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Guess I have neglected to put this one up. Hard to categorize in my collection, as he's a "Gora Gorkha": 388463 Major (QGO) Rukman Limbu, MBE, 1/7th Gurkha Rifles enlisted 4 December 1925, Quetta Lance/Naik 1932 Naik September 1938 Subadar-Major after 1948 1954 MBE retired on pension 1955, Major (QGO) died 30 December 1975 1- The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 2nd type, member 2- Burma Star - unnamed 3- The War Medal, 1939-45 - unnamed 4- The India Service Medal, 1939-45 - unnamed 5- The General Service Medal, 1918-64, George VI (4th obverse, 1949-52) - MALAYA, MiD leaf - MAJOR. RUKMAN LIMBU. 7 G.R. 6- Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 1953 - unnamed (he was senior GCO of 7 GR in GR Contingent at London for the coronation) 7- Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. George VI, 2nd type - REGULAR ARMY - 388463 CAPT. (KGO). RUKUMAN LIMBU. 7 G.R. 8- The Indian Independence Medal, 1947 - 388463 SUB BAM RUKMAN LIMBU. G.R. The medals are as worn, complete with the most odd "singleton" Burma Star and no 1939-45 Star.

Thanks for the thread, Sam! As you know it is an area where I have an interest and know NOTHING. More more more. As eye-candy: Private John Maxham, H. M. 40th Regiment 1- Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabul - Private John Maxham H. M. 40th Regt. 2- Maharajpoor Star - Private John Maxham H. M. 40th Regt. "Paperwork" in hand. Full Diana Birch research job from the 1970s. In summary: Born Hansted, Suffolk, about 1807. A labourer, he enlisted in the 40th Regiment of Foot at Cochester on 21 November 1825, aged 18 years. He served 19 years and 74 days, 16 8/12 years overseas: New South Wales and Van Diemen?s Land ? 1 year 11 months East Indies ? 10 years 10 months Scinde, Baluchistan, Afghanistan ? 3 years 11 months Shown as qualified for both medals. No courts martial and conduct shown as ?good?. Discharged 1 February 1845 on account of health, he signed with an ?X?. See also: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2400&st=56

When was this shifted to a normal suspension-medal? The original design had a large (obscenely large, some may say) medal of this design suspended from a neck ribbon. Really tacky. While this cannot be called a lovely medal, they have surely improved it.

Oh . . .

Way WAY outside my interests, but I have always been curious. Is their any easy way to tell German Guelph badges from British Guelph badges? (Other than the hallmarks, of course.)

Actually, he was just kidding us . . . .

I all countries, I assume, you'd wear your own awards first. British practice, the only one I know for sure, is to then wear foreign awards (if sanctioned) in the order of award. Such rules are, of course, often ignored.

An interesting point, but shouldn't things be mounted in the order of award?

Yes, this is increasingly looking like either a seriously jumbled group or a made-up group. Unless it is the second row of something longer. But NOT to "a german member of the ministry of farming and forest".

For India "I", the only ones I have.

They were certainly used in WWII. Cannot say beyond that.

Yes, and this is why they weren't worn in forces where the uniform included no lower left sleeve.

For any country, the most (only?) reliable sources are those in the language of the country involved. This is not especially surprising.

Well treated, in so far as any reliable information is available, in a forthcoming book on Indian medals.

Is is also important that the project coordinator/editor (Eric? he suggested it??) get a group of people together who have the requisite language skills and access to sources (not to sorts of guesses that just pollute our knowledge). This may "break" the whole project?

Shaddup.

And poor little Mongolia had to invent something special and unique, just for Him!!

Easy: The one not in your collection.

Good ideas, Rick. But, maybe, the first question will be "what is the table of contents"? What is in, what is out. USSR out, OK. What about republics within the USSR and post-Soviet successor states (e.g., Estonia, Georgia)? Warsaw Pact? That's be (excluding USSR): East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Albania (for a while). Or - maybe better, but!? -- COMECON: (also excluding USSR) Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Cuba, Mongolia, and Vietnam. Add Yugoslavia? Or . . . ???? (These sorts of questions are the sorts of things I have had to deal with in my 1200+ page "work in progress" on Arab ODM.)

See, Chris? See??

Yes, please. Among gentlemen, just snarling "fake" isn't good enough.

Wasn't that enough??

I like the idea. Let me think.

Thanks for posting this. Any content or just pictures, names, and "values"? And how many pages, Kevin?

Jan is, of course, absolutely correct. To call the Polar Star "chaotic" may well be the understatement of the century. And while I'd like to think the availability of award rolls will help in soring it out, I cannot have such ambitious hopes.