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    Philip.S

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    1. Greg,

       

      I'm afraid i have no more information than you do, I am merely guessing, and spotting oddities!😅

      What i have seen, is that medals with a ribbon bar usually have it mounted above the medal in the case, whilst the excellent worker medals usually have it mounted below, in a small groove to allow the pin of the mini to rest there.  to see the two intertwined just confuses me! XD 

      I have searched the internet, but to no avail, for a picture of the mini for this award.

      I have attached an image of two cases, one for a silver service to the country medal, and one "normal" excellent worker, to illustrate what i'm saying.

       

      Regards,

       

      Philip.S

       

      image_2024-06-15_123507031.thumb.png.133c7396f0014d7aa4e0c2791df44bb6.png

    2. I quite agree, though written material will undoubtedly get scarcer, and more expensive, I think its wonderful that there is so much information available on forums, and other sites, such as GMIC, or, of course, medals.org.uk, available for free! So long as forums and sites such as this continue to thrive, I don't see any reason why any information should be lost!

       

      Regards,

       

      Philip.S

       

       

    3. Greg,

       

      In my opinion, of course the prices will (and have) go up! 

      I see no reason for them not to.

      Fakes wise, there are already fakes of the higher soviet awards, and as soon as the "faking process" can be cheapened, the fakes will dribble down to the lower awards as well. Combined with that, i cant help but hazard a guess, that in 50 or so years time, the cold war, and combloc ODMs collecting scene will be similar to that of the TR, or Imperial german scenes.

       

      Regards,

       

      Philip.S

    4. Good Afternoon,

       

      Here is a small lot of buttons, and a badge. These were found by another person whilst metal detecting in the UK.

      There are some which i recognise, however, there are a couple which absolutely have me stumped!

      1. musicians ?cap badge? i can't think of a date for this one:speechless:

      2. Royal air force, 1940s?

      3. royal navy?

      4. ? anchor, but no crown....akin to number 6, but bulbous, not flat.

      5. same as 3, but smaller, and much more detail

      6. ?royal navy? large, single piece construction. a date for this one would be much appreciated!😁

      7. ? one piece, with mould line running horizontally across 

      8. ? could be an anchor...i can't tell!:unsure:

      9. ? two piece construction

      10. ? three , with a ?dotted? rim, one piece construction

      11. ? two piece construction

      12. ? looks to be crushed, but was of two piece construction

      image_2024-05-18_175551185.thumb.png.619034ec74f3669e6520f1bf57b03973.pngimage_2024-05-18_175706560.thumb.png.eccf485f6181c0d1d7aba27deb71286c.png

       

      Maybe you will have better luck than I had! XD

       

      Many thanks,

       

      Philip.S

    5. Gentlemen,

       

      Although my collection lacks these, I do have two examples I can present: Table medals. 

      The two in my collection seem scarce, although their inscriptions make them sound rather common?

      so, 25, and 30 years spent at work: each table medal has a diameter of roughly 7.5cm. The reverse is completely blank. Case wise, both are identical, therefore I will only show one.

      image_2024-04-02_143234910.thumb.png.8838daab0591c0df403fd65f8f776549.pngimage_2024-04-02_143410235.thumb.png.30f3e0501219c5b2bbbe2360fec46e2a.pngimage_2024-04-02_143644506.png.af3f817f7a85222abf160a06ebb2a2ec.png

      To avoid spamming this thread with images, I will only describe the other aspects: the hinges are exposed, and of the same metal and colour as the latch, the case beneath the medal features a small hole, presumably for support.

       

      Philip.S

       

    6. gjw,

       

      Here are a couple of my civilian awards, the first image contains some interesting decorations, the second some more common ones:

      image_2024-03-28_211455092.thumb.png.5a3a821ad43f624f12a6880c6fcf999a.png

      This image is slightly blurry, I apologise, here are the words I reckon are almost impossible to read:

      ~SZAKMA IFJU MESTERE

      ~SZTAHANOVISTA (year: 1953)

      image_2024-03-28_211544185.png.8cc1aafdcfde6fc431fe6e54b8cc4430.png

       

      I have a later variant of the "Szakma Ifju Mestere" arriving hopefully this week as well!

