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Hunt for Remembrance Day conman who marched with 'impossible' haul of 21 medals

This is shamefull To think that there are many who died serving their Countries, to pass yourself off as a decorated veteran is shocking!

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Daily Mail reports:

Cheered by thousands of well-wishers as he marched proudly alongside brave troops during a Remembrance Day parade, the elderly man looked every part the battle-hardened war veteran.

But on closer inspection, his striking collection of 17 medals - including the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross - was not what it seemed.

The number, order and range of the medals make them 'impossible', experts said last night, exposing the man as a fake.

A hunt was under way for the fraudster after he took part in a Remembrance Day parade in Bedworth, Warwickshire, on November 11.




Imposter: The 'veteran' on the Remembrance Day parade in Bedford

Medals, from top left:

1. Distinguished Service Order with bars signifying Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service

2. Military Cross with a bar signifying Mentioned in Dispatches

3. Unidentified foreign medal, which could be Polish

4. Queen's Commendation Medal 5. Military Medal

6. Distinguished Service Medal

7. Meritous Service Medal

8. Campaign Service

9. South Atlantic Medal

10. Gulf Medal

11. Accumulated Campaign Service Medal

12. Saudi Arabian Medal for the liberation of Kuwait

13. Kuwaiti Liberation Medal

14. Unidentified foreign medal

15. Unidentified foreign medal

16. Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

17. NATO Medal

His beret, poppy and tie-pin show the dagger and flames insignia of the SAS. On his lapel is the official veterans' badge of the UK Armed Forces.
Bereaved families of servicemen killed in Afghanistan were among the crowds who applauded as he passed, but organisers became suspicious when they noticed his array of medals.

He wore badges from campaigns including the Second World War, Korea and the Falklands, plus medals for both officers and privates, and several foreign badges.

Military experts confirmed it would be impossible for one man to have been awarded all the decorations.

The man, dressed in a beige SAS beret, was confronted by an organiser of the country's biggest march outside London. He is said to have admitted to being a Walter Mitty fake before fleeing the scene.

The conman wore the dagger and flames of the SAS on his beret, poppy and tie-pin, and a veteran's badge on his lapel.

Emblazoned across his chest were 17 medals starting with the Distinguished Service Order and the Military Cross - the highest ranking awards after the Victoria Cross.

On the DSO he had a bar signifying the Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service, while on the MC there was a bar for Mentioned In Dispatches. Neither bar is ever worn with those medals.

Next came a foreign cross, thought to be Polish, which should only be worn after all the British medals.

Then is the Queen's Commendation Medal and the Military Medal - a rank version of the MC for privates. The Distinguished Service Medal, Meritous Service Medal and Campaign Service Medal follow.







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It's amazing that someone would do this, but it's seen quite often. There's even a "Wall of Shame" on the internet. The conman's name is put on it when he's been found out.
There are laws in the USA for people who wear certain medals which haven't been earned.