paddywhack

to get a service record of a british officer/enlisted man you need to get prove to the ministry of defence (MOD)hes been dead for more then 25 years, this is done by getting his death cert,you then have to fill out an application form and send a cheque for £30 made payable to the MOD ,its a pain to be honest but can yield great results! heres the form you need to fill out for the MOD https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records i dont have the link for where you can get the death cert(thought i had it!) but i do know it costs about £9 to get it! hope it helps a bit!

heres the wiki entry!looks like the rosette was automatically awarded and much rarer to have it with out! !also if you look at say brit ww2 medals it was more to do with being in a war zone then in combat itself to be entitled to a campaign and its the same here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Atlantic_Medal

here you go!cant find any service papers for either sadly!

post the numbers on the medals and il post the medal cards for you!

no worries!here a pic of it with the ribbon!

Iv an eithopian Order of Emperor Menelik II and I think maybe one or two more il be moving on!

It's blue gold blue il post some pics when I get home!

Oh and thanks for the reply!

Sadly no! It has its original ribbon but not a long length of it!

so had this order for ages(dont even remeber where i got it!) just want to know if its ok as i am looking to move it on to make some room for another research project i have!would these be hard to come by as i cant even find any pics of them!!the only mark on the back is"silver",from wikipedia im told its for 15 years long service order to other ranks!any help would be great!!thanks

Great pic and good article! Sad to say many many silver medals even now are being melted! Sad but very true though what is interesting is iv seen a few pawn shops now starting to sell them on ebay as they have figured they can get more for them then the silver value so thats a good sign at least!

True which is odd thats hes not there!

I wonder did he maybe die in the uk before getting to fight and thats why there is no mic etc?

There's the london gazette but you have to see who was awarded the Ottoman Medjidje Order and the OBE who was also in the boar war and ww1 it would be a huge job with no guarantee youl get it down to one name! Also the london gazette is a PAIN to use!!!

Very nice medal and as the other medals would be unnamed you could easily get the full set together and have a GREAT display! Is it in your collection?

Nice mini set but sadly it unlikely youl get a name though I'd love to proven wrong! !!

me neither!pity his records didnt survive!

his marriage cert!!!hope this helps!!

so looks like Albert Frederick Victor Libberton was born on in fulham in london on 1896 and died in blackburn in 1959! heres his probate!also no service papers survived sadly!

here you go!!

Ha I wish! No no lottery ticket just blind luck! To be honest with the Internet reunites are alot more common these days then you think!!!!

Reunites do happen! In 4 years of collecting British medals iv got 3, one for a family whose meritorious service medal went missing in the 30s a victory medal to ramc captain that took me 2 and a half years of mailing the person who had the vic medal and just recently a south African merit service star to a south African police detective major so the best bet is keep looking as it probably will turn up in the end! Nice set though!

is that his full name?

Have to agree it doesnt look original but as the title says some people have more money than sense!!!!

and here another one!!! http://www.ebay.ie/itm/331237787450?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649