Herman

Is this one real? Named to James W. Davis. Anyone an idea? Herman

And offcourse 2 Nato medals, former yougoslavia and kosovo.

Actually he has two foreign awards.. A Bulgarian award (2nd row, 3th ribbon) and a humble Nijmegen 4 days marching cross as his last ribbon. Herman

Hello, I have a British VM with at 5 o'clock of the obverse the initials of the designer William McMillan. The initials does not have the stop between the W and the M. I checked it under magnification and it looks like it never was there. The Vic is in the name of a sailor in the Royal Navy. It is of a very crisp striking. Anybody noticed the same before? Herman

Hello Peron and others, Yesterday I have been to the Feira de Ladra in Lisbon. As you said Peron "they don't grow on trees" here. It was a big flee market, but alas, I didn't find a VM. So,, my search for a nice one continues. Thanks for the tip though, Regards Herman

I will go on a holiday to Portugal soon and will visit Lissabon. Any adresses were i can find some nice Portuguese VM's? Thanks in advance,, Herman

À very nice trio, Kev. As Tony said, no problems with the ribbons just looking at the picture. Perhaps you can carefully clean them in the laundry machine. Just stuff them carefully in your wifes stockings. Might work out fine. If they are too worn, don't bother. success with your search for more info, Herman

Hello fellow GMIC collectors, I recently bought at e-bay a medal set of 6 of Major George N.F. Powell. His service details are (mostly from the London Gazette) 25 july 1912 promoted to Lieutenant in the 6th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Rifles), Territorial Force (LG 4 oct 1912) 5 august 1914 promoted to Captain still serving in the same unit. (LG 15 sept 1914) 15 oct 1915 Mentioned in Despatches (LG 1 jan 1916) 1 april 1916 promoted to Major, still serving in the same unit as above, dtd 8 march 1917 (LG 13 apr 1917) 1 april 1918 granted a temporary commission as Captain (RAF, Administration branch) and to be Honorary Major (LG 1 july 1919) 18 june 1919 relinquishes his commission on acc of ill-health caused by wounds and retains the rank of Major in the 6th Bn London Regt. (LG 18 june 1919) 23 june 1921 Major (late 6th Bn Lond. R.) in the General List, Infantry. (LG 22 june 1921) 9 oct 1926 resigns commission in the General List, Infantry, appointed to the Res. of Off. (LG 8 oct 1926) 9 oct 1926 Res. of Off., to be Major (Kings Royal Rifle Corps) with seniority 22nd sept 1923. 11 sept 1945 (Army Serial Nr. 111098), having exceeded the age limit of liability to recall, relinquishes his commission, retaining the rank of Major KRRC (regular Army Reserve of Officers, Infantry). (10th Volunteer Battalion, the Kings Royal Rifle Corps) I enclose a picture of his six medals. From left to right: 1914-15 star, British War Medal, Victory medal with MiD, Defence Medal 1939-1945, War Medal 1939-1945 and the Jubilee medal 1935. I am a bit new to this subject. So I have a question: With abovementioned service in years, is major George Powell entitled to a TD, VD or ED? Can the experts please enlighten me. Lots of thanks in advance, Herman

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One more question Paul (or someone else) What does "l.m.s." mean? regards Herman

Paul, thanks again for your information. So i think this is really a special medal then. regards Herman

Thans for the quick reply. The rim reads: 1369 COL R SERJT W WHEELER 1st Bn l.m.s. 19 th REGT It seems to be imprinted. Regards Herman

Hello, i would really like to have some opinions of the experts on this one. Their is a name on the rim. Thanks in advance. Herman

Thank a lot. Will do that. The seller says that the core's magnetic. regards Herman

Sorry for the red dot. I don't have another picture. regards Herman

You are, just like your father, in the Navy? Were did your grandfather serve? Thanks in advance for your answer. Herman

I see a MG42, some MP44's and two M1 rifles.

Sigh, give this another push. The medalgroup in the picture is of a previous commander of the Dutch Royal Marines Major General Arnold J. Romijn. He commanded the Marine Corps from 1977 to 1980. Herman

Salou Djibo's fifth medal surely looks a lot like a UN medal aswell. See for yourself. The first pictured medal comes the closest. Both medals are for an UN mission in Ivory Coast. UNOCI, started in 2004, and MINUCI. Niger supplied forces to UNOCI. Herman

Emmanuel, in post # 8 you mention "At left on first row he's wearing Order of Merit of Niger,but the 2 Next Medal ??? They are not UN Medal." You are talking about Salou Djibo. His second and third medals are indeed no UN medals. I am not known with the orders, decorations and medals of Niger but the person at the right side of the picture, Captain Seydou, his second medal surely looks a lot like the UN medal awarded for UNMIL (UN Mission in Liberia). This mission started in 2003 and Niger supplied forces till 2009. See the enclosed picture. His first medal is the same as Djibo and must surely be a Niger award. I always like ODM's from African states as sometimes they are very well made and detailed. Herman

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and some better comparison shots. The bright spots at the edges of the beading is some contact damage. This happened ebfore the cleaning and came to the surface after cleaning this ek. The cleaning process was putting the ek in a small cup with some super soapy cleaning fluid. After a while i took a toothbrush and removed the dirt. It came out like this. I also really like the pictures of the ek1 Eric Stahlhut posted. Am I close when i say that all (or most) of these bronze ek's 1 and 2nd class were produced after WW1 during the 20s and 30s? And were they painted or was it something else they did to get the different color? Thanks for the replies. best regards Herman