Graf

45 minutes ago, ilieff said:

 

Ooops! Seems that someone had lost their cross!  😄

Lovely photo I hope he had found the missing cross

Hi Duncan  Welcome

Hi Hendrik Thank you for clarifying My area is the rare models of the Prime Order of Leopold

I know you have dedicated site for Belgium Orders and decorations It is very useful for beginners and quick referrence

Hi Owain Very nice minis bar

On 04/07/2023 at 01:00, ashley58 said:

Hi,

     here is my badge with 2 bars, Grenschutz 1919/1920 and Spartakus 1919/1923.

enjoy 🙂

Lovely Badge indeed

7 hours ago, Annette Schuneman said:

Mike,

I do have possibly one slightly better quality picture of Joseph Andrew Benyon that is the same, and one that is of he and his wife, Blanche Thibaudeau, of Quebec. They were married in 1893. Those are the only photos I have found at this point. I hope I will be able to post them here for you.

Thank you for your response!

Annette

 

Nice crispy photos

The Labour Decoration  is a Belgian labour long service medal originally established on 7 November 1847 under the name "Industrial and Agricultural Decoration". Its statute and design were reformed in 1958, since when it has retained its present name and design. The Labour Decoration is awarded to those who use their knowledge, talent and dedication in the pursuit of their work for a specified time. It is awarded by the Belgian Ministry of Employment and Labour.

Classes

The Labour Decoration is awarded in two classes:

The first class is awarded to those who can demonstrate thirty years of professional activity. Craftsmen who are not employees may be awarded the first class award if they can demonstrate twenty years of independent work in Belgium after their twenty-first birthday.

The second class is awarded to those who can demonstrate twenty-five years of professional activity.

The decoration first class may also be awarded posthumously to workers who have been the victims of a fatal accident in the workplace, without consideration of age or citizenship.

Administrative procedures

The request for award of the decoration to a specific worker is usually submitted to the Ministry by the worker's employer or professional union. However, when this is not possible (such as when the worker is an independent craftsman without a professional union), the worker may file the request themselves. The worker must be a resident of Belgium, although they may have worked in a foreign country for a Belgian company or worked in Belgium while residing in a different country. The Decoration may be awarded to workers in the private sector and to contractual employees of the public sector.

After having been verified by the local authorities, applications are scrutinised by the Ministry of Employment and Labour, where the decision to award the Decoration or not will be taken. Award ceremonies are usually held on 8 April, 21 July and 15 November of each year.

Award of National Orders

After the Labour Decoration, workers may later also be awarded the gold medal and the golden palms of the Order of the Crown respectively after thirty-five and forty-five years of professional activity, or in the latter case, forty years at the time of retirement. The Knight's Cross of the Order of Leopold may be awarded to workers after fifty-five years of professional activity.

Award description

The insignia of the Labour Decoration is oval and made of silver, surrounded by a blue enamelled laurel wreath, with in its center a black enamelled oval medallion surrounded by a red enamelled border and in the center an emblem made of a beehive, a hammer and a compass and topped by the coat of arms of Belgium. The insignia is suspended by a ring through a lateral suspension loop through the orb of a pivot mounted royal crown. The reverse of the insignia is plain. The emblem and the royal crown are silver for the second class decoration and gold for the first class.

The ribbon of the Labour Decoration has three longitudinal stripes of equal width in the national colours of Belgium, black, yellow and red. The ribbon of the decoration first class is adorned with a rosette in the same colours. The ribbon of the Labour Decoration awarded posthumously is adorned with a black enameled clasp with silver text in Flemish and French stating deceased at work.

1 hour ago, fischer said:

Very nice collection!

 

I also collect the miniatures...only mine are IAB mini's.

Very impressive minis collection Congrats

On 13/07/2023 at 09:30, gjw said:

 

Hello Tony, like you I love my A-H awards.  But, I thought I'd expand my collection to another venue.  I decided on DDR awards, as they are fairly inexpensive (for now) and are generally in excellent to mint condition.  The cases are cheap plastic, but some have nicer cases for not much money also.  It's not to hard to get a nice collection.

 

As far as costs go, I have some favorite dealers I trust.  I do have other collectors I've bought from that I trust also.  Don't do much on Ebay, but have.  The killer for me is the postage.  It can be expensive from  Europe to the US.  I live in a sparsely populated state (North Dakota) and we have no militaria shows.  The closest is 9 hours away in St Paul/Mpls.  So for me, it's the internet or even Facebook Groups.  I try to combine orders to save on postage.  I guess all in all, it's more expensive than if I where in Europe or Great Britain.

