tsahal Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 2 questions please.. naming the ww1 medals is much more respectful for the soldiers, why only great britain did it? altough it was an ants work to name millions of medals why all the allied didnt do it? too bad the ww2 medals was not named.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Irrelevant to your posting I know, but Great Britain is is one proper noun that really does deserve capitals. Irrelevantly David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Just a moment, didn't all the commonwealth countries name their WW1 medals???? Not just Great Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsahal Posted 16 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2013 david im sorry..i should wrote GREAT BRITAIN? foreigngong you are right i mean italy, us, greece etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul@bolton Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 i don't think tsahal believes in capital letters but it doesn't really matter does it? after all, their non-use doesn't result in confusion, does it... p.s. by 'us', do you mean you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Probably means United States of America......you know, those ex-colonials who spell idiosyncratically. Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 david im sorry..i should wrote GREAT BRITAIN? foreigngong you are right i mean italy, us, greece etc.. Brilliant ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 2 questions please.. naming the ww1 medals is much more respectful for the soldiers, why only great britain did it? altough it was an ants work to name millions of medals why all the allied didnt do it? too bad the ww2 medals was not named.. tsahal, All the Allies, in fact most countries, name their medals and awards. There is a Thread on this Forum - Great War Medals - dated January 22, 2012, that Thread shows most of the awards and medals from Great Britain and the Allies, and you will see that every award has a name. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corisande Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 The medals were not issued by Great Britain but were issued by the United Kingdom of "Great Britain and Ireland" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsahal Posted 16 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2013 us=USA..:-) , i need to improve my english and nuances before i get into troubles... LF thank you for the link but still, ive seen just few awards , maybe 2 or 3 that came with the mens medal, on the COMMONWEALTH medals the naming is forever , when i hold a ww1 medal with the soldiers name engraved on it the feeling is different, i know for sure that the man himself touched the medal, and i ask myself who\where\why\..did he get killed or survive?? you propably know what i mean... the other allied medals without the naming lost the soldier identity in the moment it was separated from him.. whoever decided to name the COMMONWEALTH medals should be honored for ever.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 us=USA..:-) , i need to improve my english and nuances before i get into troubles... LF thank you for the link but still, ive seen just few awards , maybe 2 or 3 that came with the mens medal, on the COMMONWEALTH medals the naming is forever , when i hold a ww1 medal with the soldiers name engraved on it the feeling is different, i know for sure that the man himself touched the medal, and i ask myself who\where\why\..did he get killed or survive?? you propably know what i mean... the other allied medals without the naming lost the soldier identity in the moment it was separated from him.. whoever decided to name the COMMONWEALTH medals should be honored for ever.. Now I understand, when you refer to the medal being named, you are referring to the name of the recipient being engraved on the medal ? For British awards and those awarded to recipients from the then British Dominions, not all the awards were in fact named to the recipient, in fact just a few. Some important awards such as the Military Cross ( M.C. ), and the Distinguished Service Order ( D.S.O. ) were not named to the recipient. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khaki Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Probably means United States of America......you know, those ex-colonials who spell idiosyncratically. Bruce That's to distinguish us from those former occupants who refuse to acknowledge their French heritage in their spelling. khaki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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