Paul L Murphy

I worked out how to shrink Greg's remaining photos so here are the other items in his collection in the following few posts.

I am unable to get the other photos below 150Kb so let me work on this a bit more.

Here are some of the photos that Greg sent me to post. I will let him add the comments regarding them. Some nice items here indeed.

No idea on price these days. I paid about $900 for it around ten years ago and Chinese medals have increased considerably in price since then.

OK, you got me. No idea :blush:

It simply says "6th Class United Glory Order".

They can be awarded for various acts of merit that furhter the activities or mission of the Japanese Red Cross. The most common reason is fundraising or donations. The silver cross is currently awarded if you donate JPY200,000 (about $2,200) and the gold cross for JPY500,000 (about $5,500).

Hi Greg, Many thanks for your kind comments. As a total newcomer to the world of RCMP collectibles I would be very interested in your views on the items I have shown and any further details that you can give about them. I am also very interested in seeing your treasures as well. :cheers:

The gold medal is still awarded, however you will find this in gold since it is worn as the lapel pin (replacing the older rosette lapel pins) by those awarded the gold cross. Regards, Paul

The left hand case and middle case both have Showa era inscriptions, both of them appear to be pre 1940. The right hand case for the Golden Kite is harder to tell but might be earlier, ie Meiji or Taisho.

This comes with the modern plaque version of the silver cross of merit. It is a lapel pin, not a tie tack.

The rosettes pre date the pins, you did not get both. Not sure when the metal pin was introduced but when I was awarded the silver cross of merit in 2002 I got a pin with it, not a rosette.

That's the one. If you distract him with a touristy type question for help, I'll grab the hat and run !

This cap is for junior ranks and has a white metal cap badge. The one I want to get next is the version for a senior officer which has the same cap badge but in gold bullion wire and is even more impressive. I do not have one of these yet.

RI = Republic of Italy (in Italian of course). What I would like to add to this is the senior officer's version since it has the cap badge in gold bullion thread and is very impressive indeed.

If he had made it as far as major I could have helped since I have a pair of Major's yellow backed cloth crowns in my swapsies pile. Unfortunately no pips though.

Here is a close up of that rather impressive cap badge.

Every time I have gone on holidays to Italy I have always wanted to acquire a Carabinieri visor cap. I think it is the size of the cap badge that is what has always impressed me most (apart from the fact that they are always impeccably turned out). I was in Italy last week and finally managed to get one through the good offices of an Italian friend and one of the local Carabs that she knew. Enjoy

A field of collecting that is related to the RCMP is that of collecting commemorative pins with an RCMP theme. Some of these are produced by the different units of the RCMP themselves. rather than mix these in with the RCMP uniform thread, here is a companion thread for these pins. If others have more then please feel free to add them here. In most cases the pins are self explanatory so I will avoid too much comment. In no particular order, here we go ...

Jeff, Many thanks for the information, I guessed that would be the case but it was worth asking the question. This came from the last FJP auction in case you thought it looked familiar. :cheers:

I always wanted to get one of these even though it has nothing to do with my core collecting interests. It is the US Army version of the Civil War Campaign Medal. This was authorised in 1905 and eventually issued in 1907 so only about 9,500 were actually awarded since it was only given to living participants. This piece is numbered "MNo 5778". I know that for some early US numbered medals it is possible to find the recipient from extant rolls, does anyone know if it is possible to find the recipient of the numbered Civil War medals or not ? http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-1487-12704083962.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2010/post-1487-127040840362.jpg