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    paul wood

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      Fascinating, does anyone know what the sword insignia above his Mannerheim Cross signifies? Paul
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      A fake would probably be worth more. Paul
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      Kris, nice clean example Paul
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      While not really a miniature collector I could not resist this, the Burma Medal as awarded to HEIC troops, the detail is unbelievable and the suspension is absolutely correct plus the condition is near perfect, enjoy. burma1826-r#g.tif
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      Peter The other ranks still had the ordinary nurses and their assistants, just meant that sisters and above were only fair game for officers, mind you several of the sisters and above were formidable old battle axes who could make a mans blood freeze from 100 yards. Paul
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      No legislating for stupidity. Paul
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      Thank you so much for the information, most interesting. Paul
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      Alas I do not have that information. Paul
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      Lars, The quality is excellent a very nice acquisition. Paul
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      Jason, I have done a lot of trawling and can find nothing about the coat of arms on the ribbon. I am starting to wonder whether it is a "late" addition. Paul
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      I would concur with Greg, looks fine to me. Paul
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      Igor, Does the BM give any provenance for it? Paul
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      I was on holiday when this was posted So here are my thoughts, They were basically given to all members of the clergy who participated in anyway in the coronation arrangements and by the number around Moscow must have been awash with priests. Your piece seems absolutely right to me and correctly marked, should be a few hundred dollars. Paul
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      I can discount Mummery as his Red Star was numbered 364373. One down two to go. Paul
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      The only problem is that in hot weather there is a dangle that they might stick together and you inadvertently give £10 thinking it is five. PS Alex you look much better since you changed sex. Paul
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      Same blood coursing in their veins, Connaught was Edward VII's younger brother and Clarence was Edward VII Eldest son. Hence the similarity in fact most of Queen Victoria's sons had many similar features and Alfred Duke of Edinburgh(later Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) looked very similar to Edward VII in later years. Paul
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      Thanks for that EJ Paul
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      That's Connaught aged around 40 Paul
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      Andreas Thomel Frangott is listed as receiving the RVM in silver on 17 February 1905 for the Arthur Duke of Connaught's visit to Berlin for the opening of the Protestant cathedral. He is listed as portier. Hope this is of help Paul
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      Alex Albert Victor was duke of Clarence and Avondale not Connaught, that was Edward VII's younger brother Arthur (1850-1942). Paul, nice picture though
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      Obviously ribbon design was adapted for the Austrian Karl wound medal. Paul
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      It gets more worrying each day, by the by is anyone faking the boxes of issue or documents as that could be quite a lucrative way of marketing fake orders? Paul
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      Looks OK to me. Paul
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      Pieter, Yes I remember it well, I think it was the cover of the Sergeant Peppers LP that sent the trend going. Carnaby Street was certainly the place to be in the late 60's and gave ample opportunity to waste money. Paul
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      The sad thing is the Michael Jackson probably didn't even remotely understand what he was wearing but to those who did I can see it was quite disrespectful. In the 60s and 70s in England we had a lot of teenagers wearing pseudo military uniforms and wearing various British campaign medals on them, they thought it was cool but again they had no understanding of what they were wearing. Paul
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