paul wood

Audrey at Rhino Research should be able to give you his details. All the best, Paul

Thanks for the clarification. Paul

It's quite interesting how many people received awards from Nation where they had been nowhere near. With the Russian awards there was a whole tranche for Gallipoli and for the Battle of Jutland there were a large number of St Stanislaus's issued to the officers and Zeal medals to other ranks. I am not sure how they were allocated, whether with Jutland and Gallipoli it was the Russian government said we are allocating x orders for officers and y medals for other ranks and then the allocation was sorted out by British government I am not sure, there are of course Russian awards given for service in Russia for example the Naval Armoured Car Division in 1916. If any one has any thoughts on how the Russian awards were distributed I would be interested to hear. All the best, Paul

Does the line go all the way round the circumference, if so sounds like an electrotype. Paul

Radmilo, Do you have any decent images of the genuine medal for comparison. Paul

Certainly many Gallipoli DCM recipients received crosses of the Order of St. George or Bravery Medals ( with St. George Ribbon). I remember one to the Gloucesters who received a 1st class Bravery medal. Paul

about six or seven have appeared in auction in the last few years. The presentation medal with ribbon sells for a bit more though again not that rare. Jaipur had a population of several million so I anticipate a relatively large number would have been issued. Paul

One appeared in a Baldwin's auction about 2 years ago which sold for £95. All the best. Paul

Because none of them were present either in Spirit or in Person at the last M&E sale. Whether it is because there is a problem getting hold of their money or what I have no idea, I just know that the imperial section was considerably weaker and that which did sell was purchased by non-Ukrainians, where as a year or more ago they would have purchased a large proportion, if not by lot, certainly by value. I can only comment from what I have noted. I would be delighted if it didn't change anything but alas.... Paul

That looks a lot more like it assuming he was a member of the Home Guard in WWII Paul

Actually Imperial Russian material is getting considerably cheaper, all but the rarities are starting to become affordable (partially I suspect because some of the major buyers were Ukrainian), however the Soviet market seems to be holding its own. Paul

Dear Ray, It is a commemorative medal (either in silver of lead alloy can't tell from the photo) to commemorate the silver Jubilee of Man Singh II, Maharajah of Jaipur, 1947, the obverse die is identical to that used for the official presentation medal. I have no reason to believe that it is a fake. Paul

I have my suspicions about the $70,000 achieved in the HK sale, there are several prices on DDs which they seem to have achieved but have never been closely realised in any subsequent auctions, maybe they are lucky and have pet clients who will spend the amount of money they tell them to. Paul

Seems about the right price to me. I only hope that it was bought by someone who will honour their payment, unfortunately many European auction houses have had their fingers burnt by Chinese internet bidders who have not comprehended the fact that successfully bidding for something also entails payment. Paul

You can do that in parts of Essex as the streets look all the same (I've even done it when sober!!) Paul

Odin, Thank you so much for the information, as you can appreciate, different divisions and identical initials can cause considerable confusion. You have been extremely helpful. The first medal is certainly bronze-gilt and most definitely has not been polished so probably he had a jeweller to gild it for him. Again thank you so much. Paul

What's the clenched fist for don't recognise that one. Paul

I had quite a good trawl through the Gazette and was unable to find any awards for a W. Cole of the ASC (Both the MM and MSM should be gazetted). I am wondering if the War badge and minis are necessarily related, although I do know the gazette can be somewhat quirky. Paul

Desolation row is an apt description of the Portland Road area of South Norwood where I live, it is very similar to the Desolation Row described in Bob Dylan's famous song. Paul

it is the Malmohus County Shooting Clubs silver Medal. As Kim says the values are small although it does have a lovely ribbon. Paul

I'm intrigued by the right hand lady adjusting the soldiers clothing, I wonder what she was giving for the Fatherland? Paul

I've always thought that MVOs are lovely decorations and are surprisingly cheap given the quality of workmanship. Paul

Interesting that is also from medallic dies. Paul

Werner what a lovely collection. Paul

These are not Masonic but Order of Buffaloes badges, probably not of much value. Paul