Cobalt60 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I need to ask, anybody any idea about the rows of medal ribbons on the chests of the officials, Customs, Police etc ? Longs Service and Good Conduct.? Top Rubber Stampist ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 There are standard racks depending on what department they work for, grade and time served. These are available for all to buy in specialised clothing shops and some stationary shops. The medals, decorations and awards are awarded on graduation from university, auspicious occasions, length of service, rank as well as other special awards. If you can read Thai, medals and awards are shown on this link. http://www.cabinet.thaigov.go.th/dd_main21.htm and http://www.mof.go.th/home/cordon_1.html For higher level medals and awards the recipient recieves a signed letter from the King. That letter is authority for the recipient to purchase and wear the medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RabC Posted August 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2013 Seems they follow the American method and award a ribbon for crossing the road. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Ahh right. I think of medals from a military point of view, for campaigns during conflict, thats why I couldn't work out how they got theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Ahh right. I think of medals from a military point of view, for campaigns during conflict, thats why I couldn't work out how they got theirs. As do I being a Brit, but if you ever meet an American service person, they have ribbons as well as Campaign Medals. The reasons for some of the ribbons are ................ I shall say no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commander Tamson Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Seems they follow the American method and award a ribbon for crossing the road. I think it's way more than that. My GF's sister is a teacher and wears her nice white uniform and hat at any and every occasion; she has more medal ribbons than you can point a stick at! Nothing against Thai teachers but I think it's maybe all in the homonym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Songhua Posted August 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2013 I did twenty years service and I've got two ribbons and a nametag. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RabC Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I did twenty years service and I've got two ribbons and a nametag. Snap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 During my years of volunteer work with the Thai police, I was awarded no less than 5 certificates of merit and 3 medals. (I don't actually think it means that I was a superstar..) On one dubious occasion some years ago when I had to appear in a Thai court, I decided to wear my 'HM King's award medals to indicate my 'status'. I think this backfired on me when I discovered that the main police guy sported exactly the same medals as me (hey! you got one too!). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Is it true that all university degrees are presented by a member of the royal family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainman34014 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 They get the first one for being born ! The next comes for saying 'Cup' as their first word, third for eating breakfast without spilling it, fourth for tying shoelaces....and so on. All part of the 'I'm an important person' syndrome that little people like us to believe. Anyone who wears a uniform is a 'Government Official'....even a Town Hall cleaner. We call all these people 'Civil Servants' because they are, after all, servants of the people who pay their wages. Alas; can't have such a real title here where everyone has to be 'somebody special because they are Thai'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 re There are standard racks depending on what department they work for, grade and time served. These are available for all to buy in specialised clothing shops hes right ! a lot of them specialise in making sew on badges , hats and uniforms that are usually way way to tight re Is it true that all university degrees are presented by a member of the royal family? two uni girls i used to see quite a lot of said their graduation degree was given to them by the kings son and one of the pricesses about two years ago so i think the answer is probably yes dave2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangkockney Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The same eveywhere...just like the Jubilee medal UK personnel were "awarded"... Campaign dongs for REMFs etc ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The one that confuses me is the BiB...they all seem to have completed "para" training...or at least what that barge looks like to me...but somehow cant see Cpl Somchai diving head first or bum first out of a airplane as part of the training... Of course it could be an evade capture/doing a runner badge... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Songhua Posted August 24, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2013 One can never have too many 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 It dates from the time not long ago where what we know as sival servants were officers of the Royal Court. Often they were not paid much (although they had payment avenues available as demonstrated by the police fines) but service was rewarded with status and medals. Now they work for the government but the heirachy remains as do the awards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The one that confuses me is the BiB...they all seem to have completed "para" training...or at least what that barge looks like to me...but somehow cant see Cpl Somchai diving head first or bum first out of a airplane as part of the training... Of course it could be an evade capture/doing a runner badge... BIB Brother in law has one. He's never jumped by parachute. They qualify during training once they've used the zip line from the tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANDY2463 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 One can never have too many 2042321885_1366527532.jpg Love that Pic +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lujanit Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Is it true that all university degrees are presented by a member of the royal family? Well if this is true then the Member of the Royal Family who presented 4,000 students (maybe 8,000; depends on who is talking on 100 FM) today at Bangkok Thonburi University deserves a medal for endurance. I should have taken some pics of the vendors selling flowers etc along the road. Indescribable colours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 (edited) Is it true that all university degrees are presented by a member of the royal family? Well if this is true then the Member of the Royal Family who presented 4,000 students (maybe 8,000; depends on who is talking on 100 FM) today at Bangkok Thonburi University deserves a medal for endurance. I should have taken some pics of the vendors selling flowers etc along the road. Indescribable colours! You just try holding your hand out 4000 times or more while keeping a fixed look. Not easy work. Cannot take a toilet break either. Edited August 24, 2013 by harrry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 These medals are just decorations in that no one has won them for being shot at then. As for the para wings, well that's just ridiculous. Maybe they keep budgies. