paul wood

Some very interesting people in the list. Paul

Yes shiny medals were Nelson's downfall, he had his beauties on his chest which provided perfect sighting for the sniper, the rest is history. Paul

Looks to be a 3rd Class Anne, by Eduard, Great War Period, badge looks fine to me, swords look less convincing. Still I wish I could find a few religious badges like that. Paul

I notice this piece is in the Mellors and Kirk auction, Nottingham today and tomorrow- lot 691 www.mellors andkirk.co.uk Paul

Radmilo, most interesting Well if you can't afford the whole thing.... (now looking for a backless Milosh. Paul

Marvellous Lars, while Japanese miniatures are not easy to come by Imperial Korean are super rare. PAul

It is a difficult one with many different views, In my opinion if the tarnishing or toning as I would prefer to describe it is that lovely almost blue toning then I would agree with anti canine microwave comparison. sometimes toning can be uneven and sometimes downright unpleasant. It these case I would recommend gently cleaning to remove the toning without polishing it within an inch of its life. There are a few people who have applied silver dip to their medals, to those is reserved a particularly vile section of Hell, it should never be considered, it makes canine microwave treatment seem civilized in comparison. Unless the medal is seriously detracted by toning best leave alone, however if it has been bought in a souk I would suggest a very gently dirt removal wash just to remove any unpleasant germs which might be living on the medal. Paul

Further information about the unit taken from a 1998 Bosely's catalogue. Description: Derbyshire Officer's shako plate circa 1803-12 An extremely fine and rare gilt on copper example worn on the 1800-12 "stovepipe" shako. The plate is die struck with the Arms of the Dukes of Devonshire who purchased their family seat of Chatsworth in 1549 Provision for sewing onto shako with six pairs of small holes around the edge of the plate. Minor wear to highpoints of gilt. Vgc E750 - 1,000 Possibly worn by the Chatsworth Volunteer Infantry under Lt. Colonel Henry Thornton, raised 31st October 1803 or by it's successor the 1808 11 Chatsworth Local Militia.

Problem with miniature groups is that many SA miniature groups have the standard British type. I have seen this where both sets are together the full-sized bilingual, miniature standard. While a bilingual VM will tell us that he was definitely SA a British type will not discount it. Paul

Jim Balmer's unpublished work on Volunteer medals (Draft 1986) mentions a ball firing prize medal, in silver issued to the Chatsworth Volunteer Infantry in 1811, however no further description or image is given. Paul

I can confirm that that at present they do not operate on line bidding (more the shame). Paul

Have you tried Audrey at Rhino Research she may be able to put a name with the Silver War Badge. Paul

I managed to find the information through various sources mostly through the internet which led me to the London Gazette and India Office records. I am hoping I will find more information via the family if I do I will post it. Paul

Just found this on line, so it proves there was a Napoleonic period Chatsworth Volunteers. So you have a rare item. A Pamphlet, twelve pages 4 X 64, with paper cover ; entitled " An Address delivered to the Chatsworth Volunteers at the presentation of their Colours on Friday, June 27th 1806," by the Rev. Richard Smith chaplain. Printed at Chesterfield by H. Bradley, 1806. Paul

I just purchased a Service Medal of the Order of St. John on line (it had previously been in a junk lot in Spinks in 2011 and I happened to miss it). It is silver, straight bar suspension, it is named Divl. Surg. F. N. Kapadia (Parsi)Div. No. 3 Dist. S.Jabd. 1920. The Parsi Ambulance Division was founded in Mumbai (Bombay) in 1902, it is quite possible that our man Framroze Naorojee Kapadia was a founder or very early member. What we do know about him is that he was commissioned as an Honorary temporary Lieutenant in the Indian Medical Service (LG 5/8/18) and subsequently Honorary Temporary Captain (LG 31/5/21). His St John Service Medal was presented personally by the Duke of Connaught during his visit to Mumbai on 22 February 1921. He presented a Deputation to the Viceroy for Indian Post Graduate training in 1924 (India Office File 3176).He was later made an associate officer of the Order of St John (LG 4/1/38). The Kapadia family are still prominent amongst the Munbai Parsi Community and the Parsi Ambulance Division is still going strong. While not one of the more expensive piece in my collection it is certainly one of the most interesting. Paulhttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2014/post-3085-0-20027200-1393583762.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_02_2014/post-3085-0-53058200-1393583791.jpg

Yossi very nice. I wonder who the woman was. Paul

Nice medals, though in many ways the Indian recipients can be quite interesting especially the VCOs Jemedars, Subadars, Rissaldars etc. all who appear in the Indian army lists and the War Services, remember they were the majority of the army and ended up doing most of the fighting and many a junior British Officer relied on his Indian Viceroy commissioned officers to educate him in the niceties of frontier warfare. Paul

Just re-opening this thread, Guy gave a list of 58 Belgian recipients of the medal. I know that there were several non-Belgian recipients of the medals I was wondering whether there were any figure available for foreign recipients. Paul

I suspect the war would have lasted another year but Austria would have been out of it before then. The allies would have eventually won but at the cost of probably another million allied losses and similar German losses. The American intervention certainly took several months off the war. Paul

I have just received Bosley's catalogue for 5 March. Included in the sale are 10 lots of Serbian Material lots 461-469 and 473. the star of the auction are a cased 4th class Milosh the Great (lot 463) and a cased 2nd Class Takovo. www.bosleys.co.uk Paul

A very unusual variant of the hammer and sickle, this is the normal style Paul

Here's a Pussi photo I hope I don't fall foul of forum rules

It's definitely the Duke of Devonshire's arms, maybe he raised a volunteer unit at Chatsworth. Paul

Its the arms of the Duke of Devonshire, could be a livery badge of the Ducal household. Paul

Very droll German humour calling a dog Pussi (I expect they called the ship's cat Fido). Paul