paul wood

Question #256

Here is an easy one :

1. To whom belongs this rack of ribbons ?

2. There is a mistake in it, which one ?

The "mistake" is probably the reason why this "fruit salad" is part of my collection... Otherwise, it should be in a Museum.

Good hunt and good luck.

Ch.

Not L. I. Brehznev

Paul

Pic : © Christophe – ChR Collection

All brains welcome (again) !!!!!

There is a new easy question in the Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2009...

http://gmic.co.uk/in...ic=33082&st=362

Please, exerce your brain and try to win this challenge!!!!

Cheers.

Ch.

Would help if it was accessable. All that comes up is not found and an error code.

Paul

Could be, a rather simplified one. A proper A-H eagle had a shield on his chest and held sword and pomme in his claws. But the russian eagle has basically the same design, so it could be also russian?

Crowns not right for Russian. Possibly pseudo-masonic?

Paul

this is mine. with box, but no document. somebady have document?

It appears to be a 7th class badge, documents for the lower grades of orders are absolute devils to find as they were usually awarded to Chinese recipients and rarely survived.

Paul

Hi Claretbaron,

As you are Chinese and speak english, I suppose you are able to propose a rough translation. Based on this, it is certainly possible to find the usual name of this order, or something approaching.

My two cents...

Cheers.

Ch.

It's the early Republican Order of Merit, I believe yours to be probably second class. A rare item but without seeing the reverse difficult to know if genuine.

Paul

Ah, you posted just a minute before I did. The pictures on this site are all those from google earth and more.

Even though it's a long way off yet, I hope your trip goes well and you come back safe!

-Alex

If you google images on lake Khasan there is a pretty incredible monument memorial which according to the picture has several Mongolians sitting around having a smoke. The memorial has fraternal greetings of Russian and Mongolian troops with fallen Japanese behind. Sounds like a good place to visit (and scrounge a smoke).

Paul

According to Diakov "Medals of the Russian Empire" volume 4 no 459 "For the Rescue of the Drowning" not more than 15 silver medals were awarded so extremely rare.

All the best,

Paul

Paul,

What did the pre-1900 crown look like?

Thanks,

Chip

Princely Crown without the scrolls below.

Paul

Maybe it was the "other" kind of grass that the officers dipped into

Grass cutter is a scarce rank but they do turn up, they were an essential part of the S&T providing fodder for horses, mules and camels a much rarer rank (and I have seen one on a bronze PF and Malkand) is a Grass Mule attendant (probably stopped the blighters eating themselves to death)

Paul

It sold for £102! Unbelievable!

As W. C. Fields said "Never give a sucker an even break."

1) Napoleon III 5 francs 1867; 2) Portugal 20 reis 1871; 3) Mexico 8 reales, 1835 St Luis de Potosi mint, silver assayer JS (Juan Sanabria).

First value £10, second very little, third £20-30

Hope of help,

Paul

It has the post 1900 Imperial crown.

Paul

Without a doubt Findlandsky Life Guard Regiment (Patrikeev 3-1-13).

Paul

Not what you're looking for, but Rudyard Kipling's poem, 'Arithmetic on the Frontier' is worth including in any reading of the Anglo-Afghan wars.

Brian Robson's book Crisis on the Frontier is a superb book for the 3rd Afghan and is also very good read as is his book on the 2nd which at the moment the title escapes me. For the 1st Flashman without doubt.

All the best,

Paul

This is selling on ebay, and for good money too!

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item35a4d62e7a

I didnt know whether to point and laugh or run away!

The "No Returns" says it all. It seems the site is a rogues charter which in many ways undermines the honest people selling decent items.

Paul

What are the second set of loops on the tunic for? LS?

Amazing spange on the ribbon. Pity we can't read all of them.

Nice Colonial mounted Group turned up in auction at Morton and Eden 3 Oct 2003, EK 1914, 14-18 commemorative, Colonial Medal 5 clasps Togo 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, SudwestAfrika 1903-04, SWA medal 4 claspsHereroland, Onganjira, Waterberg, Omaruru, made nearly £1,000 then.

Paul

Most definitely wrong, whether an old unofficial issue or a modern copy I cannot be sure but any similarity between the illustration in Diakov and the illustration of this piece is purely coincidental.

All the best,

Paul

3 and 4 Wei Pei Fu Sharpshooter medal.

All the best,

Paul

Lorenzo - if that is correct - how dreadful, he was only a young boy.

Ghazi was 27 when his open top sports car hit a telegraph pole, while of no great age hardly a young boy.

Paul

This is correct but some Iraqi Historians still believe it was set up for him to die, there were rumors in Kingdom of Iraq that king Gazi was having relations with the same sex.

Very Nice Photo, thank you for posting it:

Lorenzo

Ah the blessings of an English public school education.

The officers badge has the crown enamelled the Knight's badge does not.

Paul

The officers badge has the crown enamelled the Knight's badge does not.

Paul

Hi Paul. Many thanks indeed for your expert assesment of these curious medals.

I am sorry to say they are not mine, but I will try to get the close-up pics you require of the reverse of these from the owner if I can.

Meanwhile, here are two of them, viz 2 ie top middle silver medal, and 6 ie bottom right fancy star. I wonder if I might ask what you think of these.

Many thanks in advance and best regards. Jeff

PS: Sorry about the definition, but it would appear the max file size is only 70K

First is the Tsao Kun Inauguration October 1923, the second is the Wei Pei Fu award for distinguished qualification to the Military School.

All the best,

Paul

1 has the centre missing but I suspect it is a provincial commissioners medal early 1920's possibly Chili province, 2 is the silver medal for the inauguration of president Tsao Kung in October 1923. 3 and 4 are provincial rifleman's awards from the same province and 5 & 6 look like presidential inauguration medals. My hunch is that they are probably good. I assume that 5 and 6 have something on the the other side if possible a scan of the reverses would be interesting.

All the best,

Paul

Thanks Paul - had a feeling, that at that age, he wouldn't be allowed to live too long. Actually that's the history - of the whole area for the past 7000 years...

Slight mistake in info given his father Ghazi died in a motor "accident" in 1939.

Paul