Jacky

Unofficial one?? I think it is one which had been awarded for having completed the TMPT (two-day militairy Prestation Mars) 10 times. The ribbon is the same and the cross is blue enamelled, so it had been awarded for completed the TMPT 10 times, after 25 times the cross is red enamelled. Kind regards, Jacky

Wonderfull!! Keep going on with these pictures!!! Kind regards Jacky

If I may bother you, Gentlemen, with a question.... I heard that the Grandcrosses of the National orders of Leopold II and the order of the Crown were equal in size to the commanders-cross... However the Grandcross of the order of Leopold I would be slight larger than its commanders-cross. Could anyone shed a light on this presumption??? Thanks in advance... Kind regards, Jacky

Very interesting question!!! However, maybe is the right forum for this question the forum concerning the belgian / french and other countries ??? ? Belgian awards However I'm yet very curious about the difference between French manufacturers and Belgian manufacturers!!! Kind Regards, Jacky

Thank you very much for your reply, If I may bother you with one question; What is the difference between goldplated and gold washed, both in manufacture and as in appearance?? Kind regards and thanks in advance, Jacky

Absolutely lovely!!! Even the reverse had been done in that way..... Lovely star!!! P.s Does it belong to a group or just on it's own???

Wonderfull story, also wonderfull gallantry of this officer..... I'm wondering what will happen with his group........... p.s who is the "lord" who hunts down all VC's coming on auction where-ever???

After having browsed through his ebay-site I noticed that he sells a lot of copies.... Maybe is this a copy too!! Picture looks strange for something old... Just my 2 cents.

Lovely medals, I like those Kriegs-verdienst Medal's for their shapes and overall image. I think that they're beautifuller than the Iron Crosses....... Maybe it's just the malteze cross Those medals were also awarded to factories for having reached certain quota's ?nd therefor helped "winning" the war!!! Does anyone know more of this practice???? P.s is the screwback one an official one or an unofficial one?????

Wild Card, Thanks!!! It seems very beautifully made!!! What is it's size?? Kind regards, Jacky

Bravo, Keep em coming, Do you have more beautifull medals/decorations/orders of Canada?? This club keeps on extending and spreading it's knowledge in unchartered territories It's just great to see!!!!! Kind regards Jacky

Amazing medals could I see the reverse of the 1st class star??? They're just so beautifull !!!! What do they make valuewise?? Or is it something we better can't mention

Thanks, another wonderfull medal of an unknown niche!!! thanks to Ricky' picture of the order of the rose, "Artistic" Pictures I wondered about the what and how of this order and guess what??? Another member of this club wrote a very fine essay about it, herr Andreas M. Schulze Ising!!! to both of them Herr Andreas, keep on going with the good work!!! So many clear and readable essays on the wonderfull orders and aspects of orders/decorations!! Order of the Rose Kind regards Jacky

Quite a late answer, However, the answers for different ribbons is the same as the answer why officers get orders and the lower grades get the zeal-medal, Just because of the ranks, just to state the difference between the sailor and the lieutenant..... Even the english do it, Admirals become knighted, sailors get a medal to commemorate their part in the action...... Belgians give lower grades of the national orders to the NCO's and soldiers, whereas officers get the knights-classes immediately.... yes, the pure equal society doesn't exist..... but differences motivates

Ricardo, If I may bother you a little longer with a question, What is this medal??? anyway... again, they look all beautifull, especially the light on it and the standards which display them frontal..... wonderfull....

Wonderfull pictures, indeed the light is soft and very nice!!! The medals become allmost like jewels... Which is what they are too!! Pieces of metal with a wonderfull story.... Could you make more pictures like the ones in the first posts?? Keep going!!!

Bit of pepper & salt :D

Fabulous!!! Especially the first class Civil decoration!!! You can see the gold through the ribbon, in my versions they are all yellow.... From the commemorative medal can be concluded that it was a volunteer without front service. Somewhere in the colonials..... Correction The star was for "gereformeerden" (don't know the exact english term for this ) who had suffered wounds inflicted in war or cought illness due to their service...... My excuses for this fault.... /Correction

Fabulous!!!! But you're hiding something What is the whole group???

Lovely bars!!! But I'm wondering what the difference is between the royal and the princely order??? I see that this bar has a plain medal on the first place and a medal with crown and enamel on the 3rd place, what is each medal on this bar?? The fifth is a Royal Alberts order if I'm correct

Well... My humble 2 cents concerning the way of pronouncing and describing is.... Write it as it is called in the country of origin "Medal of Honor" But for the communication between members use the British English, as it is clearer, easier and sounds better Sorry, no offense to the Americans However, It is clear that this man couldn't have 3 french Croix d'guerres, as he only served during World War I I think the first is the french, because the medal before this croix is the medaille militaire. the second and the third must be of another country, one is belgian and the other should be serbian!! Because servi? did have a war-cross, monetegrin didn't *feel free to correct me if I'm wrong* So First Croix d'guerre is french, the second is Belgian the third is Serbian.

Hi Kev, It's a dutchie..... No better man for an award I can't crop the images, Could only found them at this Webpage

Here in color

Welcome to this club, I haven't seen a lot of beautifull brazilian medals!! If you have more, feel free to post them.... Wonderfull medals!!! Kind regards, Jacky

Ol?, an other dutchie Again a nice collection!!!