Hello I am totally new to genealogy and while I have managed to track down some of my Royal Navy ancestors, I would like to know now what the ribbons in an old photos mean. Unfortunately the photo is black and white and so Im not sure how easy it would be. Can anyone help?
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10-02-2022, 3:59 PM #1
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identifying medals from old photos
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10-02-2022, 4:12 PM #2
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In my experience I think it's best first to identify the person and then find out what medals he got from the relevant documents.
Others may have a different view.
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10-02-2022, 9:53 PM #3
My old man had a war time photo which showed a medal ribbon. He said it was actually put on by the photographer because he didn't have any due to not being overseas.
Neil
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10-02-2022, 10:42 PM #4
Welcome to the Brit-Gen forums William B
If you came to us from Forces War Records this 'sticky' will explain out connection.
If you do decide you want to post the photo just in case we can help these are the instructions for how you do it.
The first step is to make sure that you are in Go Advanced mode on the Brit-Gen thread where you want to place the photo. Click on the picture frame in the row of images above the reply box. (6 from the RH side). The box that appears requires a URL address.
You have to upload your photo to a free site which will provide a URL address. I use Postimage which is very simple.
On the home page of Postimage click on 'Choose images' then find and click on the file you want to upload where you have the photo stored on your computer eg Pictures. Then click on the particular folder that holds your picture and Open it. Choose your photo, click on it and click on Open. You are now taken back to the Postimage page where you are given a choice of 9 links. Click on the URL 'Hotlink for forum' Now right click on the URL address and then click on Copy. Go back to the reply box on the Brit-Gen thread and in the URL box right click on your mouse and from the menu click on paste. The URL for your photo is now ready to be posted on the forum along with any information you have typed in to accompany it.
There are other free sites from which to upload images with URL addresses if you want an alternative.
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