Ulsterman

Hmmmmmm BIG question. Do a search on British campaign stars and you'll scratch the surface. Two things: 1. The MOD is still issuing these stars today (see the MOD site under medals). Newer stars are inferior in quality to the older ones (issued in late 1940s-early 1950s). 2. I do not think the stars themselves were made during the war (although I have seen reference to Churchill awarding the first Africa star to a general in North Africa in 1943)...but, like the US campaign medals, only ribbons were awarded up to 1945. Ed Haynes has written quite a bit regarding Indian made stars and these also are different in quality and other subtle ways. These stars have also been faked/copied...most notably the Air Crew Europe star, which was copied as early as 1965.

Hmmmm....I seem to recall that there were MG schools that troops were sent to so as to learn the trade. I'm off to Cron to see what he says. WHAT is that mans buckle (on the left of the sign holder)????? :Cat-Scratch:

"seconds"?? One would be hard pressed to do that today even using modern sites.

I said it before, but I'll say it again- FANTASTIC!!!!! :cheers:

nice one! Wait till Bob Lempke sees that!

whoa-now that is interesting. NOT a naval officer? What French units were at Alma?

wow! Nice one. You've been busy over the past 23 years. Is/are the only thing(s) missing the not-allowed-to-be-worn Kuwaiti and Saudi medals? I reckon your bar is worth my mortgage for @ 4 months. :rolleyes:

Purportedly-but this style of badge was awarded well into 1940/41. It's in photos of younger soldiers.

Beautiful!! I had no idea they hand embroidered devices. A whole new collecting area awaits-

There've been a couple of JOMSA articles on this order over the years. Off the top of my head I seem to recall that the order was made in France and Russia by jewelers.

Fantastic historical images!!!! :cheers:

Good Lord!? Are those hand embroidered????? :Cat-Scratch:

I found this picture of a Greek Lt. Colonel. I reckon its @ 1955 or so, but maybe it's even later. Perhaps one of the very bad men who took part in the coup. His medals are really interesting. I don't know who he was, but I spot no less than 7 awards for the WW2 gallantry cross (two medals:also given for the subsequent communist civil war). He has the Gold Cross of Valour, the order of George II and the order of the Phoenix as well. Notably, he has the resistance and war medals at the right end of the bar.

As with photo #1 and #10, apparently the 12/18 LS mismatch wasn't unique.

Brilliant!! Nice schnall!

yup-posting pictures would help. Also, is it magnetic? The centers of original iron crosses were usually actually made of iron. What is the medals' size (cm./mm.) and weight? Is the ring of the medal marked?

Good Lord. It's over 6 inches wide and gold? Is there a roster at all of who got this?

Outstanding!!! The picture and medal of Wundenberg is fantastic!! May I suggest an article for the Friends of Waterloo Committee magazine, the Napoleon magazine or the JOMSA?

In a word-wow! A whole new research avenue opens up- :Cat-Scratch:

I read somewhere that Edward VII awarded something like 25% of all RVOs extant. He was dead by 1910, but I'd bet odds-on money this was an Edward VII award. Perhaps focusing on 1905-10 would help.

The "Siborne Lettrs"-a classic of military history of which MUCH can (and has) be said. I recently got the second volume of unpublished letters and have been struck by just how much movement there was over the battlefield by some KGL battalions. I always thought that the Allied line along the ridge was somewhat static until the general advance after the collapse of the Imperial Guard, but in tracing the movements of some battalions as recounted by their officers 35 years later, the units moved about quite a bit. This leaves me wondering why in some sectors-notably the low hill behind Hougement, why the French combined cavalry and infantry (with numerical superiority) with even some artillery support, didn't crush certain battalions and take the areas behind the chateau. Anyone have any ideas?

So to clarify-if we have any odd records of the whereabouts of a KGL MGS and/or Waterloo medal we should add them here? By the way-does anyone know if there is a Hanoverian roll of Hanoverian Waterloo medals extant?

huh! VERY interesting-esp. the one with the BWM. What are McKay's lower bar ribbons? I recognize the French war medal and the Verdun medal-but the others?

thumbs up. A bit over 1.5 million made and distributed. @$10. :cheers:

any chance he is Rudolf Zingler, Chief of staff for the 2nd AK? No-looking at the ranklists-no way. Still, interesting magazine on-line. http://perweb.firat.edu.tr/personel/yayinlar/fua_241/241_26862.pdf