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Having put this photo of a plod/truncheon (collective noun) of policemen in the lounge under Remembrance Day, Mervyn asked me to do a bit of research on the silver maces they carry.

These are great medals, lovely design, fantastic colouration. Nice to have the issue envelope and tissue. AND the soldiers really earned them at minus 40 degrees with a lack of winter equipment.

Same as this one I believe. Apparently called a Gryphonne IV pattern Exterminator.

At last, I've discovered how to make paint craze so that it looks old. Tried all sorts of methods then found out you can buy it over the counter at art shops. A reproduction that I've painted as a Luft winter camo

He he, no, he was Cpl Kane

I thought you said you didn't want to be reminded about that. Just the same as my uncle showing me his lighter with a dent in it, telling the story about how it saved his life, then throwing it in the bin cause the lighter fluid leaked out. I knew I should've had that ex wife that posed for that painting in 'Allo 'Allo.....

Nice one. Good when things get a better home. I'll post the trade on here in a couple of weeks when I've figured it out........

Very nice indeed

Rooting around on t'tinternet: Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant (March 1743 – 24 November 1807) was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution........He was one of 182 Native American warriors awarded a silver medal from the British for his service. Could this be one of those?

You must've sht yourself when that bike jumped out

And another with what looks like a very old ribbon but it also seems to have been broached. Named to a Daniel Wilson - no unit that I can see through the knocks and scratches.

A pair, no names, new ribbons

I agree that paper is better. I have quite a few stored books and pamphlets gained off of t'tinternet but always forget that I have them or where exactly they are in the files I have on my machine. Those that I refer to, such as Muster Rolls for the Napoleonic British Army, Medal Numbering for the SADF and Foreign Legion, and the like I have printed off and keep on the shelf. Brian's German Helmet lot numbers is produced in paper format just like a telephone book (as Chris' suggestion) and is mostly list upon list of numbers but can be leafed through to find something. An electronic version of tables/lists would, I agree, be too cumbersome and difficult for those without my vast computer coding/programming knowledge.

Thankee. Must root round a bit more in the loft. Oh yeah......I know......

Better off on your wall than in a box in my loft. If I can find a cardboard tube to send it in, would you have an empty cardboard box for something to fit in?

Andy I assume you have this electronically rather than written out longhand in pencil on 2650 pages. Will it not fit onto a or some CD/DVDs which, I assume, relatively speaking, would be easy. The DVDs are cheap and easy to copy which you could sell, from the sounds of it, to many of those who are interested. I believe the discs can be protected from further copying by self destructing and destroying the machinery it is in if tampered with. You can tell that I am a computer whizz kid by my staggering knowledge demonstrated here

Lovely heavy documents, a bit too big to display in our weenie house. Interesting that he lived not that far from you Turtle. As with all these things, if the relatives had an interest I wouldn't have had it in my loft.

Blimey, was searching in the loft for something completely different and found this again. Completely forgot that I had it. It's pretty big 490 by 390 (that's 19"ish by 15"ish) which is probably why I put it away.

Just so many things I'd like to try. This, and other great work on the forum, really inspires me to get into all sorts. A great model, great scratch built bits (the seatbelts on a 1/72 scale!!!!!!) and great paint. Well done Rogi. Looking forward to the other pictures. PS - airbrushing aluminium myself today onto a guitar, it's not the greatest of paints to use that's for sure.

I can't understand the titles but I assume a training/information film. Very cool indeedy. I like the troopie who collects the thrown training grenades and then has to stand to attention next to a target each time he picks one up. Looks like someone is keeping score, gets a bit confused when more than one is thrown though. Could almost be Mr Chaplin. Is this the Stormtrooper training? Dated 08/15?