Alex K

Hi Yes it's genuine, these are my examples, the most difficult and expensive one to collect is the Aircrew Europe star, (Far right, top row), this is heavily faked, (some quite good), the latest addition is the Arctic star, bottom row, second left, this I suspect is a wearers copy, but possibly useful for display purposes

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Alex K

Yes great research, amazing how quickly information can be brought together, I will now note his name on my copy of the image.

Thanks all

Hi Andy interesting site, I'll have to give it some study

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Alex

Hi Andy, no other info but it does seem fairly common to wear on the left side, some images from a colonial uniforms website, and a British Victorian uniform

Hi Guys, thanks for the tips, Romanian order of the star actually begins to seem like a good possibility looking at it now, (I had my Imperial German state hat on)

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Hi all, another request for identification, I came across this image, but can't identify who it is, looks fairly distinguished with an impressive medal array, any one got any ideas who he may be? secondly, the last medal on the bar, for some reason I've got it in my head that it's the Order of Henry the Lion, however reading other threads, the swords were only positioned at the bottom of the medal or later crossed through the centre, (Not the top), am I barking up the wrong tree?

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Alex K

Thank you both for the response so the "Silver" version I posted is merely faded gilt then.

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Hi all, I wondered if someone could answer a seemingly simple question, attached are two images of the BMVO officer cross, one gilt, the other silver, I can't seem to locate any positive details of the full list of classes which list the officer cross in gilt and silver, did they exist in two finishes and if they did why the difference since they are both classed as  "Officer"?

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Alex K

Yes very nice example

Hi very nice indeed!

Got a chance to add to my Grosskreuz, an example of a nice Souval with OLS, so I thought I'd do it, the case is quite hard to find, It's an early "De-luxe" version of his RK cases, the other type he offered was more basic. the EK1 is a war-time version. Now looking for a minty set of very early RK and EK2.

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Don't know if this really helps, but...

Hi Andreas Once again, thanks for the assistance

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Alex

Hi all, bit of help again with medal ident. attached a picture of George of Saxony, plus his medal bar, looking at it I'm a bit stuck on two of them, any help appreciated as usual.

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Alex K

On ‎29‎/‎03‎/‎2017 at 16:18, Trooper_D said:

Good job, Alex. I am struck by how remarkable well-nourished the sergeant looks, considering it is war time and at the height of rationing!

Might be a case of "Who you know and not what you know"!,

Hi looking at the original, there is no glove on the left hand, (fingers nails are just about visible), as for an injury on his right hand, could possibly be, caption doesn't mention anything

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Hi all, I remember as a little lad (In the 50's) coming across this image which for some reason captivated me, well I've found it again after many years so decided to have a go at it, the original caption reads

"A German Luftwaffe officer POW disembarking in Newhaven, England glances contemptuously at a guard (ca. 1941)"

the caption on the image is mine!

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Alex K

Still very nice, particularly like the Long EKII ribbon, looking long ribbons myself

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Nice thanks

Hi all, thanks for the additional information, didn't realise from the photo I posted that it was a full "Staff" (stick), from the photo it looks white but I assume it would have been silver in reality.

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edit, makes a bit more sense now, with this  picture although he's actually holding it by the head unfortunately

8 hours ago, Egorka said:

Well, the list expands. This is not a ducky-pheasant. It is a dove! Unlike European culture, a dove in Japanese traditional culture is a symbol of war, not peace.

A dove (hato) is symbolic animal and messenger of Hachiman - the the syncretic divinity of archery and war and the divine protector of Japan, the Japanese people and the Imperial House, the Minamoto clan ("Genji") and most samurai worshipped him.

And I thought I'd asked a simple question!!, still,  getting more interesting

Hi Gentlemen, bath duck it is then on a serious note, would it be equivalent to a Field Marshal's baton type of thing or did he just like walking round with a duck?

Hi very interesting! and thanks for the response, so I assume that it was a specific part of Japanese symbolism.

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Hi all, a quick question if I may, I recently came across this image of Admiral Inoue Yoshika, my question is he seems to be holding something which appears to resemble a duck (I suspect it isn't)in his right hand, exactly what is it, my knowledge of Imperial Japanese regalia is limited but I'm willing to learn, any help appreciated

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Alex K

Thanks for the positive identification, my gamble paid off then, nice to find an original piece

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Alex