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Collecting the Periphery Part 3

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 30 March 2012 · 316 views

Collecting the Periphery Part 3

When collecting medals that are not directly military in nature it would be easy to overlook the Ehrenkreuz der Deutschen Mutter or in English, Cross of Honour of the German Mother. I say this as it seems to me that anything associated with the Third Reich automatically conjures up military associations. This...

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Collecting the Periphery Part 2

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 06 March 2012 · 212 views

Collecting the Periphery Part 2

Have you ever started a project only to realize that perhaps to do it justice you probably shouldn’t have started it in the first place?

This is not exactly what has happened to my plan to discuss collecting medals outside of the usual parameters of military and Mervin has pointed out, and rightly so, that...

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Collecting the Periphery Part One

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 18 February 2012 · 178 views

Collecting the Periphery Part One

Most of what we see here on the GMIC and on other military focused forums is mainstream and by that I am referring to the collecting of medals. Medals for campaigns, long service, good conduct and “been there and got the T shirt”...

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This message may save your life.

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 31 January 2012 · 847 views

Option A or Option B
What you are about to read you may find disturbing or even offensive. If you do then you need to grow up. The permanency of life is an illusion and you cannot afford to delude yourself to thinking you are immortal. Therefore, if you have elected to read...

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The Perfect Sick Day

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 15 January 2012 · 200 views

The Perfect “Sick Day”
Don’t you really dislike those dedicated types who will come to work sick? After all, who needs to pick up whatever “bug” they have just because they lack the common decency to stay home. Well, I am one of those miserable sods. In all fairness, this time...

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As 2011 Wound Down and So Did I

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 27 December 2011 · 145 views

2011 Wound Down and So Did I
It seemed that as the year wound down I did as well and I am more than a little happy that a brand new year will start in less than a week. One might ask why the turning of a page on a calendar would make any difference. Good question and the answer is that most of the things...

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Ghost of Collecting Past - A Christmas Carol?

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 30 November 2011 · 86 views

Ghost of Collecting Past – A Christmas Carol?
In case you were expecting a story based on a Dickensian Novel I fear that I must disappoint you straight away. This becomes self-evident within the first sentence, yet somehow I was not dissuaded.

The alarm clock/radio went off well before dawn as usual but today my ears were assaulted by a...

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Because I Say So

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 17 November 2011 · 70 views

Because I Say So.

We hear a lot about provenance here on the forum and more so on television in conjunction with antiques shows. Provenance, being the history of an object proving its authenticity, its pedigree so-to speak. So often we see photos alongside medals that we are told belonged to the subject in the photo but is “because I say...

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Some Things You Just Don't Change.

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 10 November 2011 · 57 views

I was born in a place in the Northern part of Ontario that no longer exists as a name place, Fort William. No, it was not razed to the ground during the French and Indian Wars, I'm not THAT old. Fort William was amalgamated with its sister city, Port Athur, to become the City of Thunder Bay.You will find this city on the map at the north western tip of...

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If at first you don't succeed..was it really worth the effort?

Posted by Brian Wolfe , 06 November 2011 · 56 views

Hello Everyone,

This morning I attempted to launch my blog "News From the Home Office" and somehow after a good deal of work I hit the entry function and it was lost. This ticked me off to no end and I must say I took it out on a couple of my good friends and some bidders on eBay. I still have my friends and two new items for my collection, too...

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