Thread: Medal mounting near Ipswich?

The RAAF base Clothing store, if you're not in a hurry I'll take them in for you when I get back to work from leave.

Thanks Dave, your bloods worth bottling.

a mate of mine does it as a hobby, i brought a set of replicas and had them mounted, the real deals are still there boxs as they can never be replaced

Originally Posted by weeds

a mate of mine does it as a hobby, i brought a set of replicas and had them mounted, the real deals are still there boxs as they can never be replaced

First of all, replicas should never be worn , especially Anzac Day or Rememberence day. [ Or any official function] . Medals can be replaced, you fill out a statutory declaration, by virtue of the STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1959 , send it to one of the following, as appropriate;

RAN Staff Officer [ medals]
Director, Naval Personnel Services
D-3-32-A
Russel Offices
Canberra, ACT 1800 808 o73



Army Medals section
Soldier Career Management Agency
GPO BOX 5108BB
MELBOURNE VIC 3001 1800 065 149



RAAF Director of Administrative Review
Air Force [E-3-14]
PO BOX E-33
QueenVictoria Terrace ACT 2600. 1800 623 306.

If you don't have your name & official Number engraved in the appropriate place on your medals , don't wear them. As for Back yarders, don't use them. Use DVA approved mounters. You will also get , with your medals, Paperwork explaining each medal , and each of the approved mounters will do a history check, before carrying out the job. Google is your friend, DONT BUY TIN MEDALS, only those supplied by the Government are to be worn. Sorry about the lecture, but there is anger amongst the Veteran community over some people wearing medals they are not entitled to. Bob

Perhaps I should add this, Bob


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Federal Government relaxes medal replacement policy




With the recent natural disasters that have plagued Australia, the Federal Government has relaxed its policy on reissuing medals.
A government policy for many years has been that medals can only be issued to the ADF members who earned them.
This has meant in the past medals can only be replaced if they are lost or destroyed after the ADF member has died.
Following the Victorian bushfires in 2009, the policy was relaxed for a period of time while people assessed the damage and determined whether they had medals that would have to be replaced.
For Queenslanders, this means they will have the opportunity to have their own, or their loved ones medals replaced after the wide-spread flooding throughout Queensland and Cyclone Yasi in the North of Queensland.
Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator the Honourable David Feeney made the announcement on Thursday, February 10.
The Federal Government believes in protecting the rights of those who have been awarded medals but also understands the importance of giving family members the opportunity to claim for the medals.
“While the Government is committed to maintaining the integrity of our system of military honours and awards, there are circumstances in which the Australian community rightly expects us to show greater flexibility in implementing the existing policy. I believe this unprecedented series of natural disasters is one of those circumstances,” Senator Feeney said.
ADF medals are able to be reissued to next of kin, or other appropriate members of deceased ADF members if the medals have been lost or destroyed in current natural disasters.
However, medals pre World War I cannot be replaced as they are no longer in production.
Applicants should use the application form and statutory declaration located on the Defence Honours and Awards website at: www.defence.gov.au/medals

Originally Posted by bob10

First of all, replicas should never be worn , especially Anzac Day or Rememberence day. [ Or any official function].
Happy to wear mine and will next ANZAC day....just don't stand next to me at Sandgate an you will never know Medals can be replaced, you fill out a statutory declaration, by virtue of the STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1959 , send it to one of the following, as appropriate; OK didn't know that....but mine will stay in there boxes thanks

If you don't have your name & official Number engraved in the appropriate place on your medals , don't wear them. nobody to date has bothered to check.....although i only have the attendance medals and only wear them because my boys ask that i do As for Back yarders, don't use them. I wouldn't class my mate as a back yarder, he may not be approved but he is passioniate about the military, infact he still serves and does a great job of mounting medals Use DVA approved mounters. You will also get , with your medals, Paperwork explaining each medal i think i understand each of my medals, and each of the approved mounters will do a history check i'm happy that i know what i am entitled to wear, before carrying out the job. Google is your friend i use it every day, DONT BUY TIN MEDALS got two sets thanks, only those supplied by the Government are to be worn. Sorry about the lecture, but there is anger amongst the Veteran community over some people wearing medals they are not entitled to. guilty until proven innocent......the defence force will never change Bob

i just out in my two bobs worth..........happy for you to buy into the conversation but no need to lecture me.........i exited the regs because of th epointless lectures i got every other day

as for your post about the RSL.........you can shove that where it fits after the treatment i received at the sandgate RSL a couple of years ago and no response from the email i sent to both the sandgate and QLD RSL's......you wont ever see me in an RSL again

The current RSL is more like a corporation now than the old "League" of returned soldiers.

Originally Posted by UncleHo

The current RSL is more like a corporation now than the old "League" of returned soldiers.

it was a return soldier or at least ex-serviceman that turn me off RSL's for good