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    Farkas

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    1. Threads playing up, I hope i don’t have to write that again 🤞
    2. Hi Tracy, just a thought re photos. I had a problem showing makers marks in pictures, I would zoom in on the details on the picture itself afterwards. It then occurred to zoom in on the marks first, then take the photo…you may already do this but I had never thought to. It was a game changer for details. tony 🍻 PS I’ve got one of these, I’m been meaning to for ages but now definitely I’m digging mine out tonight… 👍
    3. Hi Dana, I’ve shared your post in another section where hopefully someone might be able to help… fingers crossed, tony 🤞
    4. Hi Gents, can anyone help this member with the interpretation of an award certificate for a Kara-George Cross issued shortly after ww1 to a British soldier. I’m sure any help with her difficult family research would be greatly appreciated. Cheers tony 🍻
    5. Hi Gents, a few more in a similar style… and the reverse for this one and below is one with, in my opinion, a suspiciously female looking soldier… cheers tony 🍻 Thank you Tracy 🍻🍻
    6. I thought the sniper tool was a cheat 🫤 You are surely right, if it’s legit then I’m sure my defence tactic makes no difference, after all EBay wants the maximum price 👍
    7. Yes, hard to miss copy in the description. A legit old tailors copy of a VC makes sense, it’s that or nothing but i guess not these above. Mainly my thing is Austro Hungarian, I don’t know enough to buy pricier awards. So I’ve lots of AH awards but 95% are basic ones, like my KTK’s 👇 My only medal worth over £200 was a private deal and I asked learned Gents to check it out first. I can often see that an item is bad but I still cannot confidently say an item is good, tony 🍻 Sorry to babble on but last thing.., If bid is 40 and I’m bidding 100, I put lots of extra bids in, eg 50,62,70, 81 92 then 100… I don’t know if it really works but I heard it triggers the sniper bids so why not 🤷‍♂️
    8. Thanks Lucasz , it didn’t occur to me to check the order of wear for those, it makes sense for the bravery award to be first now you say it. tony 🍻
    9. Hi Gents, is anyone able to explain to me how this Vienna address from post ww1 worked please? I can’t understand the meaning of the address style ifor Strudlhofgasse, Wien 9. There is Wien 9, which I understand is the District. Then Strudlhofgasse, which I understand is the street/road, I found that on a map but I don’t understand if it is one large building, separate commercial premises and houses or blocks of flats/apartment buildings? Is it the same now as it was in the 1930’s? I have an a first address Strudlhofgasse 14/11 Is that for building 14 /apartment 11 And I have another Strudlhofgasse 14/14 is that in the same building? Any information at all about the place would be greatly appreciated Gents… thanks tony 🍻
    10. Hi Gents, Theme for today is… ’Treue Liebe’ Same lady… cheers tony 🍻
    11. Yes that’s it 👍. Afterwards It did occur to me that maybe the Brit medals were first as a Brit would have to wear them.. and maybe a Pole in the exile forces should have also 🤷‍♂️ However prioritising the 3 Polish awards, I’m pretty sure, is the way any Pole would have worn it. Maybe someone else on here can confirm whether or not Brits were even eligible for all those 3. 🍻 It’s a nice thing and not a common combination I would imagine. cheers tony
    12. Hi Gents, i was wondering what you think the reason is for the desire to buys these, let alone the price. Is it a lack of genuine articles for sale so ‘something’ better than nothing? or someone like me who wouldn’t know the item is dodgey and thinks the price is good? One seller I watched in the past always used the same ‘sock’ accounts to boost the bidding, often cancelling their highest bid if they pushed it up too far. It only took one sucker to fall for the fake to allow them to push the price up. Of course EBay didn’t care to stop it. cheers tony🍻
    13. Hi No one, As you’ve noticed, the order of wear for the British ones should be 👇 I reckon at first… #1. Awarded in the field in 1944 and always placed 1st & then #4. added, worn next on top row. with #7. & #6. & #5. as the second row. When #2&#3 were added later… #4. was dropped down to the second row and the second row was accidentally flipped/messed up. To me the way it was worn was picture A, 3 over 4, with the seam being the one above the left breast pocket. tony 🍻
