dutchbarge Posted 24 May , 2008 Share Posted 24 May , 2008 Hello, Can anyone please tell me the length of the WW1 wound stripe for an OSD tunic? I've heard and seen several conflicting bits of information. Thanks and cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 24 May , 2008 Share Posted 24 May , 2008 AO 249/1916 intro 'distinction in dress for officers and soldiers who have been wounded' 'stripe in gold russia braid Number 1., 2 inches in length'. Later, tailors supplied gilding metal versions, which have survived to this day, but they were never official as far as my research goes. One for each OCCASION wounded, not for each wound. Gassing counted as wounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 24 May , 2008 Share Posted 24 May , 2008 This article on the IWM site indicates that they were official issue, though they could be mistaken? http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/ConMediaFile.7478 This fellow has 4. I believe Carton de Wiart had more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 24 May , 2008 Share Posted 24 May , 2008 I have had a very good look at the the RACD ledgers for the period, and the Department seem never to have caused a gilding metal version to be made ...... but there are a lot about! The 4 badge sergeant has an MM as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 There was a patented brass/gilded metal version manufactured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 Carton de Wiart had 7 I beleive. After losing his eye. He was wounded seven more times in the war, losing his left hand. Shot through the skull and ankle at the Battle of the Somme (counting as one wound), through the hip at Passchendaele, through the leg at Cambrai, and through the ear at Arras. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 Thanks to High Wood for a very valuable contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findabetterole Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 As the wound stripe has a distinctive chevron pattern upon the frontage, what way up should it worn? Seph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 As the GM version was, I believe, unofficial, you pays your money ..... There is no 'right way up' for russia braid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 Another example complete with backing board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Doyle Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 Hi - here's the sleeve detail of a Norfolk Reg 1902 pattern SD tunic, with a wound stripe - here the chevron pattern points down, for what it's worth... Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6th Hauraki KIA KAHA Posted 25 May , 2008 Share Posted 25 May , 2008 My examples Russia braid type that came with other insigna from a WW1 tunic backing plates that read first made made of steel, THE WOUNDED STRIPE prov No2 pat THE WOUNDED STRIPE prov No4 pat UNTARNISHABLE STRIPE CHEMICALLY TREATED AMBOURNE'S BIRMINHAM Jonathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david murdoch Posted 26 May , 2008 Share Posted 26 May , 2008 Sorry to go a bit off the topic, but can anyone say when wound stripes stopped being worn. My grandfather ended the war as an other rank, and had two (maybe three) wound stripes. I have a picture of him in 1924, then an officer in the cadet force - he is wearing his war ribbons, but no wound stripes. Was there a point after they were no longer worn or was this because he was an officer? David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchbarge Posted 26 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 26 May , 2008 Once again the Forum members come thru with flying colors! Thanks all for the great pictures and information. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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