You thought getting promoted in CAP cost a bundle at Vanguard?

[NIN]

These dudes, man.... They're into Vanguard for some LARGE...

[a2capt]

Chainmail heck. Medalmail. That'll protect 'em!

[SarDragon]

NorKs. Whatcha expect?

[Майор Хаткевич]

There are a lot of WW2 Soviet vets who look similar. That's what happens when every 5 years there's a commemorative medal for WW2.

[ColonelJack]

Are those North Korean guys actually wearing medals ... ON THEIR PANTS???

OMG.



Jack

[wuzafuzz]

Teenage girls would probably say those dudes are "bedazzled."

Personally I'm imagining Glen Campbell singing "Like a Rhinestone General..."

[Extremepredjudice]

Are those North Korean guys actually wearing medals ... ON THEIR PANTS???

OMG.



Jack

I've seen a jrotc dictators with medals on their plants

[spacecommand]

They difference is they (the individual) probably didn't have to actually buy their medals. 

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

There are a lot of WW2 Soviet vets who look similar. That's what happens when every 5 years there's a commemorative medal for WW2.

Eventually, though, just as here, the UK/Commonwealth, etc., there won't be any more of those who fought in the rubble of Stalingrad...fewer and fewer every year.

I do like the shade of blue in this старый русский воин uniform, though.

But those North Koreans?  Five'll get ya ten that each one of those gongs was awarded for writing yet another platitude on how great whatever Kim was running the Democratic (cough) People's (yak) Republic (ha-ha) of Korea at the time was.

Fruit salad up the wazoo seemed to be the order of the day for those Commies, as evidenced by this East German general's uniform:



This blouse only has a pocket on one side so as to accommodate all the Orders of Lenin, Stalin, Marx, Honecker, Khrushchev and Smirnoff on the other side...

[Bobble]

The OP's picture has been photoshopped.  Do a little web-searching and you'll find the original pic.  Yeah, they're still wearing a lot of medals in the untouched version, but that isn't all that unusual in regimes that struggle to maintain legitimacy.

[Luis R. Ramos]

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[Darn, tried to copy the photo here but was not successful, it was the photo of the officer]

For some reason this Soviet general officer reminds me of Leslie Nielsen, of one of those movies in which he impersonates a police detective and he is in one of his covers... Was that Police Story?

Flyer

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

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For some reason this Soviet general officer reminds me of Leslie Nielsen, of one of those movies in which he impersonates a police detective and he is in one of his covers... Was that Police story?

Flyer

The Naked Gun and Police Squad.

He played Lt. Frank Drebin, alongside a very fetching Priscilla Presley.

Those movies were hilarious.

Leslie himself was an Air Gunner in the RCAF during WWII.  His brother, Erik, was Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.

[Devil Doc]

I wonder if a Person in the US Military has ever had that many Ribbons/Medals and acctually worn all of them? Were would they go, cant you only go so far up left side?

[Cool Mace]

I wonder if a Person in the US Military has ever had that many Ribbons/Medals and acctually worn all of them? Were would they go, cant you only go so far up left side?

That's how it's supposed to be. But I'll let you tell an E-9 or a Gen that they are out of regs by wearing all of their medals. 

[Devil Doc]

I can now, im not in the Military anymore im a Civilian

[MSG Mac]

The Russians and several other nations of that genre wear a lot of ribbons and medals because they don't use clusters or stars to designate multiple awards of the same decoration or medal.

[NIN]

The OP's picture has been photoshopped.  Do a little web-searching and you'll find the original pic.  Yeah, they're still wearing a lot of medals in the untouched version, but that isn't all that unusual in regimes that struggle to maintain legitimacy.

On a much closer look, you are totally right. I got a little rooked.

I've never seen an KPA officer with that much bling, let alone several.

[Майор Хаткевич]

The Russians and several other nations of that genre wear a lot of ribbons and medals because they don't use clusters or stars to designate multiple awards of the same decoration or medal.

That is certainly a part of it, but again, in terms of the WW2 vets, there are commemorative medals every 5 years, and as we are now 70 years out from the war...that's a lot of bling to add. On top of that, in Soviet culture there were all sort of pins and badges and medals one could earn as a worker, so that also went up on the uniforms...

[johnnyb47]

Still not bad though. I count at least 37 pieces of flair.

[JeffDG]

Leslie himself was an Air Gunner in the RCAF during WWII.  His brother, Erik, was Deputy Prime Minister of Canada.

The press referred to Erik as "Old Velcro Lips" because he never leaked anything...