Bear

Hello Stephen,

If I could only find a list of those who were awarded the Saint Joachim

Maybe - General Auguste-Daniel Belliard

http://www.napoleonic-officers.net/web/off...B/belliard.html

I'll keep Looking

barry

Hello Roeland,

I don't know that much about medals but you might beable to track down another one here that might have a description.

http://www.vcoins.com/world/

just use the SEARCH

I'll see If I can find one.

thanks,

barry

Thanks Sergey

American Revolution

Train

Hello,

I found this watch in my grandfathers desk. I'm not sure where he got it.

William Blathwayt

He established the War office as a department of the British Government and established the colony of Massachusetts Bay and was Secretary of State from 1692-1702.

War of the Grand Alliance (1688-1697)

One Huge Mess

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Grand_alliance

William R

Secretary of State William Blathwayt

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William the Third by the Grace of God. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. Defender of the Faith. To our trusty and welbeloved Richard Hamaker Gent. Greetings we do by these presents constitute and appoint you to be Lieutenant to the company of (Granad ???) in our regiment of foot commanded by our trusty and welbeloved Colonel William Seymour where of John Gilbert Esq. is Captain. Your are therefore carefully and deligently to discharge the duty of Lieutenant by exercising and well disciplining as well the inferior officers as soldiers of that company and we hereby command them to obey you as their lieutenant and you to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from your Colonel, Captain, or any other your superior officer according to the rules and discipline of war, in ursuance of the trust we hereby repose in you given at our Court at Loo this 25 of August 1696. In the eighth year of our reign.

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Hello,

King William III

25 August 1696

Military Commission appointing Richard Hamaker to be a Lt in the Regiment of Foot under the command of Colonel William Seymour and Capt John Gilbert. This document signed by the king while on campaign during the War of the Grand Alliance in Flanders Our Court at Loo.

thanks,

barry

HMS Suffolk

3rd Rate

70 Gun

Launched 1680

Builder Johnson, Blackwell

barry

Great Stuff Tom

Is it printed on two pages or front/back on one page?

thanks,

barry

Hello Mike,

There's always room for one more document collector.

thanks,

barry

Hello Chris,

Treasure Island = Admiral Whetstone

I think if I visited a Bristol pub back then my drunk rear would be headed to the Caribbean.

http://pages.prodigy.net/rodney.broome/piratewalk13spy.htm

Hello Jon,

Check out this thread.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16405

thanks,

barry

Woodes Rogers (1679 - 1732)

He was an English Privateer who married Admiral Whetstone's daughter Sarah. He made and lost his fortune in the Caribbean. He also ousted Edward Teach(Blackbeard) who was Magistrate of the "Privateers Republic".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodes_Rogers

Hello Jon,

Port Royal, Jamaica

Rear-Admiral Sir William Whetstone (16?? - 1711)

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