       

      Philip.S

       

    7. Gordon Craig,

       

      Thank you for your answer, Thank you for the link, though I believe I have mentioned in another thread that they very rarely ship anywhere outside of Hungary, which is...well...a problem:lol:.

       

      Its interesting how the cases do change though, even for seemingly no reason, eg, your case has the miniature at the bottom, whereas mine has it on the top. Something like the latch, it makes sense that it was stopped due to budget, but then one asks oneself, but why only some awards? for example, the early Sztahanovista Bakelite cases, to my knowledge they have no latch, yet the case is so well adorned. It well and truly puzzles me!:speechless:

       

      Many thanks,

       

      Philip.S

    8. Greg,

       

      To my knowledge (please do correct me if I'm wrong) the NSDAP were not particularly fond of the Weimar republic, and they used the failures of that government to make themselves look good. I don't see why any NSDAP member (a Reichswehr, or Wehrmacht officer, yes, I can imagine that) wearing any Weimar awards, no? 

      Do you know whether or not he did, in fact wear it?

       

      Regards,

       

      Philip.S

       

       

    9. Andreas,

       

      Interesting idea, but no, just family.

      There are 2 other military men, only one is with his medals on this image (a 1870-71, and kaiser commemorative medal, attached)

       

      I'm afraid I have minimal information on them.

       

      Many thanks

       

      Philip.S

      20 minutes ago, dedehansen said:

      Are there school boys on the photo?

       

      If so, he could have been a school servant (Schuldiener).

      image_2023-12-10_181439920.png.ab8df1e9efbc1f77cd93fef3d8d4f3b5.png

      saxcob,

       

      many thanks for your information as well!

      10 minutes ago, saxcob said:

      1. Düppelkreuz
      2. Alsenkreuz
      3. Kriegsdenkmünze von 1870/71
      4. Erinnerungskreuz von 1866
      5. Kriegsdenkmünze für 1864

      6. Centenarmedaille

      To my knowledge, the ribbons on both the Alsen, and D?ppel crosses are wrong, no?

      Somewhere, I have another image of the same gentleman, but with only 5 medals, although that image was taken in 1905, or just a bit later, but in significantly worse quality, which also features a gentleman who is also on the above photo (without medals), but this time with a hefty bar! perhaps just too lazy to wear it for the photo then!

       

      Regards,

       

      Philip.S

    10. Gentlemen,

       

      Attached is a snippet of an image (taken sometime before 1905) , featuring a gentleman wearing a 6 place medal bar. This gentleman was born in Prussia, in 1840, if that is of any help. 

      I have tried my best to decipher his bar, and I believe I have figured out many of them, but I would appreciate some help, as some I am clueless on some!

      What I think it might be:

      1~D?ppel cross?

      2~Alsen cross?

      3~1870-71 medal?

      4~K?niggr?tz cross

      5~Totally clueless on this one, though it could be the 1870-71 medal, but then 3 would be missing!

      6~Kaiser centenary medal

       

      That's all I can come up with.

      image_2023-12-10_161627593.png.f854e1240bf6909ecf09d824ba6cca92.png 

      And a close-up of the bar:

      image_2023-12-10_161750409.png.c79a1e68ad0edd4b2c3f27ac459430f3.png

       

      Thank you,

       

      Philip.S

    11. I usually prefer to buy newer models, as they have more detail, and that's usually what I'm after, but I seem to have quite a few of these older ones lurking about!

      Some Matchbox Superfast "cars" (I put it in ".." as I don't know if one can classify a "Tractor Shovel" as a car)image_2023-12-03_162048662.thumb.png.750c29603a29e7a9210b68fb3729f1b4.png

      and some older "Siku" models, of slightly better quality.image_2023-12-03_162144255.thumb.png.a90061264edb56fcd9cc197e1e548b9d.pngimage_2023-12-03_162238340.png.93e350b6c9395b0cb759406c5df6a08f.png

       

      Philip.S

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