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Wow, just wow The last medal looks like one from the French colonies, but do you have a better picture of it? I can't make out the symbol and this style is very similar to other nations.

Very nice addition did you pick up the case as well (I believe the case in the photos is for a Royal Household medal but almost similar to St. Sava :)

Great topic looking reallll good and thanks for posting your Sava :D

Great Purple Heart, sad but unfortunately it is easy to stray across a border and not notice it.

Any more pictures of this order Radmilo?

Batman qualification badge ! hehehehe sorry I had to mention the Batman I think it is a Navy Commando similar to seals IDF badge If you check ebay there are similar ones around :)

Almost looks like a Croatian insignia in the center, odd :S they may have similar symbols but I'm stumped :D

Hello Markus, Thank you so much for the list, I will have to make a account and download it, hopefully it could have some possible info for the Colonial medal bar I'm searching for I can't seem to register, first they seem not to take Hotmail, is there any email I can send a request too? It always gives me an invalid email address message, no matter what email I try

Looks good :D

Thank you all for the comments and suggestions I've looked through the public archival sections on the Portugal Faleristik sites these past weeks (before posting this). My friends from Portugal tell me that it would be easier if I had a small list of recipients vs a larger one for the certain years and told me to ask Imperial German experts if they could find a small list first I will send the Archives an email soon to see what could be done, I have a list of possible recipients with one name out in front, but would like to attain a better history before going forward with this request.I was told that this might be Dr. Hans Gruner's medal Bar, I believe he was a Lt. at the time of the expedition to Togo. He was there for the initial contact in 1894/95, but I believe he was still around until 1914 (when supposedly was taken prisoner by the French and released some months later, returning to Germany) after 1914 very little history pops up on him. I've done a bit of research on his service there and it does seem to match up in some places, would it be possible to obtain a list of his orders and medals? I will check Portuguese Gazette and see if anything pops up for names. I know that the Knight class was for Portuguese citizens only awarded to Army Captain and Navy Lt. Ranks, It may vary with Foreign recipients. P.S. I've started to go through the Portuguese Gazette from 1920, and have been able to find the Decree for granting medals to the Colonies I will keep searching Searching is a bit slow since I'm translating Portuguese slowly but surley :)

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/54856-colonial-medal-clasp-good-or-bad/ more info. can be found there, but I believe it is original from the comments of more experiences bar owners and I believe the owner I got it from, he is very knowledgeable in these bars. The Togo Clasp itself definatley is original, they had to purchase their own clasps and sometimes custom Jewellers made them.

The Icon looks almost Greek in the way it is done, but then again Russia and Greece share the Orthodox faith and there are some master Iconogrifers out there

In the first pic of the tunic, mostly military weapons (like the Zero) I've seen marked in this manner, not exactly sure what this might be, but I don't do a lot of uniforms Can you post a full picture of the items in the first post? :)

It would be a cool item for them to have Just make sure they know you are lending it and for how long Do the dates of Okinawa and the article correspond?

Possibly some info. on Kazuo Tanaka, http://senri.warbirds.jp/19english/izoku/15/izoku15.htm hope that helped a bit I believe the flag is a funeral offering (not sure of the exact terminology) but double check the site, there is a good bio about his life) and at the end of the page there is a description of his acts on his final mission. from the site "body-crashing attack" against an enemy ship." Most likely a Kamikaze The site is really well done and has a lot of great history :)

It would be cool to take a couple pictures and post I'd definatley be interested in seeing them :)

Hello 922F Thank you so much for the advice it helps me a lot in narrowing down a recipient. Would they also mark it somewhere if the piece was a replacement? Or there is no distinguishing feature for an additional hallmark. So this piece would most likely have been either awarded before 1910 or after 1917?

Oh man you should have ! what a great story

Try looking at Morocco, possible from there, they have similar colors and combos

Thank you all for the comments and opinions Greatly enjoyed reading through many thanks I've been looking at possible candidates and this did come up, but in general was swapping it in required, like would it have cost the recipient funds to do so? Captain Albert's research yielded One of the initial possible candidates that this might have belonged to was interned in WW1 which might have made him in-eligible for this swap? I'll keep doing some research and post some possible names soon. Does anyone have any idea who this might have belonged to (are there lists I should consult or books that could be good for Colonial Germany?)Or even a list of recipients of the Togo Clasp for 1894/95? :D

Hello Members of the Portugal Forum Recently purchased this bar and it is on its way to me from a close forum friend of mine The Order of St. Avis really attracted me to it, I know Portugal had a settlement in Togo and in neighboring Ghana but I would like to know more if possible about the Order of St. Avis. It looks like 1910 or later, but I would like to ask the experts for help (I have re-posted in it's former topic in Imperial German section but since I would like to know about this Order of St. Avis, I thought of posting here Thank you for any help on this matter :D

This Medal Bar is joining my collection soon So I would like to resurrect some discussion on it Here are some pictures and back This is a first for my "Imperial German Collection" so I'd love to find a possible recipient if possible What do you guys think, doable? I've been looking through Portuguese sources but everyone tells me that having at least a couple names would help the search on their side.

Is that a sash inside the box?

The biggest issue here is if the entire company did their own variations of colors for these cases, or if each artisan built the case individually, if it is mass produced this could have been a general thing that can effect all cases. It also depends if it was subcontracted to other firms certain steps in the process of manufacturing lots of variables can come into effect.

Tropical Climate cause! lol This is the case Thank you for sharing the interior of the case with us Igor With Regards, Igor :)