WW1 medal ribbon mystery

[Viktoria]

 Hello, a little mystery which I hope some RootsChatter can help me solve:-
 Looking a our Dad`s WW1 medals yesterday,  my sister and I found a ribbon which we can not identify. There is a medal (1914 star) which has another soldier`s name on the back . There is no ribbon attached . The length of loose ribbon is white in the centre and red then blue at the edges.The same colours as the ribbon which would go with the 1914 star but not the same order of stripes.
Dad was in from Sept 1916 and was  wounded, captured and was a   prisoner of war.  He was repatriated March 1919.
We wondered if the ribbon was anything to do with those events.
Also the ribbon from the Victory medal is striped in red,yellow,green,blue and purple. On the medal the colours are somewhat wavy but on the bar they are straight. Is this just the weave or does it have some other significance?
Any info  much appreciated and thanks in advance.Viktoria.

[candleflame]

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/medals/ww1-campaign-medals.htm

Hi have you looked at the pictures of medals and their ribbons on here for comparison purposes?

[mmm45]

http://www.worldmedals.co.uk/Rib/Britrib/britribb.htm

Heres a comparison table

Military Medal???
The Ribbon is correct with a "wavy" look...modern copies are straight but its silk ribbon on originals.
Ady

[Viktoria]

 Thankyou, I looked at a site but yours were better ,however I can`t find it there either.
 Many thanks though.
 I  do wonder how Dad got that  1914 star . Never mind. That is not really important.

 
                                                                 Thanks again. Viktoria..

[mmm45]

What names on the star? Census may throw up some leads maybe good friends ?? Ive got a Brit War Medal found in my grandmas house a bit of digging found out that  her son and the recipient  were best mates and worked at same pit!
There were a lot of Peace medals out in 1919 maybe a ribbon off one of those

Ady

[Lord Kitsch]

Thankyou, I looked at a site but yours were better ,however I can`t find it there either.
 Many thanks though.
 I  do wonder how Dad got that  1914 star . Never mind. That is not really important.

 
                                                                 Thanks again. Viktoria..

I would love to help - can you post a photo of the ribbon and medal. I can find out if you could.

I still have my Grandfathers medals from ww1 - He got three (but not the one you describe) - then a big round copper plaque after he was mortally wounded in action  and died in a military hospital in Egypt.

[Ray T]

I don't know the answer but I do know where you'll find out.

The first place to look is here - http://www.1914-1918.net/ and if you can't find it there, the world's experts on anything remotely connected with WW1 matters can be found here http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?act=idx

Join, post a picture and you'll get more answers than you can shake a stick at!

[Viktoria]

 
Thankyou everyone. Even as we are in contact the three medals are on their way to Australia via my sister`s son who was over for Christmas.
He is going to email photos of them to me so hopefully it won`t be too long before I can post them. I`ll ask him to make sure we get the name on the back of the 1914 star and the regiment.
It was something like N.L.Lin---?I think the name was Pownall but we`ll be sure before too long.
My Dad died in 1974 and I had such a lot of things my sister had no interest in so when she asked could she have the medals as her son would be interested I had to say yes, I lived in Belgium at the time and went to Ypres very often .My sons wanted them but my sister is the older of we two.
Strange to say she can never have  given  them to her son as he asked me where they were just this Christmas, I told him he had them, which he was not aware of as my sister had put them in a drawer and promptly forgotten them for all of 37 years! anyway they are in the family still and my nephew always pays his respects on Anzac Day so he does have some feeling for the soldiers of WW1 and respects their memory .
  I did not take part  in the search through my sister`s sideboard drawers naturally but it was a bit embarrassing as she insisted I had not given the medals to her. I knew I had so just  let them get on with it. All`s well that ends well as someone once said . So I`ll keep you kind people informed just as soon as I can. Many thanks again. Viktoria.