Medal case

Discussion in 'General' started by David Layne, May 21, 2007.

  1. David Layne

    David Layne Well-Known Member

    I have decided to redo my father's medal case. Instead of the black back ground it would be more appropriate if I did it in the colour of the uniforms that the R.A.F.V.R. wore during world war 2.

    Can someone come up with the correct shade of blue so I can send the misses on a material search?
     

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  2. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

  3. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    It's difficult to get the shade just right because of the lighting in the pictures and computer screen differences.
     
  4. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    David,
    Surely one of us could get to the Surplus store and get you the real thing.
    Cut out a rectangle the right size and post it to you.
     
  5. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    A medal case would require a softer material (possibly a velvet of the right colour). Surplus material would be difficult to mould into the case.
     
  6. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    I bet these chaps could send you a small piece in the right colour for your Dad's case:
    http://www.replicaters.com/ww2rafuniforms.html
    From India.

    Trouble is you truly cannot transmit colour effectively over the standard interweb. (the picture on there with the sergeants stripes looks like the backgrounds about the right shade to me, but may look completely wrong on others pooters?)
     
  7. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    VP's right about the first picture - however, just like in army jackets, there were slight differences in RAF colours depending upon where they were produced.

    I still think uniform material would be difficult to use in a medal case. I use coin cases (vitually the same as medal cases in their linings) for my zippos. The folds in such material would be thicker.
     
  8. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    First picture?
    I meant this one, does that background look about right to others?
    Lightings nice and neutral all across it giving some hope of similarity from screen to screen..
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  9. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Nothing wrong with mine.:innocent:
    (No I'd go with yours.)
     

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  10. David Layne

    David Layne Well-Known Member

    Thanks, now I can get started.
     
  11. Kitty

    Kitty Very Senior Member

    I believe the shade is Prussian Blue.
     
  12. David Layne

    David Layne Well-Known Member

    Thanks Kitty, it needed the woman's touch.

    I've got some old stamps kicking around here that are Prussian Blue, I can match it with them.
     
  13. Kyt

    Kyt Very Senior Member

    Prussian Blue maybe appropriate for RAF roundels but not for uniforms.

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  14. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

  15. David Layne

    David Layne Well-Known Member

    Here's what I came up with. Unfortunatly my camera is not the best in the world, and you can see my reflection in the bottom half of the pictures.

    I have "relegated" the P.O.W. and Bomber Command medals to a status below the 4 others as they are not official medals.
     

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  16. Kitty

    Kitty Very Senior Member

    *drools over the original Caterpillar Club certificate and badge*

    Looking very good.
     
  17. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    David

    Like many others on the site I was was very impressed by the medal case that you designed....a wonderful tribute.
    My wife's late father was a WW1 veteran and I created the attached frame to honour his memory. The medals were reproductions as the originals were lost during WW2.
     

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  18. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Ron , which Jewish Bn of RF ?
    38, 39 or 40?
     
  19. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    The 38th
    Purely as a matter of interest, my wife and I have visited the museum called "Bet Ha G'Duddim" that is near Netanya, in Israel that commemorates the 38th Batalion.
     

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