paul wood

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

Re Colombian Honor al Merito Canino

1) Decoration on wife's hand

2) Willow Wood wearing decoration

3) Willow Wood looking cute.

Paul

Looks considerably more intellegent than his master.

Paul

Looks like a Legion d'Honneur box to me.

Paul

Well that's a turn up for the books, never thought it would sell.

Paul

Some people think that looking at a overpriced auction, it automatically sets the price for their item.

Alas, being in the auction business it is only too true. Somebody phones up with an item which you know regularly fetches around £500 in auction, you tell them it is worth about £500, you then get the reply but there was one on the internet at £5,000 and therefore you are wrong. At this point you ask them if they believe every word in the Bible, to which they reply "Of course not", my reply is "then why do you believe everything you see on the internet."

Paul

Link?

Paul

what a nice group. There was a second class set at Morton and Eden 60 lot 324 so they do turn up from time to time.

Paul

Antonio,

A most useful work on Spanish manufacturors of ODM. Have you a list of the Cuban manufacturers who are seen from time to time on 19th Century Spanish Orders?

Paul

Alex, it looks like toning to me, I have seen silver go a goldy colour almost as if it is gilt. As far as I can see there does not appear to be anything wrong with it and as one of the more beautiful orders of the 20th century probably close to a £1,000, certainly high hundreds.

PAul

This I found on another website

"The only "Palaeologos" claimant I have heard of is Mr Henri Vigo Paleologo, a former hairdresser from Genoa, a confidence trickster who sells titles and orders to gullible Americans and Japanese."

Could this be the origin of the piece.

Paul

Never seen it before the crown looks nothing like the Serb Crowns on the Orders

Paul

As was remarked about Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe, two stunning pairs.

Paul

You only have to look at the biography of Baron von Ompteda (commander 5th Line battalion) who died at Waterloo at La Haye Sainte after being ordered to make a suicidal counter attack by that numbskull the Prince of Orange to see the reckless bravery of the KGL.

Paul