Moose Medal for the AoG

New Tech Award given out by the Army of Georgia

    The Army of Georgia has a new Medal and Ribbon in its trophy case to be handed out to desevering Officers of the South.  The official name of the award is the “Order of the Moose” for Technology Solutions and support rendered to the Army of Georgia.

    The genesis of this award lies in trying to find a suitable way to reward Colonel Larry “Notso” Quick for his many tireless hours spent helping us to set up our new website, our forums, our new muster system and countless other duties he has preformed.  His behind the scenes technical work has allowed the AoG to move forward for the benefit of all our officers.

    Once it was decided to create an award for Colonel Quick, we turned to another of the AoG’s invaluable partners, “The CSA Medal Works, LLC,” for the design and construction of the award.  As he has done many times in the past, the owner and president of the CSA Medal Works, Major General Bob Weir, came through for us with a unique and imaginative design that captured the spirit of this award perfectly.  We thank all the good people at the Medal Works for this inspired creation.

    The placing of General Moose on the medal and the ribbon was done as a lasting tribute to Colonel Quick.  As many of you know already, General Moose is Notso’s alter ego and his picture also appears on Co. Quick’s personal standard.

    In addition to presenting this AoG Medal and Ribbon to Colonel Quick, it was also decided that the award would be a permanent award for the AoG, to be   given out in the future to all whose technical support of the army exceeds the normal call of duty.

    The “Order of the Moose” was proudly presented to Colonel Quick this month on 9 December, 1862.

Phineas Newton

Editor