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I cannot see how anyone could squeeze that amount of military service in and do enough time in the Civil Service to receive an ISO. The last ribbon looks like a sun-faded St. John grade, though what precisely I have no idea. Without the ISO, 35 & 77 Jubilees, GSM62 and UNFICYP then this ensemble would be plausible, but their inclusion (for me) makes this an unrealistic throw together.

hhmmmm yeah after going through the ribbons it does seem that with the ism it may be a put together!!!

so picked this up in another deal and while the bar does make seems is it plausible? from what i can make out the guy joined before 37 was in ww2 in the 8th army(Theres a missing 8 on the north African star)and a MID on the war medal and won a MM then he was in korea then was still in the service till after 62 and left in te 70s and at some point got imperial service medal! so what do you thing? a put together or a very very nice huge bar?also what are the last 3 ribbons as i cant for the life of me figure out what they are!(order of malta for the last ribbon!!)

any help would be great!! :beer:

I hate to say it but with so little to go off of it will be next to impossible. Can you take a loop to the edge and see if anything else is revealed? My dad has an extremely powerful digital microscope that he uses in coin inspections. If all else fails you can send it to me and i can give it a whirl on that beastie.

Cheers

Chris

yeah id be up that!il see if maybe just maybe if i cant get get any anything if not il send it you!!!!(be intresting to see if anything can be found!!!)

thanks!! :beer:

picked this up on a another forum! the job on its been done very well and the brooch is pretty nice as well!sadly its been partially erased! the numbers i can make out is 29---9 (i think)then PTE then at the very end R what would the chances be of getting the serial number by adding in the various missing digits and taking it from there?i probably wont mess with it as well this looks like some-one was proud of this!!thanks for any help!! :beer:

Silver War Badge. Given to discharged soldiers to show they weren't slackers and "white feather bait"

aahhh i know them!! my great uncle had one of them as we was also wounded in the ww1!!!

heres a closer look at the note!!

His SWB found in the possesson of an abscondee & returned to him?

if get a better pic of it! whats a SWB???(cant for the life of me think what that is!!!!!)

and the other half!! i like the bit where he got into a fight with a copper!! ;)

so got his service record and to be honest most of it says "3 days in the cells" so looks like he liked a good fight or 3!!!

am i right in saving he was a naval air station in 1913(pembroke 2)

thanks for any info!!

and his mm card!!

so i went to the national archives and re-downloaded his MIC and i also got some more info!whats interesting on the bottom left hand corner looks like he was caught with something but cant make out what it was??? can any one see what it was??

Very clean, do you have any sets from the SIX DAY WAR??

Lorenzo

arent they both from the 6 day war?

thats pretty fantastic info!!!im going to look into try and getting info on why the MM was awarded!!! :beer:

yup i have the same info hes the one from Garstang,i have his census from 1911 and hes a horse handler that was living in Garstang in 1911!is that the same person?if so thats simply AMAZING that you got a pic of him!!!if theres anything i can do just let me know!!!this forum just gets better each day!!! :cheers:

Chris, the British Star-like medal is Nigerian: For Bravery. It seems to have been struck on WW2 star dies with a different centre. I'll be posting in the appropriate section in due course. The minis are the WW1 French Victory Medal and the Voluntary Combattants Cross. I like the way some veteran, when it broke, sewed it onto the ribbon...upside-down.

The Wound Ribbon is very nice, isn't it? I also like the WW1 CdG with the tiny Palm.

The painted/printed ribbon bars are not often seen, Noor. However, I do know of a little box containing a few of them, which I think I will buy. Dublin is, sadly, not the best of places for militaria. I grew up in Upper Mount Street in the 1960s and often go back as I still have family there. I've only seen two militaria dealers there in recent years.

That's the great thing about our hobby, isn't it? Things don't have to be top end or hyper-expensive to give you a thrill when you find them and to give others pleasure.

P

sadly PK both those dealers are gone!!!!! and yup not much round just 2 fairs and one guy selling coins and few medals in Georges arcade is about it!!

yeah i was thinking the same thing myself! this is a very high gallantry award that be researched!ALOT of other such gallantry awards cant be research so the history is lost from them!!!this is why iv also started to like British stuff as the research being them can be fascinating!! the lads of in war found out his final rank was as a corporal!the ONLY pity is that i cant find out how he was awarded it sadly!!(being awarded to late he was only put dwn in the gazette that he was awarded it!)

I'd already turned 30.

aaahh thats still young in my book!!!(and me turning 30 next year has NOTHING to do with that!!!!! )

I absolutely concur with Owain as to identification. Mind you one of the most degraded toughras I have seen.

Paul

there no device holding the ribbon just a loop on the back!!

thanks for the id guys! and the order is better in hand then the pics show!!! :beer:

Well, it was 25 years ago, when research was almost impossible. And it wasn't a group, just a single. And I was collecting Indian at the time. And I wasn't working.

Ah the folly of youth and being skint!!! Just wondering whats the chances of getting a orignal length of ribbion for it?

The only info i have for him is that he was a horse handler before the war!going to find out about his regiment!what made you part with a tunneling group???

A faded Croix de Guerre - not uncommon on WWII awards. The dyes used all seemed to have faded to a pinkish shade very quickly.

thanks for the quick reply!thats what i thought to just making sure!!!thanks!! :beer:

FINALLY got myself a military medal!been wanting one of these ever since i started collecting(even when i was collecting german medals!!) after seeing a broken erased one in an auction!!! nothing mad special just to a Royal Field Artillery guy!got it in late 18 so not much detail on how he got it!on the rim is

116509 GNR-L.BMBR:-A.CROSS A.315/A BDE:R.F.A

might not be to a famous reg but i love it!!has a bit of research on the guy but im going to get a better copy of his MIC card to see what else he got!i think its been cleaned but not dipped! i dont mind that to much either!!!any way here she is and she will be going right next to my military cross!!! :beer:

just came back from paris and got this little bar thrown in for free in a deal!just wondering is the last ribbon a faded croix du guerre? any help would be great!!!

just came back from paris ans this shop

http://www.techmili.com/Magasins/Lepoilu/Le_poilu.htm

was good!picked up a Tunisian order and the guy threw in a nice french bar with the deal!and he was cool with haggling over price also hes RIGHT by the metro!!!!

On comparing your piece with those in my collection I am fairly certain yours is the Mohammed Al Naceur issue of 1906-1922 - 4th Class or Officer issue.

Regards,

Owain

fantastic!thanks for that!heres better pics of it!

picked this order of Nishan al-Iftikhar up in paris (i think its also french made)and i was wondering does anyone know the period as i cant match up the cypher in the center with a few cyphers iv seen on line and here on gmic(theres another thread with a table of cyhpers but no luck!!)any help would be great!!(sorry for the c#ap pics there about the best i can do till monday!) :beer: