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Spider Jerusalem

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7. They appear to have multiple numbers of the same order/medal, which is...very strange

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:29 PM

Feb 2013

considering that Western practice is that multiple awards are denoted by some device on the ribbon (which, come to think of it, is probably exactly why they don't do it that way)

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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