04-24-2010, 06:07 PM (This post was last modified: 04-24-2010, 06:09 PM by Esteban_cool.)
An impressive north korean ribbon bar.
1st row: Order of the 20th anniversary of DPRK, Order of National Flag 3 class, Soldier´s Honor medal.
2nd and 3rd row: Military Merit medal.
I assume this belonged to an NCO or a junior Lt.
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
I think (but I know that new ressources were published on the subject and I haven't those ressources...) that the third ribbon is called Military Service Honor Medal, and the last ones are Meritious Service Medals.
I don't think that the wearer of this bar is of such a junior rank, he has certainly a long career behind him. May be a senior nco or a captain. I don't known much (if anything) about the attribution of the different medals and orders, but the combination is interesting, the Military Merit Medal seems much more frequent than the Meritious Service.
I think that if it were for a higher rank officer would have at least two more National Flags from classes II and III. the number of MSs makes me think that he/she was a NCO with a long service -just like you say- and/or outstanding political readiness, since he was awarded the 20th anniversary order.
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
Here's the picture of a great rack that you will find every time you search on google. Here's the run down;
Rank: Sojang (소장), Major General. Kim Il-Sung Badge
Hero Of The Republic (공화국영웅)
Order Of The National Flag 1st Class (국기훈장 제1급)
Order Of The National Flag 1st Class (국기훈장 제1급)
Order Of The National Flag 1st Class (국기훈장 제1급)
Order Of The National Flag 1st Class (국기훈장 제1급)
Order Of The National Flag 1st Class (국기훈장 제1급)
Order Of Freedom And Independence 1st Class (자유독립훈장 제1급)
Order Of Korean Labour (조선로력훈장)
Order Of Korean Labour (조선로력훈장)
Order Of Military Service Honour 1st Class (군사복무영예훈장 제1급)
Commemorative Order "20th Anniversary Of The Foundation Of The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea" (조선민주주의인민공화국창건20주년기념훈장)
Commemorative Order "Foundation Of The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea" (조선민주주의인민공화국창건기념훈장)
Commemorative Order "50th Anniversary Of The Foundation Of The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea" (조선민주주의인민공화국창건50돐년기념훈장)
Commemorative Order "Anniversary Of The Foundation Of The People's Army" (조선인민군창건기념훈장)
Commemorative Order "60th Anniversary Of The People's Army" (조선인민군창건60돐기념훈장)
Commemorative Order "40th Anniversary Of Fatherland Liberation War Victory" (조국해방전쟁승리40돐기념훈장)
Order Of The National Flag 2nd Class (국기훈장 제2급)
Order Of The National Flag 2nd Class (국기훈장 제2급)
Order Of The National Flag 2nd Class (국기훈장 제2급)
Order Of Freedom And Independence 2nd Class (자유독립훈장 제2급)
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class (국기훈장 제3급)
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class (국기훈장 제3급)
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class (국기훈장 제3급)
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class (국기훈장 제3급)
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class (국기훈장 제3급)
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class (국기훈장 제3급)
Order Of Soldier's Honour 2nd Class (전사영예훈장 제2급)
Order Of Soldier's Honour 2nd Class (전사영예훈장 제2급)
Commemorative Medal "Fatherland Liberation" (조국해방기녕메달)
Commemorative Medal "The Foundation Of The People's Republic Of Korea" (조선민주주의인민공화국창건기녕메달)
Medal For Merits (공로메달)
Medal For Military Merits (군공메달)
Medal For Military Merits (군공메달)
Commemorative Medal "Participation In The Fatherland Liberation War 1950-1953" (조국해방전쟁참전기념메달 1950-1953)
Here is a nice group of;
Order Of The National Flag 3rd Class
Order Of Soldier's Honour 2nd Class
Medal For Military Merits
Medal For Military Merits
Medal For Military Service Honour
Not the sort of thing I usually go for but the group was about the right price in the current market for DPRK items - £0 ($0/€0).
