TUNIC DECORATIONS
FIELD-MARSHAL MONTGOMERY REDUCTION TO FIVE RIBBONS N.Z.P.A. Special Correspondent Rec. 8 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 5. South African. messages stated that, the five ribbons selected by Fieldmarshal Lord Montgomery from the 32 he is entitled to wear are those of General Commander of the Order of the Bath, the Distinguished Service Order, the Africa Star (with the Eighth Army clasp), the Italy Star, and the France and Germany Star. An earlier message from Pretoria stated that Field-marshal Lord Montgomery is now wearing only one row of medal ribbons. He told a press conference that he had heard his many rows described as “fruit salad.” He had instructed his aide-de-camp to make up a single row.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26638, 8 December 1947, Page 5
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