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I knew Hezlett too-his daughter was at college with me. he was a classic old British navy officer. He said he tried very hard to be accurate and fair in his book, but he was Unionist to the core. He was also a bit of a medal collector and liked NGS medals. he wrote an excellent bio on Britains' ace submariners in WW2.

Hey! VERY COOL! Here's a Hungarian wearing one (old DDR photo).

I met him at the Ard Dhes. The Cambridge thing helped a lot.

Huh! Neat! Thanks- :cheers:

"Broadly" huh? Well, Seamus Twomey himself once told me the reason they called off the 1950s campaign was because the IRA was afraid the Bs were going to be "unleashed". I still have the cassette tape of the interview which I later gave to both the CIA and MI5 AND I sold parts of it as background to Simon Winchester, who was kicking around a follow up book after he finished his 'Outposts of Empire' book. You might wish to look at the BBC and the London Times recent stories on the 1950s campaign as well. Others on the Army Council seem to say the same thing. Of course they were also short of ammo. and guns (and probably men too).

Bravo!! Bravo!! I only got the "und r. ear ...wounded".

Outstanding!! What's his rank? Are those one year volunteer epalettes? Hmmmm...back to ponder who and what he could be after lunch. Some sort of Tanzanian/Namibian Landwehr NCO?

I love this sort of thread. I just was introduced and learned a lot about the German army postal service, something I never really thought about before. This Soldbuch traveled a looong way-from the suberbs of Moscow to southern Italy and back into central Europe. Very cool. :cheers:

But what about the Lion (Colonial) Order?

I'd try the Ordnungsalmanach of 1908. Paul C. has them on CD.

I have a hard time believing that career was/is possible.

Is #3 the German Naval Bund/veterans association medal? ........or could it be the Xth army medal? I thought #1 was one of those battle medals but after checking Mike Dunns' rare documents it isn't.

Hmmmmm...you've had an interesting life- I'd engrave it. 100 years from now a collector will love it. Are you an SAR as well?

Do you know if there is a numerical research list at all? Were these awarded sequentially?

Isn't the MOS&B engraved with the recipients' name? Also, Greg-does it say you served in Iran?

Cool!! How do I get one?

An 1870 noncom EK (ex Stogie collection):

Just trying out my new EPSON SCANNER!!!! :beer:

Maybe.....in 1960/61 when the US special forces training centers were expanded one Paul Vann recruited several martial arts experts to train recruits. In those days martial arts was almost unheard of and the great karate/Kung Fu/ TaikwanDo boom in the USA didn't happen until the late 1960s/ 1970s. Paul Vann was a CIA/army liaison officer. he is the central character of "A Bright and Shining Lie". My family does TaikwanDo (those of you who are my friends on facebook can see me getting my butt kicked in the photos section). Our Grandmaster, Grandmaster Lee is now 81 (same age as Khan), looks younger than me and can do 1000 (!) push ups at a time. Grandmaster Lee began his training as a Korean conscript into the Imperial Japanese army, deserted when the Russians invaded and later fought in the Korean war. He too was employed from 1965-1970 by the US army....as a martial arts instructor. I think it is quite possible that Mr. Khan there is a puffed wannabee, but he may also be one of the original army/CIA martial arts trainers. That would make sense. Any chance one of our members can meet and talk to him?

Klara-do a search on members "Glenn J". He may well be able to help. We also all collectively have unusually large history libraries so may be able to help also. What was your dads' name and do you have any other info (birth date, home city, unit?).

It seems to match almost exactly the ones in my Waterloo relics book. The only difference is the small holes at the corners.

Special Service Battalion? I seem to recall Ed Haynes mentioning the SSB as some sort of Indian army officer at one point.

Just goes to show you huh? I believe he was the Great Grandson of the famous Ompteda killed at Waterloo in the back garden of La Hay Sainte. I believe Michael Johnson once worked with this chaps' grandson.

Ompteda spent the war as editor of the Lille Kriegszeitung, the official paper of the 6th army (commanded by Rupprecht of Bavaria). He also was also one of the army's key signals' adjutants on the staff. I may have a photo of him at the Lille train station. Here he is with his co-editor, fellow novelist Paul Hoecker, from the Kreigszeitung 1914-1915 (vol.1) compendium.