paul wood

That's a particularly nice badge, the one in question looks of considerably inferior quality. Paul

Chris when you do receive it please post both sides. Paul

This looks like a gilt lower ranks badge for pageboys, NCOs and privates in the Imperial Suite. Paul

Avsar, thanks, did you see the Medjidie with with sword in the group on this forum recently. Paul

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_11_2013/post-3085-0-19240800-1383572933.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_11_2013/post-3085-0-68808300-1383572913.jpg Dear All I have just come across this medal to commemorate the retirement of Detective Inspector E. J. Child from the City of London Police 1891 after 32 years service. Has any one seen a similar medal before and is there any information about his career. With best wishes, Paul

A Suite of Nicholas II badge, difficult to tell how nice it is without a better photo., Paul

My Grandfather Robert Kennard from Malmsbury in Wiltshire was a similar victim. He came home in 1917 sick having suffered rheumatic fever etc. It was one of my mother's earlies memories, she screamed when she saw him as he looked nothing like the daddy she had previously seen. Once recovered he went back to service but he was never the same man. He died after a long illness in 1930 aged 48. My mother aged 17 was expected to go to university but she had to give up her studies and work to save her and her mother from destitution as they received no pension and as he was a self employed barber there was not a large ammount of savings as in the last few years of his life he was not always able to work. Many thousands of families suffered similarly. Paul

Aha thought there might be two around. Paul

Oh dear didn't mean to press the post button, a few more IGS 08, Mahsud, Canteen Contracter RAF, IGS 36-37 Stenogropher Frontier Constabulary, Roller Motor Driver, Military Engineering Service. Your Civilian Accountant ought to be a must for any Imperial Yeomanry collector. All the best, Paul

From my collection, Tibet 1903-04, 1 clasp Gyantse (Accountant Pestonji Jasji), mentioned in Younghusband's account. Got it quite cheaply (£420). I love unusual ranks and trades some of my favourites from my collection are 14-15 Star, Irrigation Darogha (a cop guarding the water supplies in Mesopotamia), Bronze IGS 54, Chin Hills 1892-93 to a Mahout (Elephant Driver), GSM Iraq to a Bellows Boy

Identical piece in Morton and Eden 29 November 2012 lot 142, described as uncertain provincial merit decoration. Paul

They overflowed the collector marked always offered as originals in the 1970ies via one auction house and one dealer. Ah uncle Ernst RIP

What a lovely group, well done for keeping them together and a shame on the cretins in the auction house. Paul

"I do not have the details to hand, but apparently a rebellion in GSWA in the early 1900's was brutally put down." Brett you are referring to the Herero and Namaqua rebellions 1904-07 the suppression of which ranks along with the Congo Free state as one of the blackest incidents in European colonial history in Africa. Paul

After while I start wondering it there are any genuine rare Soviet pieces out there (there are even fake authentication documents). I fear that the every improving quality of fakes will one day destroy the goose that lays the golden egg. Paul

What with the Croation piece ypou seem to have had a very successful show. Well done. Paul

Osmanie and Medjidjie with scimitars are genuinely very rare. I believe that they were not authorised until 1917, copies abound and without Demir or Asfar looking at the images I would be reluctant to make a judgement one way or the other. Paul

Igor, While these are frequently faked I cannot see anything obviously wrong with it, looks like you got a got buy there. Paul

My suspicion is that it will remain with the consigner. Paul

Thank you so much Nick. Paul

No information given I am afraid. Paul

Sorry Brett brain not working , I thought you were referring to further relics. Paul

http://theswatshop.com/page09.htm Has similar pieces in all 3 classes. Paul

http://www.karlovci.org.rs/monuments3.html for an image of the monument Paul