My guvnor came in this morning....

[stedlocks]

With a big manilla envelope....

I'm a fireman, and we came on duty this morning as usual.... After doing our morning routines, he slung us our diamond jubilee medals across the table at/to us..... Talk about ceremony!
We were told to sign for them, and not to put them on eBay!

This will go down to my mums, with the other 2.......

Not that I'm ungrateful, but it would have been nice to give a handshake or something.......

 

[tintin40]

Could you not complain?

 

[cyfa2809]

Why did you get this medal?

That is rubbish really, that would ruin the actual idea of having the medal for me.
Especially in your line of work.

 

[Chopper the ex Copper]

Got given mine with a handshake from my Chief inspector. Not a big deal in the grand scheme, but nice anyway.
I forget the exact criteria, but to qualify you need to be a soldier or 999 services officer or front line personnel, with 5 years or more service as of the Jubilee, with no major disciplinary blemishes and no major investigations or criminal cases pending against you. 5 or more years keepin your nose clean.
Mines also gone in the cabinet alongside my golden jubilee medal and my military salad bar. Nothing really noteworthy, but nice all the same.

 

[stedlocks]

Yeah....same as.
Mine will go to my mums, along with the other jubilee one and my long service/good conduct medal.

As chopper says, nice to have, but makes me feel shite at the war memorial on armistice day.....if we a on duty, we always go and parade and have to wear our medals.......then you see the old soldiers who have actually earns theirs and it pales into insignificance.

If they want to give me a medal, fine, but to launch it across the table in that way cheapens it for me.......

Anyway, rant over!

 

[legrandefromage]

(looks at Silver 'milk in action' award for long jump)

Hurrummmph.

 

[sylus]

I had a 15 year service pen and diploma but the unit manager had the arse with a few of us so did not pass them on. A year later when he was fired his successor whilst setting up in the office came out rather red faced having found them all in a cupboard and handed them over.

 

[93hero]

I'm totally in agreement with medals for (very) long service or courageous actions, but a medal for basically happening to be doing the job at the time of the jubilee?

Not surprised they were launched across the table.

 

[stedlocks]

I'm totally in agreement with medals for (very) long service or courageous actions, but a medal for basically happening to be doing the job at the time of the jubilee?

Not surprised they were launched across the table.

I was just having a rant, not looking for a shitty comment.

If you want to discuss the merits of various jobs, let me know where and when and I'll be there.

I've completed 23 years and have seen things that can't be unseen.....last year, I and a colleague rescued a young mother and her baby from the first floor of their property, after having it torched.......I got nothing for that, even though others put our names forward....I'm not looking for it, it's what I do.

I started this thread as I was annoyed at having a medal, issued in the name of our monarch, launched across the table. I thought it was a cheap shot, but not as cheap as your comment.

John, you can close this now please ;0)

 

[Chopper the ex Copper]

Yeah, when the detractors put their bollocks on the line by joining the mob or an emergency service, then I'll give a monkeys what they think. Talk is cheap. Been IED'd in NI, had scuds dropped on me in Riyadh, been shot at as a copper, been beaten up requiring two rounds of surgery and a load of ti ironmongery as a copper, and just got on with it. And I still think I'd rather not be a firefighter!

It ain't no big deal, but jubilee and coronation medals have a history going back go the late 1800s and I'm proud to be a teensy weensy part of that.

I won't moan when you get your 5 year paper cut survivors medal, or your 5 year Medal for properly wearing safety boots.