Nick

Looks fine to me. Could have easily been awarded an ISM early in ERII reign. I am suprised there is no further Home service in WW2 (Defence Medal) , but he may have been unfit for service through his previous War service (or too old) and been a postman etc which accounts for the ISM.

These flying day badges are getting more expensive

An unusual colour this one:

Another favourite

Just to get the ball rolling. My personal favourite day badge.

As part of the ongoing projects being considered here at GMIC I would like to start to create a tinnie database. Tinnies are still a relatively cheap collecting item and are something which I have been steadily collecting over the years. However as we all realise there are thousands of variants and cataloguing or collecting them all is next to an impossible task. Tieste has probably come as close as anyone has been able to creating a comprehensive catalogue but I have at times found even his great work lacking. To that end I will lay down a challenge and ask that within this thread we start posting pictures and information on tinnies. Please post here with the understanding that at some point in the near future I will start to collate the information and photos and put it into a catalogue format that will be available to all members. Sorry to those of you that have already posted in another thread but as this is for a project I thought it best to highlight requirements first. All tinnies, day badges, WHW, Police & Wehrmacht Badges etc are welcome. Are you up to the challenge..........

Here is a copy of The Decorations of Socialist Albania which Eric Schena has kindly made available free of charge for all Members to download and make use of. Please pay strict attention to the Copyright terms of this article/book which Erich has stipulated. The book is free and must NOT BE SOLD in any form and if parts of this work are used or borrowed full reference and credit is given to Eric Schena who owns the copyright. Cheers Eric

Yes it refers to undamaged as in freshly minted (coins).

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I quite agree, a lovely ribbon bar, I would like the mounted group to go with it. I prefer to use the word scarce........

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Unfortunately not at this time, but I am hopeful that I may get some in the future.

This pair although on the surface are nothing too special, have a unique space in my collection. I have told part of the story before, but I am trying to research things further and will hopefully post the fuller picture in the near future. My aunt, who is Canadian, had the unfortunate privilege of clearing out one of her relatives flats after he died a couple of years ago. She was the closest living relative so he left his small amount of wordly possessions to her. She found a drawer full of medals some of which were his own (British WW2 group) and this pair which were his fathers. So how did a WW2 British Army officer, have a father who fought with valour for the German side during the previous World War. Simple...... they were both in fact German and Jewish...... and as one would expect it is a tale full of tragedy. But I feel privileged that all the medals have ended up in my possession (both British & German) and although I am not a direct descendant, there is a family link there, and they sit alongside both my grandfathers campaign medals.

Forgot this pair one that you may have seen before

another

a few more to come... sorry if these are familiar already

My criteria for medal groups is that a) there has to be more TR medals than Imperial on a group, b) unless there is a particularily rare TR on an a mainly Imperial medal bar. This one falls into the first category.

I will start on the trios

Thanks for the positive comments. More to follow...... but to answer some questions the single EK mount is marked L/11.....This was the first single West Wall I have come across so I just had to but it...... also an underestimated piece is the KVK with swords and Eastern Front Medal.... maybe not such an innocent item as it first seems....

Another Single

A single

Another Pair

Another Pair

Don Fantastic item, thanks for showing us !!