards Link to comment
Brig Posted December 28, 2022 Share #7 Posted December 28, 2022 Very interesting bar with a US Legion of Merit awarded to a former enemy soldier, worn at the end of his rack of 1957 regulation ribbons...I've seen a few occasions over the years of the LOM being awarded to former Wehrmacht troops and it's always interesting to see that once upon a time we were able to reconcile with our enemies when hostilities ended Link to comment
Hermann Posted January 3, 2023 Share #8 Posted January 3, 2023 The medals of Dutch Major-General Christan, who commanded the Dutch Korea batalion in 1952. Link to comment
Brig Posted January 15, 2023 Share #9 Posted January 15, 2023 Meritorious Service Medal awarded 6 Jan 2023 to Colonel Rikiya Kondo (Ret) of the Japanese Defense Force Link to comment
Brig Posted February 7, 2023 Share #10 Posted February 7, 2023 A few that were posted over on GMIC with US awards on the bars... Link to comment
easterneagle87 Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share #11 Posted December 18, 2023 Cruising YouTube and came across this Post WW2 video. this Russian officer caught my eye. US DSC and LOM! He is also wearing the Hero of the Soviet Union. I'm sure he's ID'able - so who is he? Link to comment
Gunner87 Posted December 19, 2023 Share #12 Posted December 19, 2023 23 hours ago, easterneagle87 said: Cruising YouTube and came across this Post WW2 video. this Russian officer caught my eye. US DSC and LOM! He is also wearing the Hero of the Soviet Union. I'm sure he's ID'able - so who is he? Hi easterneagle. This is Colonel General Gleb Vladimirovich Baklanov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleb_Baklanov regards Gunner Link to comment
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