Stefi88

Good evening everyone,

I am looking for some information on the French medal of foreign affairs (Médaille d'honneur des affaires étrangères).

My question would be, is it searchable? I have a medal awarded to a Yugoslav major (at the time of the award) during President Rene Coty. I have been looking through the 1954.-1959. Bulletin officiel des décorations, médailles et récompenses but i do not see any awards of this medal or awards of the French foreign ministry in the bulletins? Was this medal published somewhere else? Is it searchable at all?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Kindest regards,

Stefan

Thank you so much for the reply, my concern was that unlike the one shown by you, or the golden version, it does not have the star-shape imprint on the back and I found the silvering around the screw post also different and not seen in Mondvor versions shown on the forum.

So, you consider it a regular Mondvor first class in silver?

it it really means a lot to get confirmation from you, I have not had a chance to see other silver Mondvor stars other than the ones shown here.

Hello everyone, can someone more knowledgeable help me out.

I've reacently purchases this partisan star 1st class thinking it to be the illusive soviet silver version shown here.

However mines seems to be different, any ideas?

thanks so much in Advance to everyone!

Thank you so much for all the help!

Thank you so much for the reply! I had no idea that Sout American countries make these helmets out of "vulkanfiber". Having seen your post i did remember that i knew that licences were issued by Germany, but it hadn't crossed my mind.

Did some quick google search, found this:

https://m.ebay.ie/itm/German-m35-40-Vulcanised-fiber-Vulkanfiber-Parade-helmet-complete-RARE-/201916165530?_mwBanner=1&_rdt=1

It appears to be the same type of helmet as the one o have, mine has 05 on the rim, i dont much trust ebay descriptions, but is it true, were these also made in Germany for parade use?

Thanks so much,

Stefan

Good evening, today i had the pleasure of buying an item which was incredibly strange to me, any idea what in God's name it is, it appears to be a Stahlhelm made out of cooked leather or some sort of wooden material i do not collect Reich militaria but this was so interesting to me i could not pass it up..... photos attached, any info would be lovely, weather its a display piece, fake or anything else....

It has a steel rim and the inner part appears quite old and original but the material of the helmet itself looks to be cooked leather or some sort of wood. There seems to also be a name of the manufacturer but it is badly faded,

Thanks so much in advance,

best regards,

Stefan

Hi, would anyone be willing to be so kind and show some quality copies to avoid  of the "good" Lenin?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, for years now i have had trouble registering on the forum soviet-awards, now, i am being offered two rare soviet awards, is there anyone who can help me with fakes, i have a lot of literature but i wanted to use that forum's library of fakes just to re-assure myself before buying as it is usually out of my realm, so if anyone who has access to that forum and is willing to help could contact me i would be very grateful,

Thanks in advance,

Best regards, 

Stefan

Thanks a lot Cyril, ill see if i can get some more info, but thank you so much for all your help!

this is why i posted it here, i would really be surprised to hear it is a fake, as no other has surfaced, if it is mappin and webb, maybe a first type? and i wouldn't think Italians would be making it due to the occupation... maybe a replaced suspension? although i have not seen a suspension like this, i have little literature on Ethiopian medals, any book you would recommend Cyril?

best regards,

Stefan

i was curious bcause i know Bertnand made them as well, i've seen both Bertnand and Mappin pieces but never with this suspension, also i have not seen a fake before so i do not think it is a fake, but for instance i will attach a picture of a mappin and webb piece, it looks different...

Thanks a lot for the reply Sampo , i've never seen one with that before but somehow i was thinking the same

Hi, i've been watching a star of Ethiopia on ebay these past couple of days, i've never seen one with a loop like that, anyone know the manufacturer? 

Seeheld, ive looked into it, i think you may be right, it looks identical on the post you commented on a few years ago, thank you so much for the help!

i will attempt to contact the buyer of the awards via private message, maybe he will agree to take a picture of the impression... so we will possibly know more but im not too optimistic about that line of research, i can link the auction but i reuploaded here the best pictures there were two more but also poor quality sadly...

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All I know: many! Currently some collector friends are researching Godet's full range, but their work is still in progress and I do not have access to it. Anyway, there should be something published in near future.

From craftsmanship and general look, I would assume this might well pre-date 1918. It is definitely not for a Prussian order. But, as they made awards for many different states and houses, it's not easy, if possible at all, to nail this down to a certain award. I think it's even possible (rather: likely) they used same generic boxes for different states, each with a fitting interior.

yeah, i guessed as much, but from my research into emedals, i have found that a similar box was used only on the order of the golden flame, albeit, it is a box only for the star of the order and is much smaller with blue inlay but the style of the box is the same no doubt, i looked at the order of the sun and lion, some African awards by Godet and some Turkish, all seem to have the country or order's crest on the box and they differ from each other...

here i link the order of the golden flame:

https://www.emedals.com/an-order-of-the-golden-flame-attributed-to-the-german-chancellor-g16075

Sadly, it didn't come home to me either, but it went for not a lot, if had found out or at least seen it earlier, i would have bid on it but i had no idea what was it for and saw it just yesterday before it sold... i'm still very interested to hear and find out what was it for, i do not recall ever seeing a Godet case with red interior, certainly not for the German orders, does anyone know what countries Godet manufactured for? 

Hi Vince, thanks for the reply, that was my guess as well, any idea which country i could start from, i have been browsing emedals but to no avail, its quite a curiosity to me...

Good afternoon everyone, a case for what i believe to be a grand cross made by Godet has just sold on a Serbian website, would anyone know what this case is for? i have not seen any like it before...

Thanks in advance, best regards,

Stefan

On 27/03/2011 at 17:22, eitze said:

Order of King Zvonimir`s Crown - 1. class civil division:

 

Good evening, firstly i would like to say that you have a great collection and that your orders are beutiful!

I  just wanted to ask, could you please tell me, is this piece in your collection, as well as the second class you have (which to me look to be of the same manufacturer) made by Braća Knaus? and do you maybe know the date of these pieces, i have been fascinated by this type of King Zvonimir's crown i think it is much more beautiful than the more common version especially this type with the oak leaves as they seem a lot more defined and not so "fat" . These awards seem to have the same crown as some other awards but different style of text , notably the number "4"and a bit of white enamel between the Croatian Braid and the edge of the order, so any information you have would mean the world to me as i am unable to find any copies of Boris Prister or any other author and i am very interested in the order of King Zvonimir's crown but other than private collections and pieces with known origins it's hard to get information on types and variations and for how long each type was being produced.

Thanks so much  in advance, i look forward to hearing from you or someone who happens to know,

Best regards,

Stefan