PREM

Nick !, you are invaluable !! I really excellent !! You've tremendous knowledge ! Thanks a lot! Prem

Hello! A little riddle ... I got such a photo - it's probably a Japanese medal? But which? some police, maybe fire brigade? I can't find anything about him ..

I looked at it closely under magnification, unfortunately I did not find any marks..:-( Regards Prem

My new purchase ? Lovely ?

I missed your post, sorry !! new super interesting information, thank you so much Nick !!

Thanks a lot Nick!! You have great knowledge! Regards Prem

Hello! A close friend of mine asks for help, he bought the Order of the Sacred Treasure of the 3rd class, he looks like that, he cannot take a good photo of the punk (supposedly Namikawa, but he did it with a smartphone). In my opinion there is something wrong with this order and it is either very worn, or it is not necessarily the original. My knowledge is too small to be appreciated, so I present it to professionals ? asking for help. Thanks !!

Thank you very much ! You are invaluable !!

Hello! I have a request for help with the medal. I don't know if this medal is entirely original or if only the medal and the ribbon are not original? thanks !

Fantastic portrait !!!

Thank you very much ! Thank you for the fantastic photos and links to the Russian badges. You've helped me a lot !!

I received two crosses as a gift from a friend. One of them is obvious and I have no problem with it - it is about the Gallipoli cross, connected with the army of General Wrangel and the evacuation of troops. The second one is a mystery to me, can you help identify this cross?

Commemorative Gallipoli Cross of General Wrangel's army from my collection ?

Yes it's fake

Helo! Yes, no problem - full names in Polish ? 2. 9 Pułk Ułanów Małopolskich 3. 82 Syberyjski Pułk Piechoty 4. 2 Pułk Szwoleżerów Rokitniańskich 5. 20 Pułk Artylerii Lekkiej regards Prem

Hello ! I will try to help a bit... but as for originality it is difficult to comment. 1. (?) I don't remember where I saw her ... 2. 9th Uhlan Regiment - officer version of the badge 3. 82nd Infantry Regiment (Siberian) - officer version of the badge 4. 2nd Cavalry Regiment - officer version of the badge 5. 20th Field Artillery Regiment - officer version of the badge From these photos it is not so easy to tell if they are originals. Probably no. 4 is not original, but the rest looks quite good. However, at the moment a lot of good "engraving" copies are produced and it is very difficult to distinguish them without having them in hand .. Regards Prem

Thank you very much for the link to the star description in reduced size! It's all very interesting ? By the way, I read the whole thread from 12 years ago. You can learn interesting things ?

I bought it on seller's auction https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/auction-stephan-de Earlier And it seems to be common practice indeed, thanks for the packaging! All the best! Prem

In fact, the star is much like mine in a smaller dimension. All in all, it looks interesting, if it's really a fake, it's hard to honor my collection, I didn't overpay much for it v? Thanks for help ? I'm uploading some better photos, it actually looks similar to yours .....

I heard the opinion that B.B. & Co is a German company that produces under the official Turkish order, in Turkey.

All changed dimensions of the badges are jewelery pieces from what I found and read. Also jewelery items are those in their original dimensions not produced in Turkey, but produced until the Second World War. Modern copies are in standard star size. Reduced and enlarged stars were produced in the 20-30s of the 20th century. Obviously, this is the information I got, and I do not insist that there is no other explanation. There are many puzzles with this star ?

Based on these photos, you can actually suspect that it is a fake. But it looks a little different live. From the opinion of which I consulted this jewelry product from the years 1920-1930 of the twentieth century. what would be the point of faking the whistle in a reduced size and additionally the star shows signs of enamel repair. Everyone, of course, can judge what they think, but the truth is that only Turkish stars are truly original and the rest are jewelry equivalents made in different periods. I'd love to see your ,,poison cabinet" stars ?

All stars except the original Turkish ones are basically fakes of the original. They are called jewelery berths.

It looks like an original Turkish production - these stars have such a primitive appearance. But they are original, this one also looks like this, I have two similar.

Yes, indeed worn by non-Christians looked like this