    14. Hi Ian, me again 😊 I need to start with a disclaimer 🤷‍♂️ If there’s one thing I learnt the hard way it is just because something you see a picture of, matches the thing you have… it doesn’t mean that there aren’t a dozen other things that match it too. Traditions, imagery & styles of system, uniform and more have long been adopted, mimicked, inherited etc throughout the world… particularly those started by us Brits 🇬🇧 The devil is in the detail. Having said that… I’m now even more convinced the uniform being worn is a US Navy uniform. I can’t find anything that matches the collar lace of your guy, in particular the extra middle piece, that is except for that of an 1800’s USN Captain. The ‘lace’ strip in the middle is the detail I’ve focused on. Officers of many navies have the collar bordered but not that one in the middle… So eventually I focused on confirming that USN link and found this 👇 site with the most excellent & extensive details. https://asvab-prep.com/pictorial-history-of-us-navy-uniforms-need-to-know/ You will need to go through it yourself. It will be worth it. Many of the subtle differences involve cuff stripes, trousers lace, number of buttons or width of lace..,that type of thing, which will be impossible to compare as they are not evident in your portrait. However… it seems navy surgeons wore equivalent uniforms to the regular officers which gave me the encouragement to keep reading through it. & then I saw this connection and that lead to lots of things like this 👇 So it turns out there is a significance to this 👇 that i overlooked 🤷‍♂️ So I refer back to my initial disclaimer.., ‘Just because this matches, it does not mean that nothing else matches too…’ But I reckon there is the start of the answer. Cheers tony 🍻
    15. Hi Gents, I thought this was worth a mention. 2 weeks ago I followed some link or other and it took me to the ‘MyHeritage’ site. The information was behind the pay wall. I decided to sign up for the 14 day free trial after which, unless cancelled, I would be charged £79 up front for a years access… I didn’t fancy paying that and today, on day 13 I cancelled my free trial. I then got a further discount offered.., which I accepted. - Price reduced to £32.70 , for first year. - About 60p a week, to me, is worth paying… So Gents, I just wanted to share this. If like me 33 quid is a price you can accept, try doing the above. If you are going to sign up with them anyway then try this to see if you can get this same offer. If you are already signed up and paying full whack ££ then say you want a discount or you’re off & start a new account.(if you don’t have stuff stored) You get the gist anyway… Lastly, I’m happy to have a look on there for established Gents that need something they can ‘see’ is there but is behind the pay well. cheers tony 🍻
    16. I saw a ww1 trio on eBay, a really poor looking listing, starting price £60, the main pic was just one of the medals and it wasn’t clear it was for 3. In the description he said they were his Grandfathers… I was the only bidder with not long to go. So he was not sure to get much more. I messaged him. I said cancel it and keep them. Said, like you do, he’ll regret it one day. He was young and wasn’t convinced. Turns out his Grandmother was still alive which made his attitude even more disappointing. I said ‘at least if you’re going to sell them you should get a decent price’ I suggested new listing, better pictures etc, include a photo or 2 preferably in uniform and/or some ‘junk’ from his drawer or odd things to bulk it & to try and ‘personalise’ the medals. He cancelled the listing to do that. A week later he messaged & told me he was keeping them. Happily after talking to his GMother and seeing some photos of his GFather in uniform he found that connection that had been missing at first. There aren’t too many things I’ve done that I feel made a real difference but I will remember that one for a while. cheers tony 🍻
    17. Hi Gents, re this new one… I had concluded previously that it must be Zagreb Metal… Thanks to Christians invaluable help once again 👆 , I started looking afresh and (I believe) I now have the correct ID for the maker with the ‘new to me’ MZ (not ZM) makers mark. It didn’t help that it was reversible. It also didn’t help that I ignored some of the lessons learned from my previous searches 🙈 The previous marks in this were all for large scale production facilities , the manufacturers marks were not listed as jewellers marks, noticeably none had any sort of border, the were simpler punch marks, the letters alone & indented. This latest mark is in fact a bonafide, listed makers mark for a jewellers. It has a rectangular border, the interior of which is all indented except the letters, they are in relief, ie themselves raised not punched. The shape of the surround and the letters of a jewellers mark are combined to make unique designs. So I checked lists thoroughly, through German and various other AH states as well as the Austrians before settling on one… - There is no matching ZM. - There is only one matching MZ amongst the few MZ marks, each clearly with different surrounds/features. For example these other Austrian MZ marks each have their differences circled… Enough of what it isn’t 👆 Time for what it is 👇 Barely visible in the flesh let alone below I am open, as always, to correction but this time hopefully not, 🤞 Max Zirner, KuK court Jewellers. Jewellery business active 1885 - 1924 Active business in Vienna and elsewhere until 1924 although from one source it appears he himself died in 1918. A family business, his brother was also active previously but seems only until 1905, presumably when he himself died. So Gents, in my opinion, this is a new little addition to the story of the Karl Truppen Kreuz. Certainly amongst English language information and amongst those (limited) foreign language records available to me, MZ is a previously unmentioned makers mark on a KTK. Any thoughts welcome as always Gents. cheers tony 🍻
