Ulsterman

Again, Outstanding!! You are having a Great Trip!

9th of September?

Hear Hear!! :cheers: Perhaps one day in a few years we can all do a Festshrift in his name.

OMG!!! I am stunned.

I got this the other day too- Note the solidarity badges on his right chest. Alas, no ribbon bars though-

Nice pieces- remember when they used to be ignored? Tony Colson would have loved this thread.

Proves my point- A GREAT piece, but alas, too much for me in these days of impending world financial collapse. :banger:

Outstanding!!!!! I LOVE this sort of find.

Shhhhhhhhh! Every time we start one of these threads it expands on other sites a few days later and then-poof- the prices explode!! Remember how "cheap" imperial used to be? I don't have one yet.

Nice flag order!!

who makes fake coins? I know that Iran and North Korea are the source of the vast majority of fake US 20 dollar bills, but who fakes coins? It must be a substantial operation.

It looks quite nice! Well done.

In reverse order?

Coventry!

Wonderful photo. I wish it were mine-sigh-.

Just to flesh out the historical record (I am especially interested in the 26th New England Division in WW1); The 103rd F.A. was commanded by Colonel Emery T. Smith and comprised of a battery from N.H. (A battery), 3 batteries from R.I. (the 103rd still is a N.G. unit in Providence), 2 batteries of Ct. artillery and troop M. of the R.I. cavalry. Also attached was a small detachment of the New England Coast Artillery. The 103rd departed the U.S. on September 16, 1917 and arrived in Liverpool on October 2, 1917. Upon arrival in the U.K., the troops were at the mercy of a callous and inefficient British staff system that left them basically at their own devices in the "unfed, ignored and in the pouring rain, mud and within rotten, flimsy shelters" in Southhampton. Thence they went over the channel to a training camp in Brittany, near the French artillery school at Rennes (which had earlier been a POW camp). By August, 1918, the 103rd was in the line and shelling German positions continually as they advanced ("fire, limber up, advance, unlimber, site, fire....."). An overnight barrage began on the night on July 30th as preparation for the planned advance on August 1st upon the heights above the village of Sergy (see Googlearth). The Germans abandoned their positions after a 6 hour bombardment and a fast rush by the infantry. Your guy was probably wounded by the reported desultory counter-battery fire early in the morning. The batteries were withdrawn out of the line that afternoon to rest, eat and reequip. Lawlor was one of only 42 slightly wounded in the regiment in the combat from July 18-August 1st.. 13 men were KIA and 5 seriously wounded. 2 were gassed slightly.

Fantastic!! Any chance you could show us a close up of one of the frames? I LOVE the history.

Whoa Nellie! Nice tunic. If you get it, may we see a close up of the ribbon bars please? and the badges of course. Ta-

??? Isn't the ACSM only for Ulster? Have the regs./application changed?

According to the Wall St. Journal, one sold at Sotheby's in 1999 for $95,170 to a German collector. Interestingly, a famous Russian specialist was quoted in the "Object of the Week" article by Ken Bensinger as stating that only 12 women could belong to the Order at one time, aside from the imperial Russian royal house.

Nice uniform: great thread!

cool-GREAT photos. That E2 on the left is loaded down with markmans' awards etc.. :jumping:

........perhaps AFTER I am finished in the Vatican tombs and then work on the Hansa Cds (which will probably by the other chap first) ..... :Cat-Scratch:

Any chance it's related to my much jotted in 1932 edition? I showed it to you in the parking lot @ 3 years ago.

Swedish? @ 1910?