mickey

thanks guys is there any info on how many of these medals were awarded

Thanks for the number Nick are the golden orchid documents later issue

hi all a recent arrival a group of documents to a soldier named shimura the group includes a china incident and manchurian incident award document plus a number of monetary awards for bravery during both incidents most interestingly for me a border incident medal award document and a detailed service history to the same soldier was included kindly translated by rich catalano private 1st class shimura arrived in darien in 1936 as part of a mg company and served in china until 1941 and was heavily involved in north manchuria he spent 1941 to 1944 in japan at army hq and then as an nco at the army pilot acadamy the border incident document has a healthy dose of nics patina but i figured these document are pretty hard to find and worth preserving, note the medal and document box are seperate purchases ,shame these get seperated from the documents

thanks for the translation oleg

martini henry rifle the rifle of empire kipling called it a cross eyed bitch due to the recoil i believe after firing 5 or 6 rounds a nose bleed was to be expected here is a drawn brass cartridge made by eley

hi all found this early 1900s postcard someone telling a friend not to miss the russo japanese war bio show unusual hand coloured artwork pretty fearsome looking russian nick

thanks guys

hi all going thru some of my photos just wondered if anyone can id the badge on the left

hi paul a couple of pics of the sarp beret also a comparison with a sap beret

thanks chris yes very different pattern to normal african cammo

hi all after been given a sa railway police officers hat while visiting sa it sparked my interest and have added these items of sarp camoflage, jacket labelled sar/ sas fielddress 1982 hj henochsberg and a beret with sarp badge i am not sure but i believe these were worn by the railways police task force but info is a bit sketchy to find now trying to find the trousers

thanks nick great info never seen one on a medal bar before

maybe a polo helmet

hi all nice to see some of the more common medals posted this is mine purple box n mint mark good thing about japanese medals there is always the chance of finding additional items like a unmounted ribbon bar and a sash worn by an official at one of the celebrations held around japan

Thanks for the info nick

hi all just thought id post these badges i have and wanted to ask were they military awards or given by an organisation on the periphery info is a bit sketchy thanks

hi nick has this medal ever been replicated like the great east asia war medal

close up its very soft

at a guess run number of the case pity the medals are not numbered would be interesting to see how high they went and why yours has been coloured green

hi dieter yes it has a number thanks for the info the ribbon has a soft texture my wife thinks its wool

hi all a couple of photos of the battlefield one a close up of the wagon area i believe the ground at the time of the battle was very hard and would expect some type of deformation of the relatively soft lead even on a spent projectile but you never know,as an aside as a teenager in the 70s i visited the zulu war battlefields with my parents and at ulundi you could purchase martini henry cartridge cases in various states of condition from the local youngsters out to make a buck recently here in nz a framed board came up for sale with buttons misshapen projectiles bits of cartridge cases and various metal items including a horse bit supposedly dug up at isandlwana

thanks nick were they made for purchase or for a veterans group

hi all just thought id post a couple of photos of a recent purchase my collecting interest ends at ww2 and earlier but i will never own the first and last of japans war medals but have been looking for a post war replica of this medal for a while and was hoping for something a bit different from the plastic cased medals this one seems to be of a better quality the wooden case is well fitted and the medal is silver and heavy the ribbon is also thicker than most ribbons just wondering if any members have seen this type before i imagine it would have been fairly expensive to make (thanks rich c)

hi dieter nice medal im always amazed at the condition of japanese medals as well as the documents etc that come with them which makes collecting them so interesting i thought id post a pic of my female 8th class i think its got some of nicks patina no award document though