paul wood

The obverse with St George is not easy to translate (I'm sure Radmillo can help) it reads St George be Serbia's....Reputation.....Justice and Truth The Reverse is much easier and roughly translated reads Help Wounded Warriors/Honour the Liberator's of Kosovo The reverse makes it clear that it is a charitable organisation, possibly a soldiers benevolence fund medal and was presumably given to those who donated a certain amount. Given that it was Austrian made (and that there was no great love lost between Serbia and Austria following the Annexation of Bosnia and Herzogovina) It is possible that it was a charity formed by Serbian citizens within the Austrian Empire. Certainly very interesting. Paul

Igor, It is a Serbian Medal, commemorating the capture of Kosovo in 1912, by Hans Schaefer a noted Viennese producer of commemorative medals. My suspicion is that it was given for donations to the Serbian wounded during the campaign, I can find no mention of the medal in Carr, so my suspicion is that it is a privately made piece with no official standing. Paul

Sandro is correct, these were wartime issues, the good thing is when you see the star it is most likely to be a genuine piece. Paul

Obviously written by a doctor, my prescriptions tend to have the same style of handwriting. Paul

Kris nice medal, for those who don't know Peter Benoit (died 1901) was a noted Flemish composer. I am not sure what the 1834-1934 refers to. Paul

Thanks Mervyn, the Henk Loots Life saving collection is truly impressive. Paul

Nice, look forward to seeing them in more detail, I particularly like the Stad Antwerpen medal. Paul

Dave thanks for showing, better than many I've seen but still obviously wrong at a considerably lower price it would be a useful space filler. Paul

Very nice have encountered the Order on a few occasions but never the medals. Thanks for sharing. Paul

Radmilo I think if anything is the Elephant then 6 would be the most likely. Paul

South African Service Corps (7th Mounted Battalion Field Train?). Paul

If it is a G the only unit that makes any sense is the South African School of Gunnery. Paul

Are you sure the last letter is a G rather than a C? Paul

3 Is the Order of the Red Eagle Grand Cross, 5 Looks like the Austrian Order of Leopold. I am wondering if 4 could be the First type Osmanie with the red centre. Paul

It is a prize medal of the Monaco Scientific Centre and the Pasteur Institute, It is still awarded but now under the name of Prince Albert II of Monaco's Commemorative medal. Paul

First time ever that von Lettow-Vorbeck was confused with a chaplain. Paul

The one in the centre front in the second photo looks like he had more than his share of Ardennes Pate. Paul

I have now identified 10 it is the Romanian Defenders of Independence Medal 1877-78 Paul

Not particularly, however sometimes they used to enamel the coins and when the workmanship is good they appear in auction and there are known enamellers who flourished in the second half of the 19th century. Also after the Boer War many Kruger coins were mounted for souvenirs. Paul

I am afraid the style of broaching looks somewhat later to me. Coin jewellery was very popular in the late 19th century. Paul

Most probably adapted Swiss badges, I suspect the manufacture for Afghanistani purposes would have been in the 60's or later, late Zahir Khan period. Paul

Nice picture, I notice he has the key to the wine cellar on his desk, obviously a man who got his priorities right. Paul

Interesting, the Benson naming looks fine which would ate it to the early 20th century, usually they are silver gilt, possibly a display piece used for trade fairs. Paul

Whether he will get those figures is a different story. Unless he has a serious collector who is not internet savvy. Paul

Fantastic stuff, how do you manage to get such wonderful material? Paul