Ribbon colours

[Aave Johns]

Was the RN LSGC ever all blue? I wouldn't know. Please no comments that I was at the presentation of the first one and should know. I wasn't Pontius Pilate's aircrewman either .

I believe the RN LSGC has the white stripes for the same reason that the army equivalent did, to differenciate it from the VC. So I think it unlikely that it was ever all-over blue.

Regards;

Johnsy

[Aave Johns]

i thought with the early VCs the blue ribbion was for navy and red for army!

As Leigh said Paddywack, check posts 7 and 8.

Further though on ribbon of the VC:
"The original warrant gave the ribbon as red for the army and blue for the navy. On the formation of the RAF on the 1 April 1918, the use of the blue ribbon was abolished. Living holders of the "Naval" (sic) VC had to exchange the ribbon for the blue ribbon for red ones"
This is from http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-...history-vc.htm

There is a blue ribbon version held in the National Maritime Museum in London to Boatswain John Sheppard see link:

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/exp...ture=2#content

Regards;

Johnsy