Gordon Craig

Mark, I have given you all the help that I have time for. Time is money and my time is spent on my own collection which is under constant research. Good luck in your search for the possible previous owner of these miniature medal bars. Regards, Gordon

Mark, An almost impossible task. There are a fair number of these miniatures up for sale these days. They can not all be originals. I don't have the time to look at your bars to see if they make sense, at least not right now. You might have some luck by looking at the medal roles for the KSA and the QSA. My research indicates that there were only 78 VCs awarded during the Second Boer War. Since both bars indicate WWI service of some kind so perhaps they are post Second Boer War awards. At least, you might be able to eliminate those awarded during the Second Boer War. A good place to start though. Good luck in your search. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Hilfskomitee translates as "Assistance Committee" making the complete wording on the car translate as "Austrian Assistance Committee for the Bulgarian Red Cross". Therefore, this was a committee set up to do just that. Assist the Bulgarian Red Cross. I am not sure why this committee would be producing these Bulgarian badges unless it were to raise fund for the Bulgarian Red Cross since the card shows a sale price. I don't doubt that this is a Bulgarian badge. Kingdom of Bulgaria: WW1 Badge of Merit of the Bulgarian Red Cross. The badge, with the Crown of Tsar Ferdinand, was awarded to Austrians, Bulgarians and Germans, for meritorious services (or more commonly, for offering significant amount of money) to the Organization. Regards, Gordon

Ian, Since these medals were issued unnamed there is no role that I am aware of. Having this letter with your medal puts you ahead of most collectors who own one of these medals. You know it was sent to Mrs Priest (?) and that it came from the chairman of the WVS at 41 Tothill St. where the WVS was established. I'm afraid this is probably as far as you can go for ownership of this medal. Regards, Gordon

Terry, Thanks for sharing. I think the beret's are special. Regards, Gordon

No one, Some interesting pictures here and not just Viet Nam ones. Thanks for posting the link. Regards, Gordon

Pablo, Welcome to the GMIC with your first thread. I've rotated the fotos for you but I can not help you with that process. You need to understand the foto program that you are using to be able successfully post pictures on any site. I'm glad to hear that you did some investigation on these badges and would like to know more. Better to gain knowledge before you buy Third Reich militaria. I'm not knowledgeable about these badges as I quit collecting Third Reich militaria many years ago. But I would guess that you have had no other responses as the pictures you have posted appear to be of a poor repro of this badge. I would suggest that you compare it to the link I will post to one of these badges on Lakeside Traders. I usually don't comment on badges that I not held in my hand and I am not saying that the Lakeside Trader badge is good or bad. Just suggesting that you compare the two. https://www.lakesidetrader.com/item.php?ID=36469 Regards, Gordon

Megan, I would like to see any Greek medals/awards etc that you can post here. Regards, Gordon

No one, Thanks. Regards, Gordon

Veltro, It is always difficult to authenticate an award through pictures and I am afraid your pictures are not of sufficient quality to take an educated guess on originality. Regards, Gordon

Johny R, Almost impossible to tell from a picture if the document is authentic or not. I had a set of Knights Cross documents made to match a tunic in my collection and they look as close to original as it is possible to get. As for the folder, they were all made by the same person and the name of the maker is in gold, in small letters, on the interior of the folder. My copies did. I can confirm that Erich Kaiser won the Knights Cross on 26.2.42 as Oblt., Chef 6./Pz. Rgt. 39. He died on 28.8.42 in Russland als Hptm. u. Abt. Kdr. seinen Verw., erlegen. (DIE TRAGER DES RITTERKREUZES DES EISERNEN KREUZES 1030-1945). Regards, Gordon

No One, Good to see that we agree. Thanks for all of your help with my two table medals. Regards, Gordon

No One, Thanks for the additional information. In my understanding the "Chinese Incident" takes place at the Langou Bridge (also know in English as the Marco Polo Bridge because he mentioned it in his travels) close to Beijing. The Marco Polo Bridge incident, also known as the Lugou Bridge incident[a] or the July 7 incident,[b] was a battle during July 1937 in the district of Beijing between the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China and the Imperial Japanese Army. From WIKI. Do you know when these medals were made? Regards, Gordon

No One, Thanks for the great explanation. They will go well with my China Incident medals. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, These two medals surfaced at my clubs weekly gathering for lunch. I would like a translation of the characters on the front and back of each medal and if that does not indicate what they are for any other information that you can provide about them. My thanks in advance. Regards, Gordon