Korea War Medal Collecting

[upbeek]

Hi i was wondering if there were any fellow collectors of Korean War Medals here on the forum, i have been interested in collecting these for a while now so have decided to start work on a new collection, so far i have picked up,

1, 5th Dragoon Guards
1, Royal Army Medical Corps
1, Royal Signals
1, Durham Light Infantry
1, Royal Northumberland Fusileers

[dave peifer]

i have always collected anything from the korean war,these british medals are very interesting..............dave

[paul kennedy]

medal

Do you know if your Northumberland Fusilier was at the Imjin River?
Paul

[upbeek]

Do you know if your Northumberland Fusilier was at the Imjin River?
Paul

hi Paul
Yes part of 29th British Infantry Brigade !

[paul kennedy]

I'm jealous!

Nice. I'm jealous!

[Garth Thompson]

Here are some of mine. I am trying to collect all UN and national service medals for the nations of the UN Contingent.

Pic #1 Some UN examples
Pic #2 Some national service examples

[187th airborne]

korean medals

If any interest I have a couple of Korean war era medals (mine) plus parachute and glider wings.

the medals and wings are mine. the Korean medal (center)
shows 3 bronze campaign stars and a bronze arrowhead. The arrowhead is for the combat jump
with the 187th Airborne RCT on 23 March 1951 at Munsan-ni, Korea. I already have all medals issued in a shadow box. I was missing these items off my DD Form 215 and bitched about it to the Secretary of the Army, and low and behold they corrected my DD Form 215 and sent me these.

the purple heart box is not included. it was issued for my brother-in-law who was killed in action at Tunisa November 30, 1942. The PH medal is attached to his flag. Cheers, better days to come.

john414r@hotmail.com P.S. received my parachute and glider wings on 9 March 1948 at Fort Benning. GA

[187th airborne]

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don't know how to load pics. if interested email me for pics....

[upbeek]

don't know how to load pics. if interested email me for pics....

Hi send me an email chay-stevenson@live.co.uk and i will post them up for you

[upbeek]

Picture recieved from 187th airbourne thankyou

[xmember]

Here is my small contribution. Always looking to increase my collection.

Regards,
Rudy

[187th airborne]

Upbeek

thanks for posting items for me............

[sgtdorango]

Great KW medals!!.....mike

[revi]

I'll have to search for the material and photograph it, I have several badges and medals, photalbums, a little flareparachute, diaries ... the lot, from one group. Will do so in the near future ... if you have interest.
Could I possibly send it to you Upbeek, if you appreciate it I will, haven't prolonged my association membership yet since March, so can't publish .

[upbeek]

Hi Revi
Yes ofcourse send it over,
Heres another part of my Korean War collection , not all I have some in a fireproof safe that's a bind to access