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrry Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 These medals are just decorations in that no one has won them for being shot at then. As for the para wings, well that's just ridiculous. Maybe they keep budgies. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Most military medals are not won for being shot at either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave2 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 re I should have taken some pics of the vendors selling flowers etc along the road. Indescribable colours! like these ? dave2 songhua you should be awarded a medal for that pic its stunning ... love it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phutoie2 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The same eveywhere...just like the Jubilee medal UK personnel were "awarded"... Campaign dongs for REMFs etc ... The Jubilee medal is not a campaign medal. Plus just not awarded to remfs. Plenty of them were issued to F echelon troops too. F - me even the ginger topped one has one. That's Captain Wales. Sent from my i-mobile IQ 2 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 These medals are just decorations in that no one has won them for being shot at then. As for the para wings, well that's just ridiculous. Maybe they keep budgies. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app What you're confusing here is a difference between military and civil honours. Most of what you see civil servants wearing would fall under what is known in the British imperial system as civil or general awards. The more senior awards you see politicians wearing with the big star on the right chest and ribbon across the chest is the equivilent to Knights, Cordons, Dames etc. Other lesser awards have similarities to civilian awards like the Police, Nursing service, fire service medals found in other countries award systems. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I did twenty years service and I've got two ribbons and a nametag. I did 23 years and ended up with 5 ribbons and the nametag! But even in UK (personally speaking) the value of being given medals demeans the people who actually deserve them. I understand they are issued to determine that an individual attended an 'event' or was issued for a specific 'feat', but for the majority, don't really mean anything. It wasn't as if I volunteered to be in the places I was sent. I was given the first medal for living at home, being paid additional 'danger' money and getting more time off than I would anywhere else in the service (GSM NI). I was given one for 15 years 'undetected crime'(Long Service); the court is still out on how the <deleted> that happened, and the last one was posted to me 3 months after I had left (NATO medal) for sitting in a 16 x 8 mile box in the Adriatic bored to tears. When I see 'sportsmen' being given MBE's (or OBE's if they already have an MBE) for something they are being paid to do, this to me deprives someone who really should be credited for his/her actions. Seems that UK has joined the rest of the world for issuing tin. Certainly don't begrudge people getting them, just prefer not to recognize the majority of them.................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlastikbinLina Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 Is it true that all university degrees are presented by a member of the royal family? Well if this is true then the Member of the Royal Family who presented 4,000 students (maybe 8,000; depends on who is talking on 100 FM) today at Bangkok Thonburi University deserves a medal for endurance. I should have taken some pics of the vendors selling flowers etc along the road. Indescribable colours! You just try holding your hand out 4000 times or more while keeping a fixed look. Not easy work. Cannot take a toilet break either. Yes an awful lot of graduates and I see them almost every night during the Royal News for the day thing being given something from a member of the Royal family.. Where the heck do they all go to? There must be millions of graduates in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I was there ribbons, had a few but never had a "name tag"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 I was there ribbons, had a few but never had a "name tag"! Surely you've got some regimental plaques and a pewter retirement mug, wayned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Commander Tamson Posted August 25, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2013 I did twenty years service and I've got two ribbons and a nametag. I did 23 years and ended up with 5 ribbons and the nametag! But even in UK (personally speaking) the value of being given medals demeans the people who actually deserve them. I understand they are issued to determine that an individual attended an 'event' or was issued for a specific 'feat', but for the majority, don't really mean anything. It wasn't as if I volunteered to be in the places I was sent. I was given the first medal for living at home, being paid additional 'danger' money and getting more time off than I would anywhere else in the service (GSM NI). I was given one for 15 years 'undetected crime'(Long Service); the court is still out on how the <deleted> that happened, and the last one was posted to me 3 months after I had left (NATO medal) for sitting in a 16 x 8 mile box in the Adriatic bored to tears. When I see 'sportsmen' being given MBE's (or OBE's if they already have an MBE) for something they are being paid to do, this to me deprives someone who really should be credited for his/her actions. Seems that UK has joined the rest of the world for issuing tin. Certainly don't begrudge people getting them, just prefer not to recognize the majority of them.................. Chris is so absolutely right. My father fought in the jungles of Bornea & Burma during WWII. Never spoke much about it but was certainly engaged in hand to hand - I believe about half his regiment didn't make it home. He got two campaign medals!! A school teacher in Thailand gets a chest full - for what? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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