paul wood

A rare and nice badge Geoff.

Paul

The problem with that theory is that as far as I am aware the two Birmingham makers quoted by Nick never made orders or decorations, I have not even seen their marks on Masonic insignia or Jewelled military badges.

Looks like a crude & to me, I encountered a similar mark on a chinese piece circa 1912 and presumed it to be Godet.

Paul

Thanks for the clarification, I assume that the weights on the gold would be stricter (as it could cost the treasury a lot of money) while on the bronze I can imagine there could be some variation. As to wear having any significant effect on weight, surprisingly it does not. Having dealt with coins for over 40 years (medals and orders slightly less). The difference in weight between a heavily worn coin and a perfect coin is minimal 1% or less (however fire or water damage can affect the weight signifcantly).

Another question as there were a large number of Akka medals struck were they all produced at the same mints or were some produced in Misr and maybe other mints.

Paul

Peron,

It's the engraved ones you want to be worried about, unnamed ones are just fine.

Paul

Is it possibly a privately made replacement for a lost original as the Russian versions are worth less than a packet of cornflakes.

Paul

Jakob Seerup, on 06 Oct 2013 - 21:38, said:

I don't think there are many complete uniforms around with perfect provenance and unspoiled orders and medals. How often do such uniforms appear, you think?

Outside of institutions about as frequently as you see unicorns mate

Paul

Thanks Avsar, what a pity.

Paul

Thanks for the useful site.

Paul

After the Stanislaus, Russo-Turkish War 1877-78, Storming of Gheok-Teppe 1881, Alexander III memorial, Coronation of Nicholas II, Nicholas I Memorial, Campaigns in East and Central Asia 1863-95, Prussia, Order of the Crown, Austria, Order of the Iron Crown, Romania, TransDanube Cross 1877-78, breast star at end Russia, Order of the White Eagle.

Any idea who the recipient was.

Paul

Chris

Yes many were issued unnamed but some of them were later regimentally engraved or privately engraved by the recipient, others which bedevil collectors remained unnamed for over a 100 years and then were engraved up (usually to interesting units, including chargers).French Crimeas do turn up named and there are several styles of naming but again these were done on a regimental basis (I have no idea whether there is the same problem withrecently engraved unnamed French pieces maybe on of our French members will be able to enlighten us.).

Paul

Alas Mark I have to agree with Rene, definitely not Kosher.

Paul

interesting, the left is trying to look like Prince Boris, the right like King Ferdinand (although I hope he didn't share his peccadilos).

Paul

Unfortunately there are many unwise people around the amount of times I have found people who have bought them assuming they are the real deal.

Paul

Thanks for that now we need a Bulgarian.

Paul

Presumably there were EKs awarded to Bulgarians and Turks, has anyone seen any.

Paul

Thank you Demir, most useful

Probably a fantasy shot, the sitter fancying himself as Rudolph Valentino wearing some orders and decs from a costume jewellery or fancy dress shop, he certainly doesn't look very eastern.

Paul

Milos thank you very much for the picture. I think at 160 euros you did well, the documents are always much rarer than the awards.

Paul

Milos most interesting do you have an image of the document.

Paul

Thanks very much for the information about this interesting medal.

PAul

Can't see anything obviously wrong with them, the trouble is many of the so called experts have no idea, which is why they take dozens of photographs of the items when they are viewing them. Some of them also tell everybody an item is a fake and then buy it cheap and reveal that is is genuine later

Paul

I would agree with Peter on the face of it appears to be to be OK on the other hand there are good contemporary French copies, weight should conclusively confirm it.

Paul

Now I see why the Germans don't play cricket no decent bowlers.

Paul

I can see that was a major B***s up, Serbia possibly but not Croatia but in the end it turned out to be Greek Orthodox.

Paul