speagle

I didn't do a search on this site but it may be of help.

http://militarybadgecollection.com/

Ed

French Commemorative Medal Engage Volontaire-Patrie WWI

Check this site: http://www.worthpoin...lontaire-patrie

French Commemorative Medal Engage Volontaire-Patrie WWI Médaille Commémorative Française 1914-1918 - Awarded to all members of the French Armed Forces who saw service between 2 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Instituted on 23 June 1920, it could also be conferred on members of the Merchant Navy, medical personnel, local authorities, police of fire brigades of bombed cities etc. Before the Cross for Volunteer Combatants was instituted, a bar "Engagé Volontaire" could be worn on the ribbon. DIAMETER: 27 mm

My kids visited this museum a couple of months ago. They both took some pics but I think you all will enjoy the museum's website just as much. http://www.tillamookair.com/index.html

Please make sure you click on the "Building" tab to read about this fantastic facility.

Enjoy,

Ed

This is a lapel pin obviously associated with the RCMP from the Alberta province.

Need to know what the initials FIAA stand for please.

Thanks in advance

Ed

VERY interesting.

Thanks for posting

Ed

Rick,

I have quite a few US medals and ribbons (Army, Navy and AF). If you are still in need of some please let me know and we will see if I can help fill some of the holes.

Ed

e-mail: keeneagle@frontier.com

Fantastic website, giving many-MANY links to LOTS of museums in Europe. If you're planning a vacation-take a look. It has the museums listed by country and alphabetically.

http://www.warmuseums.nl/index.html

Happy viewing

Ed

Very nice items.

Thanks for sharing

Ed

Hey Mike,

How about taking a stroll "down the road" and see if you could pick up an old one (or perhaps just a cloth one :-)

Never know-tell them it's for a retired cop's collection.

Thanks

Ed

Thanks again Randy.

Any chance you might have an extra one of the current ones (or know somebody who would trade?) I just flat out refuse to buy stuff (unless I find it in an antique store of course :whistle:

Thanks Randy,

Very interesting. I am now curious when/if they changed the badges to "DOD Police" vs. "Special Police" as in your photo, or perhaps these were, in fact, "Special" detatchments for specific classified projects.

As Sgt Schultz would say-----"Verrry Interesting!" :-)

BTW: Can you send me the link to where you got your oics please.

Thanks again for the info

Ed

Thought folks might find this interesting. I've linked a video and a Wikipedia info page:

http://www.wimp.com/curtacalculator/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta_calculator

Ed

The blank space was used for the name of the base/installation that the DOD cop was employed at (e.g., Fort Monmouth, Brooklyn Naval Shipyard, etc.). (I was a DOD police officer many years ago).

Thanks Randy,

Might you have any pics, or know where I could look to see, of the badge with the space filled in?

Thanks again for the info

Ed

VERY nice collection of pics.

Thanks for sharing

Ed

Lovely piece! I am not an expert on these things. I know I've seen a Weller piece in the V&A (I used to volunteer in their ceramics department), a jardiniere, of similar dark glaze lustre and finish. That piece is dated to the very early C20th, as Brian suggests this might well be. After checking up on it in their catalogue, it is labelled 'Aurelian ware', a variation of Louwelsa in which the background colour was applied by hand with a brush rather than with a sprayer/atomizer. My guess is this would render it more valuable than the mass-produced stuff.

Is the bird painted or 'scratched' (i.e. sgraffito'd) on? Can't really tell from the image. Seems the 'scratched' items are rarer too, as it was a pretty labour-intensive process and Weller soon switched over to embossing which replicated the effect at lower cost.

That last bit of info is from this quick History of Weller Pottery here. Something else of interest that it points out is that the name 'Louwelsa' is derived from a combination of Weller's name with that of his new-born daughter, Louise.

Had a quick look on auction sites (not eBay) and these sorts of pieces seem to be going for at least 300 USD.

Thanks for sharing.

Helen

Helen,

Thanks for sharing. I felt the bird and is does feel like it is scratched on and then painted over, but, not being an expert, I can't really tell for sure.

Thanks again,

Ed

Thankyou Brian - any idea of a local value ? Ed - are you happy with this information ?

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Mervyn,

I am very pleased - First that Brian made time to give me some useful info and second that I received excellent guidance on how to post correctly so I could get that info. Looking forward to receiving more comments as the thread is opened up to others.

Thanks again

Ed

Hi Ed,

I'd say your piece was one of the later pieces of Weller due to the general style and the clear stamped company logo which is in a half circle style, on the bottom. That would place this (in my opinion) in the first half of the 20th century.

Weller pottery was made in Ohio from 1872 to 1946 with pieces marked, Louwelsa Weller, and numbered on the bottom. Earlier pieces were sometimes hand inscribed with this information.

A very nice example of later Weller pottery. Thanks for taking the time to post it.

I look forward to hearing from other members regarding their opinions on this piece.

Regards

Brian

Brian,

Thanks for your insight. I appreciate the information.

Ed

Hello Ed,

As mentioned in my thread I was in Turkish War Veterans Association and they were giving away the awards after checking the list of the Korean War enlisted personnel.

I think it will be a good idea to get in touch with War Veteran or similar Association in your city.

Regards

Demir

Hi Demir,

Thanks for your reply. I must have missed the comment about the Turkish War Veterans Association-sorry.

Ed

Hi,

This medal and the miniature were sent to the Korean Veterans last year by the Korean Government.

demir

Do you know how the recipients were selected? My Dad was a Korean War vet. Although he is now deceased, I would like to see if I could contact someone and obtain one for his display case.

Thanks in advance,

Ed

Bottom of vase

I believe the number is 410

Ed

Can anyone give me some insight on this piece please? I know it is Weller, but that's about it.

Thanks in advance

Ed

Check this one out

http://webmail.frontier.com/service/home/~/MosquitoManufacturing-1944.wmv?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=45101&part=2

Ed

I am not up on prices, but I bet you paid less than half of what they should have cost...

Nice find!

Just curious. I see you have the medal box for the VSM. Do you have them for the other medals as well?

Ed

In spite of being retired from the US Army, are they still in production for other markets?

Check out this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UH-1_Iroquois