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pampango

(24,692 posts) Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:15 PM Feb 2013

North Korea's generals and their medals - pic [View all]

These guys have so many medals that they have to put some of them on their pants leg. Since North Korea hasn't fought any wars in 60 years I wonder how they earned those medals.

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North Korea's generals and their medals - pic [View all] pampango Feb 2013 OP

They look like British Pearlies! obamanut2012 Feb 2013 #1

"And this is my badge for basket weaving, and this one is for citizenship, and the other 500 ..." DJ13 Feb 2013 #2

Fake, unfortunately. jsr Feb 2013 #3

The Glorious Leader says they gotta have a minimum of 25 pieces of flair. lpbk2713 Feb 2013 #4

To compete with North Korea... pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #5

rofl krispos42 Feb 2013 #8

Photoshopped. Just drag your image into a Google image search to see the original. nt Poll_Blind Feb 2013 #6

Which is almost as absurd really Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #10

They appear to have multiple numbers of the same order/medal, which is...very strange Spider Jerusalem Feb 2013 #7

This thread calls for Juche Funk! backscatter712 Feb 2013 #9

The picture in the OP may be photoshopped for which I apologize, but this video made it worthwhile. pampango Feb 2013 #11

Even without the photoshopping, those generals look ridiculous! n/t backscatter712 Feb 2013 #16

That.... Canuckistanian Feb 2013 #15

I suspect there is a translation problem here. Those have to be "merit badges," not actual medals. slackmaster Feb 2013 #12

List Glassunion Feb 2013 #13

Cool body armor! nt LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #14

I miss Hannah Bell whenever there's a North Korea thread.....nt msanthrope Feb 2013 #17