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FCA fifty years anniversary medal

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  • 13-01-2011 1:07pm
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    Fuinseog
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    Does anyone know anything about this medal? i came across it recently when visiting a fellow collector.
    who is entitled to wear it? Just ONE members or ayone who served in the FCA during 1946-96?
    I think it was silver with a green ribbon. It may not have been offically issued at all.


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    HerrScheisse
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    Check the link below - is this the medal you mean?

    http://irishmedals.org/gpage21.html

    Irish medals are quite expensive and there are an awful lot of repros out there sold as originals. And it is very hard to tell the difference :mad:


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    Fuinseog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    HerrScheisse wrote: »
    Check the link below - is this the medal you mean?

    http://irishmedals.org/gpage21.html

    Irish medals are quite expensive and there are an awful lot of repros out there sold as originals. And it is very hard to tell the difference :mad:

    it is. it seems to be unofficial.

    its hard to get information on some Irish medals, although Jim Hogan brought out a book on them 20 years ago.

    repros can be a problem. they is a crowd in Belfast selling repros of modern PDF badges and in Australia there is a developing market for fake 1916.

    a service medal seem to retail at around 80 euro, which is not cheap, but they can be as rare as hens teeth.


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    irishuser69
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    50 year FCA medal is not an Irish army issued medal, its made up!!!! There is a new book (Oct 2010) on Irish Army medals. Worth a read if you can get it.


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    Fuinseog
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    irishuser69 wrote: »
    50 year FCA medal is not an Irish army issued medal, its made up!!!! There is a new book (Oct 2010) on Irish Army medals. Worth a read if you can get it.

    thanks for the input. Do you have details on the book?


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    danpatjoe
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    Fuinseog wrote: »
    thanks for the input. Do you have details on the book?

    Is this the one?

    "MEDALS of the IRISH DEFENCE FORCES"
    by BQMS Ger O'Connor HQ Bty, 54 FAR

    Here's a pdf version of the book:
    http://www.military.ie/dfhq/pubrel/publications/documents/Medals%20of%20the%20Irish%20Defence%20Forces.pdf


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    Fuinseog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,371 ✭✭✭Fuinseog


    the book is also available free of charge from the army. the exact address is in An Cosantoir.


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