paul wood

They are 1 grade only. The first one may have been cleaned while the other has probably never been worn. Paul

Dr. Muhammad Salahuddin. Chief Scientific Officer, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Independence Day 2004. Paul

Kris, Lovely to keep your valuable medals in, do not lift it yourself, hernias result from this. Paul

Anita and Eric, had the Waterloo been 100% then the price for the pair would have been not too bad but.... Paul

Anita were it to appear in auction I would estimate the pair at £1,000 or so. Interestingly the MGS is listed as appearing in a London auction in December 1905. I wouldn't recommend paying much more that £1,200 for the pair but it has its interest. Paul

Skimmed and privately engraved, with later straight bar suspension ( originally issued with a ring suspension many Waterloos were altered in the 1840's to fit in with other subsequently awarded medals) , the MGS roll does not mention anything about him being present at Waterloo. Many of his contemporaries in the regiment took part in Waterloo and I suspect when he got his MGS he thought it might be a good thing to find a Waterloo medal to go with it, so, that as he saw it, not to look out of place. I am almost certain that it was worn by Fielding and adds a bit of fun to it but as a renamed Waterloo it is only worth about £400 at most, however I do think the medals should be kept together as I am sure they were both worn by Fielding from 1848. Thank you for your most interesting enquiry. Paul

It is a Military General Service Medal not a Waterloo , If the clasp on the medal says Barossa. then it is correct, however on the roll he entitled to it as a private soldier. The W. Fielding 95th Foot is as issued but the rank Sgt Major has been engraved subsequently. What you need to realise is that the Military General Service was not issued until 1848, 37 years after the battle in question to all surviving men who had served but with the rank the held at the time of the campaign. Now it is likely that Fielding served for many years after Barossa and ended up with the rank of Sgt Major before retirement. When he received his medal it is quite likely that he thought the should have his correct final rank on his medal and took it to the local jeweller to do so, it most certainly appears to be absolutely contemporary with the issue of the medal. While to some people this be a negative thing and it certainly will have some affect on the value (in my opinion unjustifiably) but they don't realise that these medals were not issued for the benefit of collectors but were rather worn with pride by the recipient who most likely was around 60 years old and felt extremely proud that he had attained the distinguished rank of Sergeant Major during his career. I think it is a nice medal. Paul

I cannot find any Fielding on the roll who served with the 95th foot at Waterloo. Is it possible to see an image of the naming on the medal. Not being on the roll does not necessarily condemn it. I have seen two Waterloo medals not on the roll which were genuine and with subsequent research were confirmed. However there are also many renamed medals (usually contemporary), the reason is that wearing a Waterloo medal gave one great kudos and several free pints in the local hostelry and so many pretended to be veterans. I will do more research but I am not over confident in finding anything. Paul

Dave Here is his MIC

Whoops, I should look at better images. Paul

Pahlavi Order of the Lion and Sun, Military Division breast badge. I don't think you paid too much for it. Paul

Indeed it is 4th class, Sidi Hamed issue (1929-42) Paul

Dave London Gazette 6/8/18 p. 9244. North Shields man (they are a hard lot there), 25th Battalion was the 2nd Tyneside Irish, so nice medal. They were awarded for the German offensive of March/April 1918 Paul

Half inching cloth seemed to be a popular activity in those days. Paul

Very nice and I can't see anything obviously wrong with it. Paul

Hashim, they do not turn up that often and the majority of awards were to civilians. Paul

Hashim Pride of Performance award awarded to Major Imran Basit, Corps of Electrical Engineers, Independence Day Honours 2001. Nice Paul

Need better photos and a an image of the reverse of the Labour Hero star. Paul

Looking at that picture I now know why many of his orders were extensively chipped. Paul

Well found Lambert. Paul

According to Williamson there were 27 awarded to officers and 2628 to other ranks. Paul

Alas many BWMs were melted due to the antics of the Bunker-Hunt brothers. I remember one London dealer who remarked with pride that after removing all the BWMS to officers the rest (several thousand) were taken to be melted Paul

Kvart, Thank you for the most useful information. Paul

Thanks Brett, I will make a note of it Paul