Gordon Craig

TracA, Verry nicely marked set and well photographed. Thank you for your presentation. Regards, Gordon

Interesting passes. I haven't seen one of these before. Thanks for posting pictures of them. Regards, Gordon

Farcas, Interesting to see that these small badges are traceable. Thanks for posting that kind of information. Regards, Gordon

https://haynault.be/fr/vente-publique/84/item/436 BELGIAN CONGO, The Colonial Green Cross of Belgium, BELGIAN CONGO, The Colonial Green Cross of Belgium, Bronze plaque, 89 x 71mm, by Oscar De Clerck, two Europeans in colonial costume sitting at the foot of a baobab, above them, the Congolese star and a cross , rev. THE COLONIAL GREEN CROSS OF BELGIUM awarded to "Mr. René COTY, PRESIDENT of the FRENCH REPUBLIC 1954" (Vancraenbroeck 59). The Belgian Colonial Green Cross, created in Paris in 1888, aimed to help soldiers and civilians repatriated from Africa. After independence, it became the African Green Cross of Belgium and came to the aid of Africans. This plaque was awarded to President René Coty in gratitude for his help with the French paratroopers in Stanleyville. PROVENANCE: Antwerp Collection. Elsen, sale 71, Lot 3816. Unique, marks on the edge, superb. Regards, Gordon

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Israelis do not issued many medals and therefore only a ribbon was issued for the Yom Kipur war Oct 6 1973. I have pictured here what I believe is one of these ribbon on the card it was issued with. I would request a translation of the Hebrew printed on the brown card. A white card came with the brown card and I do not know the actual connection between the two but I would appreciate a translation of the printed and hand written text on the white card. How are the two cards connected? Regards, Gordon

Philip.S Too bad your order of the Wounded is missing the ring and the ribbon. That would obviously take you some time to work out. I'll post some pictures of the award here for you. Regards, Gordon

Ladies and Gentlemen, Some questions on this star. Instituted in 1920 in the first type. Sometime between WWI and WWII a new type star was issued of a much different design and often referred to as Type 2. Does anyone know what the star was redesigned and why? When was Type 2 first awarded? The photos come from the web. I have a type 2 in my collection named on the reverse to Sepoy Nawab Khan. Type one has a flat back and the star and crescent are part of the star. Regards, Gordon

OSTA, Interesting medal. What is the criteria for its award? Has it been awarded yet? Regards, Gordon

Hugh, I am searching for additional information on this medal. There were two ribbons. Ribbon a that is white with a blue strip on one edge and a red stripe on the other. Ribbon B, as shown in your picture and on the medal in my collection is yellow with a blue edge on one side and a red edge on the other. The medal was authorized 5 May 1958. (see attached pictures). Do you know in why the ribbon colours were changed and in what year the change took place? In the picture that shows the A and B ribbons the Taiwanese text for Medal of Outstanding Service is shown. The characters on the back of the medal are slightly different. Do you know what the characters on the back of the medal would say in English? Regards, Gordon

Owain, Thanks for your comments. Regards, Gordon

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am looking for a picture, or pictures of the subject medals. Royalark.net/pakistan/bahawalpur has a brief write up on the medal but no picture. Possibly because it is an older award? Regards, Gordon

No one, Interesting thread. I've rotated her picture so that the caption is easier to read. There are many pictures of her on line but I could not find any information about what happened to her after North Vietnam took control of South Vietnam. Do you know? Regards, Gordon

Duncan, Your welcome. Regards, Gordon

Duncan, I don't collect pins for the Canadian Veterans organizations that existed in Canada following the first world war but I would like to try and help. The links below might be of some use to you. The last one, from the Canadian War Museum, indicates that the pins you posted, or ones like them, would have existed from 1919 until 1938. http://forposterityssake.ca/RCN-DOCS/RCND0025.pdf https://exhibits.library.uvic.ca/spotlight/wwi/catalog/1-4094 https://www.warmuseum.ca/collections/archive/3134875 Regards, Gordon

Emmanuael and Owain, Thank you for your views in the book on Princely Medals. re Emmanuels question about a reprint of the book in India. That is a possibility. When I live in New Delhi some time ago there were many pirated copies of books for sale in the local markets. Regards, Gordon

Greg, Nice set of medals. Thanks for posting the pictures. Regards, Gordon

Philip, Why cases change is anyone guess. As for Vatera, I wasn't suggesting that you buy there just that it was a good reference since there are not many books on the era you are interested in. Regards, Gordon

Philip, For me reference books, one is written by Hunyadi and the other by Cimbinius. Plus I have others that I can not name off hand as I said above they are in storage and not accessible. They would probably not be available in North America anyway. An inexpensive reference in vatera https://www.vatera.hu/gyujtemeny/militaria/index-c2911.html A site that I have mentioned to you before. It is easily translated while you are browsing it. Regards, Gordon Philip, Just noticed that I answered two months after you posted your questions. Sorry about that. Re the latch. Don't know for for sure but the deletion of the latch could be related to a shortage of funds. You can chart this sort of thing through all of the countries under Soviet influence through the 60s, 70, and 80s. Cases became cheaper to make as did badges and medals. Regards, Gordon

Anand, Thanks for your comments on Indian Princely Medals. I've considered buying several times but didn't because I had never actually handled a copy. I'll take your advice. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Thank for the information on the box and the medal. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, Thanks for letting me know what the characters on the box translate to. So I am halfway there. I imagine if either of you recognized the medal that you would have commented? Would it be possible for one of you to tell me what the characters on the medal translate to in English? That would answer my second half of the question. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, I acquired two copies of the same medal, in a wooden box, and I have not been able to identify these medals so I seeking assistance in doing that. Two questions; 1-please identify the medals and let me know what the Japanese characters say in English; 2-Are they in the correct box? What do the characters on the box mean? If they are not in the correct box, what should be in this box? Regards, Gordon

Chris, Excellent article on this medal. Thanks very much for posting it. Regards, Gordon

SteveBobby, Great report on the ribbon bar. I always struggle with these. Regards, Gordon

Gentlemen, New medals to me and very interesting. Thanks for posting pictures of them. Regards, Gordon