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    1. Ed_Haynes
      Creative? Delusional!
    2. Ed_Haynes
      Yes, at least among US civilians (sorry for twice violating forum standards) in the first decade of the 20th century, such birch-bark post cards were pretty common. I havs stacks of such fragile things among the family detritus that has settled upon me. A fashion stament of the time?
    3. Ed_Haynes
      The defence forces have a range of ribbons, but no medals. See: http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/asia/japon3.gif
    4. Ed_Haynes
      Could we please know a little bit more about the origin of these documents, the circumstances under which they were "collected"?
    5. Ed_Haynes
      Given the nature of his life and achievements, which were mainly self-inventions, I'd suggest this "order" is of the same sort.
    6. Ed_Haynes
      I'm sure there were official Japanese naval lists on a periodic basis. They would, of course, have been in Japanese. And I'd expect they are incredibly rare these days.
    7. Ed_Haynes
      One of the many private school badges that have cropped up after the end of socialism. Some are very nicely made like this one. Very interesting that this one is numbered.
    8. Ed_Haynes
      Yes, a chinar, as used on the J&K clasp on the Indian GSM 1947 and on the J&K clasp to the Sainya Seva Medal. I think this is the Platanus orientalis.
    9. Ed_Haynes
      Looks like a presentation display piece to me. Someting to set upon a shelf in your office.
    10. Ed_Haynes
      No, it is actually saying something of historical importance. But since I have been driven from this thread (too) by personal attacks, drop me a PM and I'll expand.
    11. Ed_Haynes
      Nice. Though with a family group, that hardly matters.
    12. Ed_Haynes
      Powerful, thanks. Is either medal named or numbered?
    13. Ed_Haynes
      I don't understand the whole "gun thing", but I do regret a nice HEICO-marked musket (pre-1842), all nicely marked, remounted in rosewood and mother-of-pearl furniture, converted to percussion, at $15 (US). But how to get it back to India (and thence to the US)? Should have gone to the Embassy, given some Marine $20 . . .
    14. Ed_Haynes
      Oh, this is torture, mates. Makes us all just feel old. Please stop. 1914 Stars at Rs. 10 (maybe $1) and 1914-15 Stars at Rs. 5 (maybe 50 cents). Not to mention really large pre-1914 6-7 medal Victorian and Edwardian groups at Rs. 300 ($30). Stop it, now. Or tell me where we parked the tardis.
    15. Ed_Haynes
      Thanks. I am just interesting in understanding. But, as the wise old woman said: Curoiuser and curiouser.
    16. Ed_Haynes
      Frustration here. Based on Christophe's help, I cannot find this person at http://www.warheroes.ru/main.asp?l=15&pages=3 and following page.Maybe this is just my illiteracy at work?
    17. Ed_Haynes
      Thanks, Dave! -- Not a "fake"; no one would be fooled. -- Obviously NOT any "official" wearer's copy. (Which I think we all accept never existed.) -- Possibly a make-it-just-for-me wearer's copy? Very interesting in any case. (I think.)
    18. Ed_Haynes
      Why can't Rick and Rick collaborate on The Mother of All (Imperial German) Books? OK, they may not play well with others, but . . . ???? Long-term, this would be a broader impact that a narrowly focused medal roll (however niche-valuable these may be).
    19. Ed_Haynes
      Yoiks! With document, that might be OK. But without. indeed
    20. Ed_Haynes
      Thanks.
    21. Ed_Haynes
      And since I think no one now in service is a Korean War veteran, policy on whether one can wear it or not has been pretty "flexible". In effect, no one really cares what the old guys wear. (In the same league with the "commemorative" medals.) How "normal" do we want this reconstruction (invention) to be and how much fantasy should come into play?
    22. Ed_Haynes
      The group, of course, would be three. National Defense Servcie Medal, Korea Service Medal (possibly with stars), UN Korea Medal (Image thanks to Lukasz Gaszewski's fine web site. http://www.medals.lava.pl/ )
    23. Ed_Haynes
      Think they are shown here, the "badge" mirror-backed and the "order" flat backed. There is also a higher quality sub-variety of type 1 but that is probably just manufacturing variability.
    24. Ed_Haynes
      That establishes the upper limit there should be (but don't seem to be) price differences between the two varieties and do be aware that fakes abound in these dark days, some pretty good if you've never seen the real thing.
    25. Ed_Haynes
      Thanks for these. There seems to be no end of these, any maybe just recording what exists is the best we can do at this stage.
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