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Is it really possible that someone can reach such senior flag rank and not have been awarded anything more senior than the Pro Patria? No post-nominals at all? Surely he at least has the MMM or equivalent? BoonDock ( talk) 02:01, 8 April 2023 (UTC) reply

John, Doug Faire has a Protea I will confirm wheteher it's gold or silver and I will update HipNosisG ( talk) 07:03, 8 April 2023 (UTC) reply

Awesome BoonDock ( talk) 19:50, 11 April 2023 (UTC) reply