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Greetings everyone! I have several British medals which are named to different people. These include: War Medals Mercantile Marine War Medal George VI General Service Medal in Malaya x 1 George VI Territorial Efficiency Medal x 1 British War Medal and Victory Medal x 2 Non-War Medals George VI Police Long Service and Good Conduct x 1 George V Coronation Portrait Special Constabulary Long Service x 1 George VI Special Constabulary Long Service x 2 (1 with LS 1946 Bar) Elizabeth II Special Constabulary Long Service x 2 Fire and Rescue Service Long Service and Good Conduct x 1 I would like to know where to search to find more information about these medals and the recipients. I know that Ancestry UK would have some information, but I am not sure what terms to search. It is easy to find the award cards of the common WW1 trio of medals, but finding the other ones are difficult. What terms should I search, perhaps any filters I should use? Does anywhere offer to find this information, that would include citations, battle places, military units and positions etc.? Thank you for any help that can be offered, any directions that can be pointed.

Here is a link to Bulgarian ranks from 1879 to 1944. The rank ‘Подофицер’ is located in this article. Clicking on it redirects you to the Bulgarian article for Sergeant. The rank is like an under-officer, sub-officer, something like this. It seems to be the old term, and it became ‘Сержант’ (Sergeant) after 1944. And of course, ‘Старшина’ is the rank just above ‘Сержант’.

It is written to ‘подоф Кръстю Петров Динчев’ (podof Krystyu Petrov Dinchev). ’Подоф’ is the rank of the man in your document, that was awarded the Order of Bravery 4th Class.

You can find the monument in Luther and Kereszt Street, Nyíregyháza, Hungary. The citation states that he died in Nagykálló, which is 8 miles s-e of Nyíregyháza City Centre.

How many Legion d'Honneurs including all republics do you have? Such beauties!

It has been awfully quiet here, so let me show you one of the most dizzying crosses you might ever see! Presenting the CdG of P-H Clostermann, WWII Ace! He certainly wouldn’t be able to wear this on flight, or he would get a fair few whacks in the eye with the medal! Here is a nice link, there are more quality photos, and what looks to be a nice read about him. See here…

Thanks very much! I wanted one of these for quite some time, they are a really lovely medal!

Finding research regarding the decrees of Albanian awards are basically bordering impossible. I imagine that any documents that did exist of award decree dates, information, etc were destroyed after the fall of the Socialist era of Albania, as they were no longer of use.

Understood, thanks! And also, thanks for the great link!

Oh I didn’t realise that it was a boutonniere for many awards. How interesting!

What does it look like from the front and back? Can you maybe see any markings or stamps?

Very interesting document!

That is quite a shame, that medals have been becoming lower in quality. There is such a charm for those that were made through the 19-20th centuries, that medals today don’t have. That is quite a sneaky move with the ribbons though!

I have this on watch for some time. Is this a good one? Are they rare? Thanks!

I have in my collection, a Soviet Medal for Battle Merit awarded to a man named Karpenko, Nikolay Fedotovich - Ukrainian born 1895, in Reading his citation, I learned that he was a participant of the Civil War, in the year of 1919 as part of the 5th Sumy Regiment, where he was fighting the White Army of Denikin, and the Makhno Bandits. Here is a citation that I have not fully translated yet, but see the information near the top. Now when I was searching sites of Pamyat Naroda, I came across a similar site, but for the First World War. I took a closer look, and searched his name and surprisingly came across a document of a sick card, stamped by the Red Cross. It stated that during this time, he was ranked a Senior Unteroffizer as part of the 22nd Caucasian Regiment. He was admitted to hospital in November 1917. Here is his card. Now this is really the only information I have of his Civil War/First World War times. It seemed that he was mainly fighting in the Caucasian region. One small site said that the 22nd Caucasian Reg. was led by Armenians during the fighting against the Ottoman Empire. From 08.08.1916 to 03.03.1918, it was led by Polkovnik P. P. Bezhanbekov, an Armenian born in Tiflis. The 5th Sumy Reg. has no information I could find. Could anyone possibly offer me more information about where and who he was fighting? Maybe there are other sites to search, or ask? Thanks for any help.

I didn’t yet purchase it. If you are interested, you could have the link and see if it is a reasonable price for you. I have never used the site however, so I don’t know about reliability.

Thanks very much!

Thank you very much! I also love the patina on Japanese medals, and still the photos don’t do justice. Thanks for your great help, Tracy!

Such a beautiful set! A collectors dream..

Hello, Thank you for your reply! It is quite lovely to see how they have such care for these awards.

Hello, Thats okay, I understand. I did see a post about how hallmarks can be found in unusual places. I did check the ring, and the little part that it’s connected to, and couldn’t see anything.

Here is one that will be delivered very soon, but with a hallmark ‘M’! Of course, Japanese Mint in the Shōwa Era, 1930-43. This one also looks practically mint, especially for its age. Were these mass-produced and not awarded, or did the Japanese just really care about their awards and were most careful?

And this is my very first Japan medal, a gift from Christmas. Very beautiful! They will certainly lead me to collecting much more Japan medals. No hallmarks here also.

Another beauty that looks practically immaculate! Also no hallmarks here.

I got this one recently, one of my first Japanese awards! There are no hallmarks anywhere. Is it possible to date these awards? Thanks for any help!