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You Only Live Twice
In You Only Live Twice, M wears the shoulder-boards of a Rear Admiral and the following medal ribbons: Bond wears the uniform of a Commander RN (not the reserve, as in Fleming's novels) and the following ribbons: Miss Moneypenny wears the uniform of a Second Officer WRNS and no ribbons. The Captain of M's submarine wears four ribbons: the Korea Medal, the United Nations Korea Medal, the Naval General Service Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. The officer who cuts Bond free of his shroud and leads him to M is a Lieutenant-Commander and wears two ribbons, the Naval General Service Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal; also present are two Lieutenants with no ribbons.
 * First row: Order of St Michael and St George, Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order, Order of the British Empire (military division)
 * Second row: 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939-1945 Star
 * Third Row: Atlantic Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Italy Star
 * Fourth Row: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939–1945 (with oak leaf), King George VI Coronation Medal
 * First row: Order of St Michael and St George, Distinguished Service Order, 1939-1945 Star
 * Second row: Atlantic Star, Pacific Star (with clasp)
 * Third row: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-1945

The Spy who Loved Me
Bond wears the uniform of a Commander RN with the ribbons of the Naval General Service Medal and the General Service Medal. Captain Forsyth wears no ribbons; Captain Benson wears what looks like the Royal Victorian Order along with the Naval General Service Medal and the General Service Medal. (Vice-)Admiral Hargreaves wears the Distinguished Service Order (?), the Distinguished Service Cross, a rather faded 1939-1945 Star (with clasp), the Atlantic Star, the Africa Star, the Defence Medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. The first ribbon is obscured by his lapel and difficult to make out; it would be unusual for him to reach the rank of Vice-Admiral without being awarded a at least some grade of the Order of the British Empire, if not a CB. The clasp to the 39-45 star would indicate participation as fighter aircraft crew in the Battle of Britain - two Fleet Air Arm squadrons did take part, but the Admiral isn't wearing any FAA pilot insignia. This would rule out service with No. 804 Squadron FAA, which used single-seater fighters; he must have served in No. 808 Squadron, which used the two-seater Fairey Fulmar (though Hargreaves isn't wearing an Observer badge either). Hargreaves, Benson and Forsyth all wear the dolphin badge of the Royal Navy Submarine Service.

Tomorrow Never Dies
In Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond wears the uniform of a Commander RN and the following medal ribbons:
 * First row: Order of the British Empire (military division), Distinguished Service Cross, General Service Medal
 * Second row: United Nations Medal (UNTSO), South Atlantic Medal.

Thunderball
Of the two RAF officers who first discuss the Vulcan's disappearance, Dawson wears a Group Captain's stripes and and the other wears the uniform of an Air Vice Marshal and the ribbons of Sir John, at the Thunderball briefing, wears the uniform of an Air Marshal and He is accompanied by a Flight Lieutenant without ribbons. Bond's intended liason in Canada, Group Captain Pritchard, wears All officers wearing the DFC and the AFC are wearing their ribbons upside-down.
 * First row: Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross
 * Second row: 1939–45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Africa Star, Burma Star
 * Third row: Italy Star, Defence Medal, War Medal 1939–1945, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
 * First row: Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross
 * Second row: 1939–45 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal
 * Third row: War Medal 1939–1945, Korea Medal, United Nations Korea Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, General Service Medal.
 * First row: Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Service Order, Distinguished Flying Cross
 * Second row: 1939–45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Africa Star, Burma Star
 * Third row: Defence Medal, War Medal 1939–1945, General Service Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal
 * Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Force Cross
 * 1939–45 Star, Africa Star, Burma Star, Defence Medal
 * War Medal 1939–1945, General Service Medal, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal and another.

Hot Shots!
Tug Benson wears:
 * First row: Silver Star, Purple Heart with three silver award stars, Air Medal
 * Second row: Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal with valor device, Navy & Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation
 * Third row: National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with four bronze service stars, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal with one bronze service star
 * Fourth row: Vietnam Service Medal with four bronze service stars, Humanitarian Service Medal, Navy Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
 * Fifth row: Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation, United Nations Korea Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal

He is not wearing the American Campaign Medal, to which he would be entitled for his service in the North Atlantic ("took a torpedo in the lower abdomen and they replaced every foot of my bowel with hemp"), the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, for service in Normandy (following which his forehead was replaced with CorningWare), or the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal for service at Guadalcanal ("the better part of my bladder blown off"), Corregidor (stainless steel ear canals after a bullet "passed straight through") and Okinawa (ceramic eyeballs after being hit by a bazooka round). These campaigns would also have entitled him to the World War II Victory Medal.

Also

 * Talk:Captain Blackadder; Talk:Melchett