Picture Gallery of people wearing Service ribbons

It is very hard to find good pictures of people wearing the service ribbons. There are several reasons for this:
1) The service ribbons were supposed to be worn only on Independence Day and during official gatherings. For servicemen wearing campaign ribbons, it was not likely that they would add the service ribbon to their campaign ribbons just for a few days per year. Policemen did not obey this rule and had their service ribbons such as those of the Haganah, Mishmar. mounted together with the campaign ribbons.

2) Ribbons like the Etzel and Lehi ribbons were distributed much later (1979,1980) than the Haganah ribbon (1958). Many members of these organizations were retired at that time.

3) Regarding the Nili ribbon, there were no survivors who could wear the ribbon, distributed in 1981.

4) Wearing ribbons is not a common phenomenon in Israel. Usually, the ribbons were put in a drawer, the certificates got lost.

Alexander Ziloni, 105 years old,wearing the enamel ribbons of Volunteers, Fighters against Nazis, Haganah and War of Independence

A beautiful close up of Police Inspector General Haim Tavori, 1979,
The ribbons at the top row, from left to right: Six Day War and Yom Kippur War,
at the lower row, from left to right: War of Independence with State Warriors clasp,
Sinai Campaign and the Mishmar ribbon
Picture: Government Press Office, Sa'ar Ya'acov

 

Police Inspector General  Arieh Ivtsan

 

Sample of WW2 veteran wearing the Fighters against Nazis ribbon, sitting next to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during a ceremony commemorating victory of the allied forces over Nazi Germany in WW2.