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right well i reckon if im not to hung over sunday il give it a light clean and see what happens!!! :beer:

and the back!!

hers my only other pure African award!from Ethiopian,cant remember the full title but i think its something like a Emperor Menelik II order i THINK(i guessed really!!)!!still a lovely award!!made in france i believe!

thats pretty cool!!nice to have a ribbon bar to a Spanish cross in gold winner!!! :beer:

Dont get me wrong i love the patina on the cross but as one of britains top gallantry awards isnt it being in this state doing it a dis-service? Thanks though for the tips on cleaning and the replies!!

thats what im thinking!this medal should be silver!its really just brown at the moment!!

well after FINALLY finding where id last left my military cross(yes i bloody lost the thing thanks to my flat mate putting it "away"!!) im wondering if it wouldn't be a good thing to clean it! i know ALOT of people say you shouldn't but iv been thinking!this award is a VERY high and prized award so shouldn't they be kept clean! mines is ww1 one and is near on brown with the tarnish!i know that tarnish stands for 70+ years of its history but after seeing other MCs i do get the feeling that it does need a clean im still in 2 minds because no soldier who won it would be aloud to wear it in the dirty state its in!!what are your guys feeling on it??should it at least get a light cleaning???? any advice would be great!! :beer:

cool thanks for that megan!!! :beer:

its mad but after i posted it i thought it might be Cuban but Chile makes more sense!!!thanks guys for the quick response!!! anyone have link where i can find ut more about it as iv googled around and cant find anything about it and on the forum i can only find the older versions!!!!! thanks again! :beer:

and the back!any help would be great! :beer:

picked this up at a coin fair today for E23! it look familiar so i toke a punt and bought it!!for some reason it looks African to me!can any one shed any light on it??thanks for any info!! :beer:

sadly i cat find any other info either! but after talking with other people he was definitely KM which would be right with him being attached as an observer! its a real pity we dont now what it was awarded for!!is there any rolls that tell for what the award was given out or is it just a list of names?

ah well not to worry thanks though!!! :beer:

thanks you got there before me!! actually do you know any more info about him as iv drawn a blank apart from the info here(i got the name of the seller but info is near the same as that on Wikipedia ) thanks though!! :beer:

yup though il have the name when i get home!!!

well many a condor legion hows about a KM bar from my collection!!!!cant be many of them awarded to the old KM!!! :beer:

well if you look to the very end of the sales thread the seller states that the Romanian ribbon at the end was taken off when Romanian changed side, Italy did this in 43 so by rights that ribbon should be gone to!!!

saw this on on WAF and i'm not so sure about it! It seems too clean- the placement of ribbons seems odd too,looks like the last two were added as an afterthought at the end! Never heard of a person breaking off the Romanian ribbon! Also, if he did it for one ribbon, why did he not do for the Italian ribbon then too? i've NEVER heard of a soldier breaking off a ribbon on a bar!! what do you guys think? http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=376505

iv pmed a mod on this as i feel the clubs rules on this are unclear!on other forums if you dont own a badge you have to mention this!

i dont think your supposed to post other peoples badges etc,your first post didnt mention that!

could you post a close up of the eagle as it seems to lack detail you would expect!might just be the pics though!

cool thanks for the info!!! :beer:

iv had a set of RAF dog tags and i was wondering if anybody might be able to find anything out about the person! the serial number is 4199657 and the name is Seery F C, then it says RC which i think is roman catholic if im not mistaken!! can anyone help with any info?? thanks!! actually i thought this might be better in the RAF history section!!!!! sorry!!!

pm sent!!!!!! :beer:

Cool you wouldnt have a pic of him would you?and yes life does sadly tend to get in the way of stuff! Thanks for all the help on the bar though!might check to see the ages of GJ majors!iv got two volumes on GJ RK winners so that might help to!any pics or any more info would be great!