paul wood

I would have thought around $500, however if you have two buyers who both have the badge and want the case possibly more. Years ago cases made very little but now collectors like to have an original case for their orders. Paul

Many British officers not involved in combat duty received Ordes without swords. These will be listed as Order of ... when issued with swords these are listeed (or gazetted) as Order of..... with Swords. Paul

It's the Abu Dhabi Good Service Medal instituted sometime in the late 60s. Awarded For 8 years' service in the Abu Dhabi Defence Force. Nice with original box. Paul

Thank you Avsar. The fakes are getting scarier. Paul

Dear Numismatist thank you so much for the useful information, The proclamation medal seems to give the oriental theory credence. Paul

Some good talks there. The US section has a talk with cross over to the international seminar, Jeff floyd and Bob Gill, Foreign Medal awards to the US Military. Sounds interesting. That should keep me away from the bar for a while on Thursday Paul

Last year Dix Noonan Webb had an uncased example which sold for £150. Based on that I would have thought a pristine cased example such as yours could sell between £200-250 (In my opinion cheap for such a rare and attractive medal, especially as the Olympic commemorative of the same year, which is no scarcer tends to make a lot more). Hope this is of help Paul

Some interesting pieces, first is a crown of 1889 which apart from the odd edge bruise appears to be in quite nice conditon, the second coin is not a halfcrown but a double-florin which was issued briefly between 1887 and 1890 but was not popular. The best coin is the Kruger crown which looks to be in nice condition. The white metal medal is for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The georgian coins are in fact shilling, sixpence and threepence. All the best, Paul

@ Paul Wood. Prins Hendrik received his Royal Humane Society Medal for his behaviour in 1907 when the Harwich ferry/boat "Berlin" stranded near Hoek van Holland. The ship broke in two and due to the Prince's coördination a lot of people could be rescued from the ship. regards Herman

Thanks for clearing that up. I assumed the once the Soviet Union had ceared to exist the medals were not awarded (you can't imagine the communist authorities issuing the Order of St George in 1919). Presumably these retrospective awards are quite rare, are there any details of figures awarded. Paul

Anybody know what he got his Royal Humane Society Medal for. Paul

The Royal Warrant holder's medal is basically given to those who provide goods and services to the Royal Family and Royal Household so for example if you buy a packet of biscuits and it has the Royal Coat of Arms and by appointment to her majesty the Queen etc etc, then the biscuit company are Royal Warrant Holders. I have seen Royal Warrant Holders Medal from various reigns from Victoria onwards. The rarest is the Edward VIII Royal Warrant Holders Medal of which a relatively small number were issued. Paul

True Peter, If Jack Ketch didn't get you then jail fever would. It wasn't until the mid 19th century when the "model" prisons such as Wandsworth were built, mainly because the Aussies decided they didn't want the dregs of our society anymore. Mayhew's rare book on the criminal system is a most interesting read, and gives plenty of information on the new prisons and gives a warts and all view of the criminal classes. Luckily he didn't have televison and new technology so he had the time to produce various great works, many of the charachters who would have been well known to Dickens. Paul

Was this a later duplicate of an award approved in 1944? I didn't realise that Soviet awards were issued after 1989. Most interesting not like the flat Bogdans you normally see. Must go, the barmaid is calling. Paul

date postcard was written was 29 August 1917(19 29/VIII 17) also postmarked Minsk 1917. Paul

Interestingly the initial is not listed in Patrikeev-Bojnovich (mind you it wouldn't be the first time that this has been the case). Paul

He was obviously quite a brave man as he has the Royal Humane Society Life Saving Medal in bronze, so presumably spent some time in the UK. Paul

Just checked,, nothing even vaguely similar. Ihave also checked the Tammann collection for Afghanistan and I think that can be safely discounted. Paul

I have not seen similar pieces for the Emirate. I will double check the Thies sale of 1986 which had a very large section of Bukharan to see if there was any similar there. Paul

There are numerous varieties of ensigns badges, as to hallmarks, is it definitely silver or is it silvered metal, quite frequently found on late Imperial badges and therefore not hallmarked. I would not dismiss the badge out of hand. Paul

My guess is it is from one of the Soviet Asian Republics. Paul

Rural England had it's share of crime in the 18th and 19th century and under the bloody code virtually everything was punishable by death. I recently visited Bodmin jail which is now a tourist site cum boozer (the beer was bloody awful). Ranges of crimes for which people were executed included robbery, sheep stealing and a poor Mr William Hocking who was executed in 1834 for bestiality. Paul

Chippenham is in Wiltshire, between Swindon and Bath, as a Market town I suspect the constabulary was mainly concerned with livestock crimes, sheep stealing &c, lovely truncheon, must be quite scarce. Paul

Fascinating. One wonders if any more relics will turn up from the re-development.

Lovely, whoever bought that will be a very happy bunny. Paul