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That’s a beauty Greg, never knew of it… tony 🍻

Thanks Rusty, a very interesting read, 🍻

Hi Stefan, interesting results youve got above, I’ve got access to ‘Grok’ which is the twitter chat AI, I’ll have to remember to use it. So, back to your guy, … I like the sound of Navy. i’d already found this since my last post 👇 from a list of ww1 medal abbreviations it does indeed appear as though MEC is mechanic. I did wonder if the British Army had Mechanical Companies in Victorian era, if so I’d expect that they’re most likely recorded as Royal Engineers on awards/medal or in the Army Service Corps. But why not Navy , they were already using ‘big metal boats’ and might well have more specialised positions. So I’ve just found this structure chart - notice this at the bottom 👇 ‘Captains of parts of the ship’ I think that might be the explanation. A Captain but not in the usual sense of an officer, hence the eligibility for the DCM. Maybe the ribbon is even correct (a long shot) for a navy award. Were Sailors eligible for a DCM? If so. - Did the Navy have a separate design or the same one you have? & If the same. - Are the naval recipients lists available? cheers tony 🍻

Hi Gents, An interesting link… http://thediehards.co.uk/articles/article-5-infantry-battalion/ cheers tony 🍻

Hi all, 1915 & finally… Hungarians cheers tony 🍻

Lovely Chris, thanks for showing us, I picked up one recently in a Jewellers box but that one is great… cheers tony 🍻

Hi Svapr, I couldn’t so far find him searching on line but a little information I can add though you might know it… The NK is his rank which is Naik - equivalent to Corporal The Bengal S M is, I believe Bengal Sappers & Miners cheers tony 🍻

Miners? Navy or marine sappers/miners? tony 🍻

Absolutely!! Same here… Once I can’t find the names I know are there… then it’s just a matter of time. good luck with your hunt, tony 🍻

I’m going with the Italian CANNONE DA 149mm MODELLO ?? i think its some model of the 149mm, Seems some were repurposed from static deployment at fortresses so maybe regular carriage wheels needed ‘reinforcement’ to carry them? regardless… you were right about Italian 😊 tony 🍻

It’s so frustrating that no matter how specifIcally I entered details for Google to search, I used a million different ways to try and get some mention of ww1, 1918, Cairo, pow camp, for Germans, records etc etc.., it still just gives me ww2 stalags and internment camps in Dover and similar bollucks I didn’t ask for. Useless. Anyway… so I went direct to National Archives. It claims British records of ww1 prisoners were destroyed in ww2 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/prisoners-of-war-british-hands/#4-first-world-war 👇 Then I went to the Red Cross site https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/Camps 👇 It seems they still have comprehensive records for WW1. Many many lists, the map above shows the various Cairo camps. If you are still looking for your man I think this is the best shot. Best of luck VT 🤞 cheers tony 🍻

Somehow only just seen your answer Ashley, 👍 Thanks , it is appreciated 🍻 & There’s no need to apologise, they didn’t cost anything effectively and I ‘knew’ they would be fake - I would have been very very surprised to hear otherwise. as always it’s really just to make sure they aren’t somehow interesting. The little pouch I picked up separately, I’m told was issued with/for a badge/award. cheers & thanks again tony 🍻 Ps

Two more thoughts… The surname could be Espersen & could it be that the ‘III’ is after his name, as in Senior, junior, III. 🤷‍♂️ tony 🍻

Hi Gents, in the British Forces, the MEC would normally stand for Middle East Command (British Empire) This was established in 1939 however. Though the Victorian version maybe this fella is on a later dated list than those you’ve tried so far…🤷‍♂️ tony 🍻

agreed 🍻