    18. Hi Brent, it would be great if you can find them, I don’t think there is a quick route though you may be lucky 🤞 In the UK there are some kind fellas who try and reunite medals with family, I would guess there is someone doing similar local to you. Perhaps first if you haven’t already you could try searching ‘medal-finders’ or similar online generally… or look specifically for such accounts on twitter or Facebook 🤞 Otherwise I’ve got 2 suggestions, one more optimistic but potentially rewarding than the other… 1st Suggestion Myself, when I search for background on a medal recipient I use the exact details on the medal I have. The number, rank & name, unit. Happily you have all of this and more in the emedals ad. But someone using Google search won’t find the details on an image so don’t be shy, write it all out on here 😊, just use this post, the more you ‘type out’ the more chance the owner of the group might ‘get a hit’, might find this, and get in touch. For sure, this is 🤞 and wait… but ‘must’ be done. 2nd suggestion Contact eMedals. They surely still know who bought them. You’ll need to ‘persuade’ them it’s appropriate to pass on communication from the family. “I don’t need the address but please would you consider forwarding a message from the family” You get the gist 👍 I doubt they would do this as a matter of course. But… Guaranteed, just like every lover of medals, theoretically they would love to reunite medals with a family that wants them. So it must be worth ‘gently’ trying to engage with them. Thats all I’ve got !! Cheers tony 🍻
    19. Hi Ian, I haven’t given up looking, seems if the uniform is depicted correctly he isn’t Royal Navy, I can’t match that collar, though so many variations over the years it’s still possible. I’m currently tempted to say it’s American, there are similar uniforms I’ve seen 🤷‍♂️ but plenty more to rule out first, I haven’t even started on the ‘Indian Navy’ yet 😊 In the meantime, have you seen this 👇 you might find it interesting tony 🍻 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83419711/william-eatwell 👍
    20. Should be with family in my opinion but probably them that’s sold/selling it. I hope it found the right home 🤞 tony 🍻
    21. Hi Gents, I just recently spotted 👇and nabbed it! It came from a dealer who buys up collections and is not shy to say ‘copy’ if he should, so I went for it. I got it for £14, I was the only bidder 🤷‍♂️ Maybe the lack of date, swords & ribbon put people off but luckily I found this thread and that settled it for me. & I was in fact expecting a silver one because the photo lighting wasn’t great (or was my 👀) so happy days so far 😊 Is this one of the S&L manufactured examples discussed above? 3rd class? That was my guess… Any comments welcome as always Gents. cheers tony 🍻 ps it’s the first Finnish award I’ve got 😊 pps Dave, I’ve not found a makers mark on it 👍
    22. In theory there were only three marks put on issued British uniforms, a paper label or the WD arrow stamp & soldiers mark. Pre ww1 a standardised size black ink stamp with the soldiers personal details, this rarely happened in WW1 though. The unit quartermaster at some level with no now apparent system would mark them to stop any other unit pilfering them. The above 6WK I’m guessing is 6th West Kent(?) for example. The abbreviation A when used by British army usually stands for Artillery. In this case it wouldn’t stop much pilfering because the the royal corps of artillery is so vast so if I had to guess it’s A company but that’s not usual on its own as far as I know. I asked to see the stamp because I thought it likely to be… (number) /|\ (letter) the letter tells us the depot and holds clues regardless but neatly yours is the letter A which is for Aldershot. & Aldershot was set up in 1915 specifically to handle Officers uniforms, a facility not required until the War. As ayedee said needs demanded kit for the ‘less well off’ new breed of Officer. I got to arguing the principle of why I wanted to see the stamp and the rest of it but… I would say as you both have officers kit, and both have the A stamp, that it is most likely for Aldershot. Possibly a stamp to direct it there or to note it being there. Perhaps there was a service to tailor a mans uniform if he received promotion 🤷‍♂️ that might explain the absence of the need for the usual acceptance stamp. Lastly, re the stitching mark, I hadn’t thought of stripes, which is most likely, I thought maybe a warrant officers crown 🤷‍♂️ It’s an interesting find for sure. tony 🍻
    23. All War Department Service Dress issued post June 1915 had either an RACD paper label, maybe the tunic once did, or a WD stamp. All War Department stamps before, during and for years after WW1 had ‘W/|\D’… Specifically in 1916 and 1918, all had W/|\D, the inspectors identification number and the inspection depots identification letter. So it is not a War Department stamp. - example below on the right. I’ve suggested the alternative that I think it is, a ‘soldiers mark’. - example below on the left. I don’t see the problem, it’s better than a WD stamp in my opinion too 🤷‍♂️ Anyway, think I best leave you both to it. 👍 tony 🍻
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