Interesting collection I'm looking at

Thought this might be an interesting share

Those miniature medals look really cute, I know a few history buffs who collect those instead because they can't afford to go out and buy real ones.

What's the rest of the stuff underneath, regimental buttons or something?

Quote: "CassTaylor"​Those miniature medals look really cute, I know a few history buffs who collect those instead because they can't afford to go out and buy real ones.
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​What's the rest of the stuff underneath, regimental buttons or something?

​Aren't those small medals also real ones, but made smaller ? Like you put them on your shirt when you don't want to put the big ones.
I was told that they were in some cases even more expensive than the big ones, because less have been made.

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Quote: "CassTaylor"​Those miniature medals look really cute, I know a few history buffs who collect those instead because they can't afford to go out and buy real ones.
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​​What's the rest of the stuff underneath, regimental buttons or something?

​​Aren't those small medals also real ones, but made smaller ? Like you put them on your shirt when you don't want to put the big ones.
​I was told that they were in some cases even more expensive than the big ones, because less have been made.

I wouldn't call them "real ones" (that term I reserve for the "big ones"), but more like smaller representations of the real medals, like ribbon bars.

But yeah, most people wear them when they can't be bothered to wear the big ones, or don't want to risk losing them- at my last school in the UK, any time veterans came in to speak at assemblies or special events I noticed they almost always wore miniatures instead of "big" ones.

Maybe the miniatures might be more in demand for some particular medals, but for common medals (anything issued in the world wars), they're more or less cheaper than the "real one" as a rule.

That is a nice display of uniform insignia. the jacket was probably consumed by moths and time. the large badges on red felt are cap badges.
The Major was a veteran of both world wars-

ribbons are
upper row l-r
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Allied Victory medal 1914-18
1937 Coronation medal
1945 Home Defense medal

lower row l-r
1939-1945 Star
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France & Germany Star
1945 Home Defense medal
War Medal 1939–1945

Quote: "Mr. Midnight"​lower row l-r
​1939-1945 Star
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​France & Germany Star
​1945 Home Defense medal
​War Medal 1939–1945
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​For the two stars whose ribbons are obscured by the top row, I think the 2nd from the left is an Atlantic Star, the 3rd is a Burma Star, and the 4th is actually the Italy star I believe (red vertical line in centre of ribbon).

Bit of trivia; I remember reading somewhere that out of 9 WWII "stars" awarded to British Commonwealth personnel who served, the maximum amount of stars any one recipient could have was 6. Not sure why, but I don't think any single person's service took them to enough theatres and branches that the stars commemorated service in during the war to be eligible for them all anyway.