paul wood

Do they contain chocolate? Paul

I suspect Isis will be instrumental in trying to put large numbers of early Islamic coins from the Syrian and Iraqi mints and artefacts (don't forget the early Caliphate was based in Damascus)which have happened to emerge from bomb sites in the area. These will be consigned to various European auction houses and dealers through runners who will appear to have no connection whatsoever with them. Given that some early Islamic coins, especially from the Umayyad and Abbasid can realise many thousands of pounds and so could provide funding for the Satanic State. Paul

A fine North East English name, the town near Sunderland has that name. So basically the first US president came from a family of Sunderland supporting immigrants who weren't adverse to a drop of broon ale. Paul

You should be able to pick a nice one up on E-Bay for $50 or under (perhaps try the Irish E-bay (you might get some nice Guinness medallions). Paul

Radmilo, Thank you so much for your kind offer. Paul

Looks like I will have to make a trip to Belgrade in the not to distant future, looks like there is plenty to keep my out of mischief for several days. Paul

If they are minting them to the standard of the early Umayyad Caliphate (1st century AH, around 700AD) then a gold dinar will weigh around 4.25g and a silver dirham around 2.8g, if they are using the original Cufic they better know someone proficient in it as a slight mistake could turn the affirmation of the Islamic faith into something rather blasphemous. Paul

I am pretty sure to get a collection like that he must have been a well travelled diplomat. Possibly a German diplomatic handbook from around 1900 might be able to identify him. Paul

FY1 lot n° / prix (* : lots regroupés) 1 180 2 350 3 550 4 550 5 170 6 350 7 170 8 150 9 180 10 120 11 200 12 180 13 350 14 450 15 580 16 1 200 17 800 18 1 200 19 300 20 350 21 450 22 3 500 23 3 200 24 35 000 25 52 000 26 220 27 1 200 28 11 000 29 5 000 30 1 200 31 1 500 32 2 200 33 850 34 4 000 36 8 000 37 4 500 38 1 500 39 4 000 40 2 600 41 1 300 43 1 200 44 35 000 45 2 300 46 250 47 2 500 48 220 49 3 000 50 2 500 51 5 300 52 500 53 5 600 54 2 000 55 3 300 56 3 000 57 450 58 5 500 59 6 000 60 150 61 9 000 62 7 800 63 1 100 64 800 65 1 200 66 2 200 67 5 500 68 800 69 37 000 70 2 200 71 1 500 72 450 73 900 74 450 75 2 500 76 1 800 77 550 78 1 300 79 1 500 80 1 300 81 450 82 850 83 700 84 1 800 85 1 600 86 1 700 87 600 88 550 89 650 90 120 91 3 800 92 800 93 300 94 850 95 300 96 350 97 250 98 750 99 450 100 250 101 850 102 450 103 900 104 500 105 300 106 100 107 130 108 350 109 300 110 220 111 850 112 550 113 400 114 550 115 1 500 116 6 200 117 700 118 500 119 50 000 120 32 000 121 7 500 122 28 000 123 5 800 124 4 500 125 6 200 126 1 800 127 9 500 128 2 500 129 2 500 130 400 131 6 800 132 1 500 133 25 000 134 1 300 135 1 800 136 550 137 4 200 138 15 000 139 2 300 140 6 000 141 7 500 142 10 500 143 21 000 144 8 500 145 1 000 146 2 000 147 700 148 10 500 149 90 000 150 500 151 2 100 152 1 100 153 1 000 154 750 155 200 156 200 157 15 000 158 1 000 159 4 800 160 17 000 161 1 000 162 1 000 163 4 200 164 400 000 165 30 000 166 7 500 167 55 000 168 13 000 169 22 000 170 1 800 171 2 500 172 2 400 173 16 000 174 5 000 175 5 000 176 6 000 177 5 000 178 3 000 179 400 180 1 050 181 2 000 182 900 183 1 200 184 5 800 185 75 000 186 7 500 187 5 000 188 82 000 189 900 190 105 000 191 45 000 192 16 000 193 2 200 194 4 800 195 4 500 196 1 200 197 2 000 198 550 199 400 200 140 000 201 20 000 202 75 000 203 90 000 205 29 000 206 60 000 207 8 500 208 50 000 209 1 500 210 8 000 211 25 000 212 17 000 213 2 900 214 3 500 215 2 500 216 4 000 217 700 218 600 219 3 000 220 1 800 222 2 000 223 1 100 224 250 225 880 226 4 000 227 2 600 228 2 400 229 6 500 230 600 231 2 600 232 4 000 233 1 200 234 1 100 235 1 800 236 1 900 237 2 500 238 2 700 239 3 800 240 1 400 241 1 700 242 4 100 243 1 700 244 2 600 245 4 000 246 1 300 Paul

Nice to see that there is a portion of Imperial Russia in Belgrade. Thanks for sharing. Paul

At the time a rather disrespectful title for ENSA by some of the troops was "Every night something atrocious." Paul

Rudi, That is an amazing selection, you would have to go to the palace in Darmstadt to see any better, only problem you must have is how to find things NOT represented in you collection, Truly magnificent. All the best, Paul

Thanks, Megan, Postman Pat was a bit slow, they were sent out on the 7th, maybe Jess was a bit sick and Pat had other things on his mind. Paul

Odulf, A very nice group, some really rare items amongst them Paul

Thanks for the information about weight, could be useful for future examples. Paul

I prefer Monty the penguin personally Paul

The London Gazette on line will give quite a few British recipients of various Serbian awards from of all levels. Paul

That is absolutely fantastic you really hit the jackpot there, so even more fantastic medal than before. Paul

Be interested to know who the maker is as Benson certainly made Thai Orders from the late 19th century to around WWI Paul

Igor not as early as you think, it is certainly a post Benson piece and most likely Thai made. Paul

Radmilo, Sorry for mixing up my Milosh's, been off the alcohol a few weeks thus my brain is addled. I like your replacement theory, it has to be something like this given the numbers, there are too many for them to be copies. Are there similar oddities of Sava's and White Eagles? Paul

Same garden wonder how she changed her clothes and the pot plant so quickly. Paul

Paul, I presume there will be a list of the subject matter published at some stage? All the best Paul

While I am inclined to smell fake on most occasions I have another thought which has crossed my mind. I suspect these are privately made pieces, one has to remember that the Obrenovich dynasty ceased to exist in 1903 thank to Apis and his friends and along with them the Orders Of Takovo and Milosh Obolich. As may people may be aware the difference in time between receiving notification of the award and receiving insignia can be a very long period some times a couple of years. So someone awarded a Takovo in 1902 or 03 would not have received it due to the defenestration of Belgrade and I cannot imagine the Karageorgovich issuing Obrenovich insignia (as likely as the DDR issuing Nazi insignia). So I suspect that the recipient popped along to their pet jeweller with a picture of the insignia, thus the errors due to non Serb readers. It may be a severely flawed hypothesis but I would be interested in hearing others thoughts. Paul

Almost certainly, I know the Irish seem to be on every one (perhaps because they have a good Guinness stock for the rest of the troops).