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War Medal
Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 11:31 pm
by Spitsfire1
Hey guys, been a while!
If you could decipher it... its me Spitz!
Flashback!
I miss you guys
Hope you've all been keeping well and been careful in my absence?
To business,
Unfortunatley I lost my grandad recently, I've been left his medal and RAF tie and I thought I'd share them with people who may be interested.
He was an RAF Chef and was awarded the war medal also pictured is his tie and the certificate award:
I hadn't seen one before and thought maybe some other hadn't either.
If your prepared you can drink to him, he likes whiskey
I've done a bit of that and I can say he can drink me under the table
Cheers,
Mick
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:07 am
by :FI:Falcon
I'm sure you're proud of your grampa,
he
served well.
~~~
Welcome back Spitz,
Falcon
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 12:09 am
by :FI:WillieOFS
Hey Mick!!
Welcome home.
Sorry about losing your grand dad. Both of mine have been gone for quite some time. They were cool old coots and I still miss 'em.
Neat medal. I'm glad it found a good home.
I see so many neat things like that for sale because the heirs could care less.
Stop by more often.
Willie
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 7:09 am
by :FI:Gurberly
Nice to see you drop by again.
See ya soon.
G
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 1:46 pm
by AltarBoy
Hello.
Welcome back to the mess, Spits!!
Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 10:33 pm
by :FI:Heloego
Good to here from ye again!
Sorry for your loss
I've been there.
Care for the medal, tie, and cert. Paraphrasing Willie, a lot are being sold by those with no empathy or sympathy. A visit to the Cambridge Memorial cured me of
ever thinking that way.
Jesus Mick!!!!
Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 7:43 pm
by :FI:Fenian
Where the HELL have you been??????
Sorry about your Grandad. Sounds like he must've been a character and must've had a LOT of great stories, and probably some awful ones too....
I'll dig out the Uisce Beatha (whiskey) later mate....
Dust off your joystick and do the auld fellah proud.
Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 7:05 pm
by :FI:Spitsfire
Cheers guys
I'll try and pop back in more often
... so nearly picked up SH4 today... a bad sign!
Need to work!
....
...
(And save a bit of money... Hopefully going to a London uni!
)
Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 7:07 pm
by :FI:Spitsfire
... next month will be me knowing you lot for 4 years!
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 1:40 am
by :FI:Falcon
Spitsfire wrote:... next month will be me knowing you lot for 4 years!
ahhh ... I was so young back then ...
F
Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 6:51 pm
by :FI:Spitsfire
and oh so innocent!
Posted: Mon May 28, 2007 12:30 am
by Nightcat
Had to say, I'm glad the medal is going to a good home
I recently been looking at so many medals and war things being pretty much sold for a cheap night out on the net - its just criminal, these people have no damn idea of the price or what they are truely worth.. I think I was really angry one night and vented with Sneaky about it (poor Sneaky!)
Sorry to hear about your loss