paul wood

The missing Mitchell is the key although Google advance search is as much use as modern capo del monte as a long term investment portfolio. Paul

Doesn't seem to exist. I have tried dozens of search options. Paul

600 euros well spent if you cant run to the original Paul

Rabid ostriches or epileptic wildebeest? Major problem in the ZAR Paul

Gordon, should be absolutely fine preferably acid free but for up to year should be no problem. If acid free ok for the duration Essex museum used to keep their medals in Basildon Bond while envelopes apart from mild tarnishing there was no problem and some had been thus stored since 1951, even before I existed and that is prehistory. ATB Paul

Can't see any harm in that. Manilla envelopes also create no environmental issues. Bloody predictive text who ever created it should be castrated with an infected rusty razor blades. Vanilla envelope cant see any balm. God makes you suicidal. Paul

Definitely a candidate for the universal knobbly knees contest. Paul

I know alligator is farmed in Florida and is very tasty Paul

The last photo's victim almost certainly ended up.making Chinese viagra. What a fantastic ensemble Paul

Alan Fantastic with all the paper work and the minis are gorgeous. If you ever get bored with the group....,............ Paul

Yes the old flips used to create green grunge like toad's excrement on the medals (I used to kèep toads as pets in my youth so i do know how true the comparison is). Acid free flips are now available and the problem ceases to exist Atb Paul

I find that albums with sleeves of medal flips are good. Each album will hold 40-50 medals. I don't recommended them as a permanent solution a nice early 19th century collector's cabinet is the best permanent home but with albums they are portable and easily stored. Paul

Alan, They look lovely in a 3 foot, 10 drawer, Recency collector's cabinet. The lovely thing about my collecting interest is that some of my most interesting medals Ww2 and Independence medals have cost as little as under £5. Others obviously have cost an arm and a leg. As long as I collect I will always be poor. Paul

Lovely Mike, Beware of falling in love with India during British rule. It is highly addictive and obsessive. I stated collecting in 2005 with an Igs 08 waziristan 1919-21 to an employee of the railways and cant see myself stopping soon. I have over 800 medals and still growing. Paul

Very nice trio. I have several Indian KPMS and Indian Police Medals for Gallantry. All of mine to Indian recipients. Interestingly although amongst the first KPMS gazetted were Indian Police recipients (I have one) the Indian recipients received the George V medal as I suppose by the time they got to awarding them Edward VII had fallen off his perch so EVII Indian Police awards are like unicorns, mythical. Some of the heroism for the awards, especially on the NWF are unbelievable and as usual the lower the rank the greater the gallantry, were they performed by a member of the armed forces in action they would have been certain VC awardees and yet they can be purchased for a few hundred pounds. Again a lovely trio especially with the Malabar. All the best Paul

Nikolaiev. True genlus. Couldn't be that many awarded to Germans Paul

I agree with your identification of the medals. I suspect the RHS is bronze. Might be worth looking at the LSARS roll of bronze awards to see if any Malta police received one around 1890s 1900s. I suspect a few were awarded for fishing drunks out of Valetta harbour. Paul

There were many German settlers in the Netherlands Indies. Most came as traders seeking their fortunes, gradually participating in all aspects of the colonies life. Paul

Thanks i now need to get a 14-15 star to the 36th Sikhs. Tsingtao related award will certainly enhance my Indian Army collection Paul

Stanies are noted for eagles going walkabouts. In theory it is possible that someone removed the eagles post revolution however i think it is more likely they went AWOL Paul

The engraving was a service provided by Boots the chemists. British, Canadian, New Zealand and Pakistan issue WW2 medals were issued unnamed as were some othe commonwealth countries. Indian Australian and South African issues were all issued officially named. Alas without documentation British WW2 medals are unresearchable. Paul

Thanks for the most interesting info. Paul

Looks extremely unofficial. Paul

Should be to someone fairly major assuming they are awarded to the same recipient. A name will as Hashim has rightly said will make all the difference and high end Pakistan material is eminently researchable. As ever more info needed. Look forward to hearing from you. Paul

A bad one would be significantly rarer. By ww2 they came with the rations but given the case etc. they are ludicrously cheap. Perhaps i should start collecting Jap crap. Paul