 

Thanks BTW for all your kind words on my posts, much appreciated!

 

I also enjoy your posts, very informative and helpful.

 

Best Regards!

 

Greg

I agree that it is good idea to start a new line of collecting and gradually build up That we all collectors do

  Yes Tony dedication is very impressive

On 10/07/2023 at 21:56, Deutschritter said:

Gentlemen, as I read in this forum, Oskar von Lindequist was maybe used in the Großes Hauptquartier Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs at the beginning of WWI. Does anyone know, if he was reactivated? Z. D.? If yes, did he receive any awards for WWI? I hope to soon have the list of all decorations completed. Thank you!

 

Nice photo

It looks another Vet.s odd item /memorabilia. Anyhow interesting item

On 14/04/2023 at 13:03, Terry37 said:

Tony, The HG UTP badge, I am sorry to say it is a common fake. Here are pictures to show the main difference between a good and a bad UTP badge.

 

The life Guard badge is also a common fake, as a real one will have a dangling "V". See pictures.

 

The others are not in my area of collecting, so I cannot help with those.

 

Terry

 

 

Nice way to compare those badges The originals look much better quality and crispy Thanks

3 hours ago, Cagedfalcon said:

Hello

I thought I'd share part of my collection. No all TR.

 

Enjoy, Paul 

Welcome  very nice small collection of miniatures Congrats

10 hours ago, Guards Armoured said:

I was at the National Army Museum last week and took a few pictures of authentic cuff-rank tunics, hope they help:

Nice job

On 09/07/2023 at 22:19, michael smith said:

Could I have opinions on the following please.u

Nice badge

19 hours ago, I_♥_Police said:

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/trois-policiers-portant-des-nouveaux-uniformes-news-photo/843728350

 

Saw this picture and found it interesting. I am aware in the 70s or 80s the Met produced an experimental type breast badge which was the armorial badge, the same as on the warrant card holders, with a flat surface  underneath for the epaulette number. According to the translation, these three are Met officers however I have never seen examples of the breast badges they are using, has anyone else? They don't look like the standard Met crest at all

Nice

8 hours ago, Farkas said:

Hi Gents,

continuing the summary first…

 

There are 4 marked HMA.

- HEERESMATERIALAMT

    (Army Ordnance) in my opinion. 

 

There are 3 marked JC

- Johann Christelbaur & Son

 

There are 3 marked FA

I haven’t seen this attributed to a particular maker so…

I’m inclined to say FA represents…

- FESTUNGSARTILLERIE (Fortress Artillery) 

 

If HEERESMATERIALAMT (Army Ordnance) is acceptable as maker HMA then why not FESTUNGSARTILLERIE  (Fortress Artillery) also?

 

Any thoughts welcome as always 👍

tony 🍻

 

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Just 5 left to summarise, then onto pictures of the KTK, the stamps and details.

 

Nice

Vert interesting collection of photos

Welcome Listing the medals will help

1 hour ago, oamotme said:

Thanks Graf,

This time another LDH led group - all pieces in gold - superb workmanship - no details of the recipient but appears to be a post WW2 senior civil servant or diplomat.

Regards,

Owain

Impressive  Yes for sure it is post WW2 VIP mini bars

3 hours ago, Farkas said:

Even just from an aesthetic point of view, this is a really good photo. It looks like it could have been taken yesterday. A great looking subject, the sharpness & a less common dark background all work together.

Is the man above also King Ferdinand 1?

 

tony 🍻

Hi Tony Yes he is King Ferdinand He came from one of the richest family in Europe  The wealth came from French, Saxo Coburg and Hungarian origin. He was very extravagant and controversial person.

On 12/07/2023 at 07:45, Farkas said:

Youre welcome 😊

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I did have a look for the specific units that were issued lanyards and learnt that upon mobilisation for ww1 all soldiers were actually issued one, so as far as I know it doesn’t narrow things down, however maybe someone knows that different colours some units used might…

The lanyards were worn on the left shoulder during ww1 but moved to the right shoulder after the war.

From the IWM site

‘Physical description

Single length of twisted cord with a large 'shoulder' aperture one end, and a smaller eye at the other.

History note

This type of lanyard was a standard issue to soldiers for carrying their issue clasp, or 'jack' knife; alternatively they were used for securing a marching compass. Should either item be dropped then the lanyard connected the object to the man to prevent loss. ‘

tony 🍻

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Very interesting Congrats

Very impressive Congrats