Ribbon color variations

EricFG · 03-10-2008, 04:46 PM

As I was getting ready to mount my new CSM I noticed the center stripe was different than the other two CSMs I have.
So here are the three, with a DLM for comparison.
Do you think the color difference is due to fading or just a color variation in later manufacturing materials?
I notice the two CSM ribbon bar ribbons are not quite the same as well.

Kirchgoens · 03-10-2008, 10:30 PM

I'd say you have a DL ribbon on a CSM for the one on the lower right of the left image (or lower left of right, reversed image).

I've seen quite a few that were so faded you could hardly tell the CSM from the DL. Usually if I peel back the ribbon a bit to view the portion not exposed to the elements for so many years, I'll see a different, less faded set of colors that usually tells the truth of what the ribbon actually is.

...Brian

03-10-2008, 10:30 PM	#2
Kirchgoens Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wash, DC & Central Asia Age: 42 Posts: 535	Lower right (left image) has wrong ribbon... I'd say you have a DL ribbon on a CSM for the one on the lower right of the left image (or lower left of right, reversed image). I've seen quite a few that were so faded you could hardly tell the CSM from the DL. Usually if I peel back the ribbon a bit to view the portion not exposed to the elements for so many years, I'll see a different, less faded set of colors that usually tells the truth of what the ribbon actually is. ...Brian

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