Military ribbon press and method of making military ribbons

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A device and method for fabrication of military ribbons. The method comprises wrapping ribbon fabric about a rigid ribbon-forming blank having rearwardly positioned fold-over grooves along its upper and lower edges and, flattening those edges about a ribbon form back plate in which, mounting pins have been positioned to hold the ribbon form, back plate and fabric in position. The device comprises a frame having a channel within which sits the ribbon-forming blank, with ribbon wrapped thereabout and ribbon form back plate in position in the fold-over grooves so that a press bar, may be depressed onto the ribbon-forming blank in the groove, to flatten the edges of the fold-over grooves.