Nick

Cheers. Any ideas on cost ?

Is it going to be available in English ? I take it is going to be released imminently ?

I have looked into stocking ribbon for a ribbon bank at GMIC not just for British Medals, but which would include sourced original as well as reproduction.

I have previously spoken with several manufacturers about this including Toyne Kenning and Spence, but I never took it forward as I didn't want a lot of expense for few sales. If it is something that is a demand I can chase things up again out of interest.

Steve

Paul is right please post some images, as without them it is impossible to assess what you have got, and it would be nice to see some Olympic medals.

Mike

They are not officially permitted to be worn on Queen's uniform Military or Police. The official designation is 'ribbons' which is cloth material not enamelled metal. I personally dislike them as it encourages individuals to attach them to articles of uniform which are non regulation for the wearing of ribbons. i.e. I have seen police walking the streets wearing them on uniform jumpers which are non regulation items for the wearing of ribbons. I can understand some of the frustrations though as todays military and even more so the police, rarely get to wear tunics, so the opportunity to wear ribbons or medals is limited.

However there is now within certain Civil orders a miniature badge being officially issued which can now be worn in a non dress state in certain circumstances.

There are now lots of modern enamelled British Ribbon bars especially with the Queens Diamond, Golden Jubilee medals, and long service awards, seems especially prevalent with the Police & Fire Service (look at ebay.uk). They are unofficial and not authorised for wear on uniforms, but with the demise of Tunics and No1 dress I can see why they are worn. But I do not particularly like them.

I would guess that like todays modern versions they are unofficial items which were worn on civilian dress. As to whether they go as far back as Victorian times it would interesting to see.

It is difficult to see from photographs but one of two things is happening here. Either as you say the white metal has been painted with a gold type paint which has only been done superficially to the exposed parts or the reverse has happened and through the application of polish the base metal (which is brass) has been exposed by polishing off the white metal which was originally plated on to the brass.

If it is the former i.e. gold paint on to white metal then in theory you could strip it off, but it is likely to cause damage to the helmet surface unless it is done very painstakingly and carefully and you are not guaranteed on what the final finish would be like.

If it is the latter (which I suspect is the case) and the base (brass) metal has been exposed by over polishing, the only way to treat it would be by electroplating and that would require removal of all the fitments from the helmet.

I personally would leave it as is....

I always have found these non portable German awards to be very interesting items both in design and quality.

I have had a few of these from the Weimar Period onwards. They are often underrated pieces.

Greta stuff lets see more of it in separate topics !

I think you will find Pun is a common Gurkha name.

Really nice work thanks for showing your efforts.

Thanks for posting. Good to see !

What award is that on ?

Cheers Micha

Thought it was Ok just needed some reassurance as not really my collecting area.

I am endeavouring to re organise this section by better use of tags and prefixes.

Therefore I am organising prefixes to include some of the larger organisations and using tags to identify whether they are tinnies or badges.

Please try and use the most appropriate prefix and tag when posting and if you feel that a tag or prefix is missing please post here in this topic.

Frank

Very nice presentation case, binder and I really like the lapel pin, is there any criteria for when the lapel pin is worn . What was the criteria for the Canadian Medal? The British medal came in a small box and was given out to all those with 5 years military (or police or other emergency services) service or more. It came in a small box with no certificate or lapel pin.

Cheers John

Not normally my collecting field. But I had a look at this last week as part of a collection being sold. I am sorely tempted....

Any thoughts on this. Marked W.Deumer.

Slight bend to arm hence kink. I don't like this cross but any thoughts appreciated.

Any thoughts on this Ek1 screw back ?

Purist will say that they devalue a group and to a certain extent that might be the case. But if the group is special, rare or has gallantry awards attached I would say that it matters not.

The maximum file size for your membership per image is 350kb.

As a compromise I have split the two sections, lets see what the posting volume is to support it.

He is now banned for ungentlemanly conduct.

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