Allied Ex-Prisoner Of War Medal

Discussion in 'Prisoners of War' started by handtohand22, Nov 9, 2007.

  1. handtohand22

    handtohand22 Senior Member

    The Allied POW Medal is a commemorative medal and has to be worn below the veterans campaign medals.

    The Symbolic Meaning of the Colours

    Centre = Barbed Wire
    Black = The despair of the compound
    White = The second and third fences of the compound
    Green = The green fields of home
    Red = The burning faith of the POWs


    Ex-POW Bill Balmer has his POW medal mounted along with his campaign medals. When he parades this Sunday he knows some comments may be passed as in previous years but he wears the medal with pride, just as he wore his POW battledress with the black diamond on the back on the first Remembrance Parade after the war (1945).

    Any similar stories or views on this?
     

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  2. 52nd Airborne

    52nd Airborne Green Jacket Brat

    Tell him to carry on wearing it! Anyone wearing this medal would get my support for wearing it. Is Bill a member of the National Ex-Prisoners of War Association?

    There is an on going argument over the wearing of Pingat Jasa Malaysia Medal. This is a medal award to soldiers who served in the Malaysian Emergency between 1957-1966 by the malaysian government. Apparently the Queen has given her backing to the wearing of this medal, but the British government has so far refused. More servicemen were killed in the Malaysian Emergency than in the Falklands, It just goes to show what the British government thinks of its Veteran Soldiers!:rant:
     
  3. Trincomalee

    Trincomalee Senior Member

    Did every POW receive the POW medal ?
    I used to pin all my father's medals on my teddy bear so they disappeared a long time ago . When his first grandson was born , my father bought second hand medals to pass on . Should he have a POW medal ? He was captured in Singapore .
    Trincomalee
     
  4. 52nd Airborne

    52nd Airborne Green Jacket Brat

    Did every POW receive the POW medal ?
    I used to pin all my father's medals on my teddy bear so they disappeared a long time ago . When his first grandson was born , my father bought second hand medals to pass on . Should he have a POW medal ? He was captured in Singapore .
    Trincomalee

    The medal is a commemorative one and is produced in association with the National Ex-prisoners of War Association.
     

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