Hendrik Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 At what point did the bars change from silver to gold colour?Hello Chris,No, that's not the way it worked : most Colonial Medal bars were silver(ed) but a few of the Maroc bars (around 1925-26) were made in gilt from the start. The same goes for the "special operations" bars who originally were in genuine gold. The Overseas Medal bars are all gold coloured.Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 7, 2008 Author Share Posted March 7, 2008 Just got this today.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hendrik Posted March 7, 2008 Share Posted March 7, 2008 Nice one, Chris ! It commemorates participation in the so-called "Rif War" in which some well-known commanders took part ... amongst them the then colonel Giraud.Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 8, 2008 Author Share Posted March 8, 2008 Here is a document for it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 Just got these...of course, the first thing I did was visit Hendriks site... could not find the Atlantique bar though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_deploige Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 H?lloSee here a beautiful picture of the M?daille coloniale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 ... could not find the Atlantique bar thoughHello Chris,You were looking with the wrong medal : the Atlantique bar belongs with the WW2 Commemorative Medal ... Cheers,Hendrik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 OK, thought it was strange not to find it anywhere.ThnaksChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bison Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Just for additional information in this huge topic, here are the 13 official current bars for the overseas medal :and some non-official ones :A never ended subject for collectors...RegardsBison 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 30, 2008 Author Share Posted March 30, 2008 A colonial medal doc to a highly decorated WW1 vet... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 This is a nice one.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 A very faded Algeria bar Colonial medal (dated 1895) for a guy in the 49th Inf regt.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 I have decided to collect these (medals and bars) for the African continent... thats a large enough field... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 (edited) An excellent choice indeed ! You will have a large range of bars and an infinite number of combinations. Some are very scarce, such as this DE L'ATLANTIQUE A LA MER ROUGE given to members of the French cross-Africa expedition which bumbed into the Anglo-Egyptians lead by Kitchiner at Fachoda.If you persist with your plan, you will want the "bible" on the subject "La M?daille coloniale" by Jean HASS. It has been out of print for some years, but you might be able to get a second hand copy.Best wishesVeteran Edited April 9, 2008 by Veteran 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 A really nice loose Tonkin bar in this week... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Posted April 19, 2008 Share Posted April 19, 2008 (edited) Hi ChrisThis is a good looking TONKIN bar..... the 1900 CHINE 1901 bar really belongs to the China campaign medal, which is different.Best regardsVeteran Edited April 19, 2008 by Veteran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted April 19, 2008 Author Share Posted April 19, 2008 Hi,just on the looong ribbon so I dont loos it.BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 14, 2008 Author Share Posted December 14, 2008 Not the greatest example, but one to a train unit "Tunisie" signed in 1894. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Congratulations. This is a very early Chancery registration number ! RegardsVeteran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 17, 2008 Author Share Posted December 17, 2008 What do you think of this one ? ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veteran Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Certainly very scarce. Never seen one before.The fact that it was issued to an officer is significant. I don't know if any of the men in the ranks ever were eligible to the m?daille coloniale, or any other award..CongratulationsVeteran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 A nice one indeed :-))))) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Here in the middle is a very, very nice quality small medal. I assume privately made? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Here is a close up... it appears to be hand finished, the edges rounded off and the whole thing is not flat with the head being the relief feature... the whole thing is slightly convex, front and back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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