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    United Nations medal

    excoelis1
    excoelis1
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    United Nations medal Empty United Nations medal

    Post by excoelis1 Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:03 pm

    UNTSO medal with the Clasp Congo
    United Nations medal Kgrhqj10

    UNFICYP (2 Different Types)
    United Nations medal Unficy10

    UNMIK (Kosovo)
    United Nations medal Unmik10

    UNMIL (Liberia)
    United Nations medal Unmil10

    UNPROFOR `2` (Former-Yougoslavia)(British Sailor)
    United Nations medal Unprof10




    pylon1357
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    United Nations medal Empty Re: United Nations medal

    Post by pylon1357 Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:52 am

    Nice to see some UN medals. I have a few in my collection but have shied away from furthering the collection as I get somewhat confused.

    I understand they have a common medal with a different ribbon to denote service areas. Where I get bothered is the poor quality of some of the strikings. Well not so much the strikings, but the finish on them. I find the darker ones are appealing to me, but there seem to be many that are lighter in colour and appear to be lacquered or almost like a varnish... always took these to be issued to the US members.


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