Kings coronation medal

Terminal_Boy said:
Depends on where they got the metal.

Victoria Crosses are still made from a Russian cannon liberated at Sebastopol during the Crimean War. Thankfully, they don’t get to make that many of them as they’re frequently awarded posthumously.
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A grand total of 4 have been awarded since the Falklands War, 2 of them posthumously. They have quite a few already made, and I suspect they’ll never have to break into the metal from the canon ever again as the situations that result in them are unlikely to come about given the nature of warfare these days.

The number of living recipients these days is very small, and a Gurkha recently passed away in Nepal. There’s a RAF pilot from WW2 still going strong aged 104 in north Scotland though.
 
What a waste!
Hope we find out the cost of this at some point.
 
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Personally I don't get the armed forces thing.
You're paid a decent wage to go into the military, it's also a choice.

Its not like we are in past where people were drafted in, and you were literally fighting for your country.

Prison staff too?

I dunno. I don't really get this stuff. Be interesting to see the value on ebay.
 
413x said:
Personally I don't get the armed forces thing.
You're paid a decent wage to go into the military, it's also a choice.

Its not like we are in past where people were drafted in, and you were literally fighting for your country.

Prison staff too?

I dunno. I don't really get this stuff. Be interesting to see the value on ebay.
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No-one joins up to collect medals - you just wear whatever ones you are awarded whether they be for valour, campaign service or celebratory like the jubilee and coronation ones, because that’s how the military works.

If we start looking like the Americans, then you might want to start writing a letter to your MP.
 
So because they choose to join the military they don't deserve recognition? Got ya.

So when others are striking and the military keep the services running, or when they are posted miles from their family and homes, worse when deployed for 6 months at a time every 2 years or so. When they are exposed to life threatening situations etc. It's a choice to join yes, but it's also sacrifice.

Some of the comments here are uninformed and actually very naive.

I'm proud of my service and proud of the tin I wear.
 
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ivrytwr3 said:
So because they choose to join the military they don't deserve recognition? Got ya.

So when others are striking and the military keep the services running, or when they are posted miles from their family and homes, worse when deployed for 6 months at a time every 2 years or so. When they are exposed to life threatening situations etc. It's a choice to join yes, but it's also sacrifice.

Some of the comments here are uninformed and actually very naive.

I'm proud of my service and proud of the tin I wear.
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But that's the job. You know the job when you sign up to it. You know the salary you're getting etc. Same as someone doing deep sea welding. It's incredibly dangerous. But you know going in what to expect.
 
I'm not against medals for specific things. Like if someone did something heroic. Or went above and beyond. But simply for time served?

That goes for anyone too. That's just my views on medals. They should be special. Not given it for time.
 
413x said:
But that's the job. You know the job when you sign up to it. You know the salary you're getting etc. Same as someone doing deep sea welding. It's incredibly dangerous. But you know going in what to expect.
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I’m not entirely sure if you know how much the armed forces get paid - it isn’t a lot in the grand scheme of things…
 
413x said:
I'm not against medals for specific things. Like if someone did something heroic. Or went above and beyond. But simply for time served?

That goes for anyone too. That's just my views on medals. They should be special. Not given it for time.
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And there's that naivety coming through. What about those who deploy? They may not do something 'heroic' but they are operating in hostile environments.

These medals are for recognition for serving the Queen/King as our Commander in Chief.

Do civilians not get awards, cash, gifts for their services? The cost is high for the MOD because they're a huge organisation. NHS etc have received a decent pay rise for 'doing their job' - the military have been on a 1% rise for quite sometime as we are seen as easy targets for budget cuts and we'll 'just get on with it'. We are not expected to hear what, if any, pay rise we will get until September this year - but we have to suck it up.

You do know military personnel are humans too? Families, bills, mouths to feed etc.
 
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