Walts, posers & wannabes (merged)

[Oldgateboatdriver]

Beat me to it SKT.

Also, I doubt anybody could tell the difference between an Argus' navigator's chair and the chair of anyone of the other console operators in an Argus.

Moreover, no one who ever flew on the Argus (which were Naval aviators then) would ever call them anti-submarine patrol bombers. They would properly refer to them as MLRP's.

 

[SeaKingTacco]

Pedant alert-

OGBD, the Argus was an RCAF asset, that was subsumed into MAG when unification happened. They were never naval aviators.

 

[Old Sweat]

Pedant alert-

OGBD, the Argus was an RCAF asset, that was subsumed into MAG when unification happened. They were never naval aviators.

Correct. 

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

I stand corrected, SKT. I will drop and give you fifty.

I was thinking Tracker. However, I stand by the rest of my post: Those RCAF pilots would not call it an "anti-submarine patrol bomber", but  an MLRP … and there is no difference between the navigator's chair and those of the other operators.

 

[Danjanou]

This made for an entertaining read:

Shared with the standard caveats:


http://t.thestar.com/#/article/news/gta/2014/11/21/flights_of_fancy_at_markham_airport_a_former_cold_war_pilots_big_plans.html

We sent guys to Area 51?

Hard to make out the medal rack he's wearing. SSM, -----, ----- Canada 125

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/06/03/family_jewish_veterans_upset_about_surveyor_stakes_in_downsview_cemetery.html

 

[medicineman]

Looks a bit like a Korea medal after SSM?

MM

 

[MAJONES]

Here is a better pic of the individual in question wearing his medals.

The first looks very much like an SSM.  I don't think the middle one is a Korea medal.

 

[PMedMoe]

Middle one looks like a UN Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) to me...but the dates don't jive...

:dunno:

 

[MAJONES]

Middle one looks like a UN Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) to me...but the dates don't jive...

:dunno:

That's what I was thinking. 

 

[mikeninercharlie]

It's a privately purchased version of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal popular with embellishers, poseurs, fakers, fraud artist and the LoF...

 

[PMedMoe]

It's a privately purchased version of the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal popular with embellishers, poseurs, fakers, fraud artist and the LoF...

I disagree.  The yellow borders aren't bright enough and there's no white band in the middle.

 

[mikeninercharlie]

I just had another look at the high res version of the pic, it's the poser QGJM... It's sandwiched between the SSM (NATO) and the Cda125 medal.

 

[MAJONES]

Are you sure about the QGJM.  The ribbons on his chest and the pic you posted don't look like this:http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14990&lan=eng

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Are you sure about the QGJM.  The ribbons on his chest and the pic you posted don't look like this:http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14990&lan=eng

Because it's an aftermarket medal put out by an Australian firm(?). You can always see their ads for one type of costume medal or another in the Legion magazine.

 

[Danjanou]

I just had another look at the high res version of the pic, it's the poser QGJM... It's sandwiched between the SSM (NATO) and the Cda125 medal.

That would make sense  as I've seen a couple of those around the GTA at Warriors Day and RCL functions usually court mounted with other gongs both authorized and paypal ones. I'm sure he'll tell you it was for his super secret UFO service.  ;D

Incidentally IIRC one or more of the smaller Carribean Commonwealth nations adopted this QGJM as a "official gong" and issued them out , maybe becasue they ran out of the official ones. Can't remember where I read that and really not interested in looking it up.

Middle one looks like a UN Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM) to me...but the dates don't jive...

:dunno:

Wouldn't there then be a corresponding CPSM? I really can't see him forgetting that.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Here's a link to only one company that makes these. there are others out there.

http://bigburymint.com/commemorative-full-size-medals/

 

[MAJONES]

So, wearing the fake QGJM won't be illegal.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

If he wasn't lawfully awarded it then I would suggest it would be illegal

 

[AmmoTech90]

It's only illegal if it is likely to be mistaken for an award that was earned for war service.  Diamond jubilee doesn't fit that criteria.

(b) wears a distinctive mark relating to wounds received or service performed in war, or a military medal, ribbon, badge, chevron or any decoration or order that is awarded for war services, or any imitation thereof, or any mark or device or thing that is likely to be mistaken for any such mark, medal, ribbon, badge, chevron, decoration or order

 

[mikeninercharlie]

If it's not listed on the Canadian Order of Precedence (http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=14979), then it's unauthorized for mounting /wearing it with legitimately awarded / gazetted orders, medals and or decorations.... I'm giving Rubin the benefit of the doubt that the SSM he's sporting is legitimate.