paul wood

Post 1935 after he had taken the title of emperor of Ethiopia

P

I presume they had already been fully vaccinated or maybe pandas are immune to covid?

Paul

It is due to the way the monarch faces on the coinage. Her uncle William IV and her son Edward VII faced right, her Grandson George V faced left.

Paul

Sounds like usual modern limited edition crap hype of which the firm  are noted for avoid like the plague.

Paul

Heres a few

Montenegro Order of St Peter 

Kingdom of Burma Order of the Salwe 

Ethiopia Order of King Solomon's Seal 

Sikh Empire Order of the Holy Saint 

Kingdom of France Order pf st Esprit 

Mexican empire of Augustin Iturbide Order of our lady of guadalupe 

Mexican Empire of Maximilian, Order of the Mexican Eagle 

Qajar Empie order of Agdas

P

Very nice 

Ribbon suggest Belarus to me

Paul

Never seen the document before very nice.

Paul

From the ribbon bar a Defence medal has gone AWOL The victory medal may be family related.

P

The fakes I have seen wouldn't fool anyone but an idiot.

P

Especially with Mexico and China, the ribbons are important, examples with nice original ribbons always make a premium. Also the privately made pieces by Falot and Sacristan are popular.

P

Due to the quality of the fakes, many emanating from a former Soviet republic, detailed examination is essential.

P

I think there is an reasonable Chance 2 and 3 are ok, obviously subject to detailed examination.

P

Gdr Grenadier, Grs Grenadiers.

P

I have encountered the card case before but they are scarce as they rarely survived but the solid case must have been rarely issued, yours is the first I have seen, maybe for VIPs such as lodge heads.

Paul

Case is at least 10 times rarer than the medal which is not uncommon.

P

The crown appears to have come off a legion d'honneur probably mid 19th century and appears to have been appended to the cross.

P

London gazette lists all awards from its foundation and is available on line. It is tedious donkey work on but can be rewarding (no published rolls).

Paul

The Gazette gives the basic employment of the recipient a wide range of  people in government employment receive it including prison officers, naval shipyard workers, anyone basically of non executive rank, they tended to be retirement presents. When looking recipients up, supposing the man Is Fred Bloggs, do not look up Fred Bloggs but Bloggs, Fred and shazzam all will be revealed.

P

Sorry I meant Thistle

Nice looking piece, I suspect it is a society badge. For example the order of St Andrew is also the badge of the Scots Guards.

P

Used to see them at England Scotland footie matches

Second medal is the Crimea 1853-56

P

It reminds me very much of the Imperial Russian badges produced in the mid 1990s, the problem was they were too perfect, also the hallmarks were too sharp. These are too even to be real. Funnily enough the best production of the GK NYRussian fakes was the Imperial yacht badge. I was offered a decent sum of money to arrange a large production from the faker. I was tempted but I felt my reputation had a slightly higher value. Had I been offered considerably more, who knows........

P

One thing that worries me is quite often unscrupulous people of dubious parentage steal photos from auction catalogues and dealers lists of coins and medals and then put them on e-bay claiming to own them. Obviously when the successful bidder pays for his purchase its the last he sees of his money. I noticed a few Russian badges/jetons which had appeared in a certain London auction for sale.

P