Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)

[Scott]

The Baron is special, much more special than RRRRRRRRRRRay or whatever he was called.

They just add a bit more class to Walting over there. I've yet to meet an embassy vet at the pub yet but I did have one guy start to tell me that he wasn't allowed to tell me...wait...fuck, nevermind, you know the drill.

I should add, I Walt on Mike Bobbitt all the time.

 

[The Bread Guy]

The Waltenkommando page and ARRSEpedia entries are hilarious.

Oh year - especially with the looser language constraints than here  ;D

Also kinda cool having the U.K. media get in on the act:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233188/Hunt-Remembrance-Day-conman-marched-impossible-haul-21-medals.html

There appears to be a bit of a petition-like posting to find out who the dude is as well:
http://www.causes.com/causes/649540-find-the-sas-walter-mitty-in-this-picture/actions
You can sign in via Facebook.

 

[PMedMoe]

with this one as present challenger for the throne
http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/The_Baron_of_Castleshort

Freakin' hilarious!  ;D

 

[jollyjacktar]

I think you guys and gals have him all wrong.  He is obviously a walking display case for this company (that made me puke on the QDJM thread)  http://www.servicecomm.co.uk/catalogue.php  :nod:

 

[Danjanou]

I think you guys and gals have him all wrong.  He is obviously a walking display case for this company (that made me puke on the QDJM thread)  http://www.servicecomm.co.uk/catalogue.php  :nod:

Hey careful I just checked their site and I "qualify" for 15 seperate gongs, a couple with multiple bars. Now where did the wife hide the Visa card?  8)

 

[RangerRay]

Also kinda cool having the U.K. media get in on the act:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1233188/Hunt-Remembrance-Day-conman-marched-impossible-haul-21-medals.html

Looks like they found this one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8454715.stm

 

[Danjanou]

Looks like they found this one:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8454715.stm

yup , the ARRSE thread on him is legendary. The look on the REME guy marching behind him is priceless. You almost have to admire the stones on him for trying to get away with it.

 

[dogger1936]

I wonder how many walts are out there that actually research this stuff...and wear a "normal" units cap badge and a believable amount of correct medals.

Surprised one of those MP's didnt pound him!!

 

[FlyingDutchman]

I wonder how many walts are out there that actually research this stuff...and wear a "normal" units cap badge and a believable amount of correct medals.

Surprised one of those MP's didnt pound him!!

To much chest protection for a pounding.

 

[AJFitzpatrick]

I wonder how many walts are out there that actually research this stuff...and wear a "normal" units cap badge and a believable amount of correct medals.

...

Theres nothing cushy life about life in the Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps

 

[OldSolduer]

Theres nothing cushy life about life in the Women's Auxiliary Balloon Corps

Or the Spanish Inquisition.....

CONFESS!!

 

[dogger1936]

This place out here is a walt haven. Seen some wonderful displays this past remembrance day. This year I plan on photographing these people and sending to the press. And maybe other things...but that would be premeditated.

 

[Danjanou]

This place out here is a walt haven. Seen some wonderful displays this past remembrance day. This year I plan on photographing these people and sending to the press. And maybe other things...but that would be premeditated.

Try and top this lot 8)

http://www.thewarriorsdayparade.ca/2011_WDP_Photo_Album_Medals/index.htm

 

[2010newbie]

Here's a link to an independent short film (fiction) being produced in Toronto about a veteran searching for and outing walts.

Set in Philadelphia, this dark drama follows a no-nonsense ex-Marine, Reggie, who hunts down military vets who fake medals to get ahead.  On a very personal quest to uphold the integrity and honor of national service, Reggie is hiding some faking of his own: a lie that he told Abby, the woman he loves, and her son Max, before shipping out on his last tour.  When Reggie’s hunt for fakers leads him to Bo, Bo’s perspectives on lies and lying compel Reggie to call into question his own dubious past.

http://www.indiegogo.com/fakerchaser

 

[George Wallace]

Is the name of the film "Meet the Faukers"?  ;D

 

[fraserdw]

Try and top this lot 8)

http://www.thewarriorsdayparade.ca/2011_WDP_Photo_Album_Medals/index.htm

I do not see too much wrong with most of those, although the Toronto policemen with WW2 campaign stars is a bit hocky.  The other Toronto cop with the very long rack is also somewhat hocky as well.  Wearing the Cadet Medal with your CF medals to right is perfectly OK if you are retired and were awarded both.  To lump everyone in those pictures as a WALT is unfair.  A good many of the pictures are UK vets and, yes, a good many have their medals out of sequence.  Wait til you get old, you will care less about that silly sh@t too.

 

[mariomike]

The other Toronto cop with the very long rack is also somewhat hocky as well. 

According to the ESM at the end, he has 60 years on the job. I worked for two men with 50 year ESMs, but I never saw a 60.


Here's an old Metropolitan Toronto Police Medal of Honour:
http://www.thewarriorsdayparade.ca/2011_WDP_Photo_Album_Medals/pages/IMG_5301.htm
You don't see those very often.

 

[Danjanou]

I do not see too much wrong with most of those, although the Toronto policemen with WW2 campaign stars is a bit hocky.  The other Toronto cop with the very long rack is also somewhat hocky as well.  Wearing the Cadet Medal with your CF medals to right is perfectly OK if you are retired and were awarded both.  To lump everyone in those pictures as a WALT is unfair.  A good many of the pictures are UK vets and, yes, a good many have their medals out of sequence.  Wait til you get old, you will care less about that silly sh@t too.

I'm not lumping everyone's medals in there as WALT, the guy taking the pictures even took one of mine. Look further. The Brits and the old guys out of sequence are fine, its when you get to the CD and 3-4 LOF style medals that it gets interesting. 8)

 

[fraserdw]

Roger, can you define LOF for me.  The DND Lexicon has gotten so large with so many meanings for the same 3 letters I do not keep up anymore.  One thing is for sure Commander's commendations seem to have become very common.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Roger, can you define LOF for me.  The DND Lexicon has gotten so large with so many meanings for the same 3 letters I do not keep up anymore.  One thing is for sure Commander's commendations seem to have become very common.

It refers to the Legion of Frontiersmen. I won't explain, you'll get more by googling it.

Here's a picture: