Ed_Haynes

Table medals always attract limited interest (for better or worse). Add those two numbers together and add 20%?

Well . . . . -- No indication on his left side? Sometimes you can see/sense holes? -- More likely an OPW than a Nevsky (though I know you have it) -- even an '85, just for a uniform -- Guards Badge? A lot cheaper than others. For the visual impact you can even use cheap post-war. -- M1940, rules, what rules?!? (1940? 1942, maybe?)

Interesting, Mike. Thanks for this. From what I have seen in the records (in Delhi and London), the decision was made for this medal and monies were appropriated, always a key moment for any government. Maybe even a more important moment for a joint stiock company than for a proper "government"? And it was clearly intended as something to be worn (apparently reflecting earlier unofficial practices -- has anyone ever seen a Capture of Pondicherry Medal mounted for wear, I'd wager they exist/ed). What happened after that is, at best, vague. The image, but the way, came from another collector, whose name also starts with "M", with permission to use (without attribution).

Any documents, or just the items?

I, too, am very

What "decoration spoor" exists? One nice thing about Soviet uniforms is that they'll almost always bear traces of what was worn there.

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This document came along with (I won't yet say "in a group") with a nice cased 1914-15 War Medal. I think I have scanned it correctly (right-to-left) and have the right side up? Printed Japanese is one things, but this flowing script, however beautiful, . Thanks in advance (to Paul or to Paul's long-suffering wife?). Part 1

So true and all credit to Paul. (And he also has a "day job".) He has accomplished a very difficult thing: To publish a book when you know for certain that your presentation will be far, far less than 100%. This is a very difficult thing for any author to do. He has now introduced the field and brought (deluging) out of collection drawers and boxes the badges he does not present. Some day, a second (or third or . . . ?) edition . . . ? The best we can do is share (as has been done in thsi thread) high-quality images of "NIS" badges.

It is a shame that Paul almost never comes here.

I see no indications that are good. And, by the way, I am moving this to the British section where responses might be better.

So far as I know, this clasp came only in silver. What is the naming? If legitimate, this would be VERY interesting!

Thanks for these!

That is what it looks like to me. Maybe I'm wrong. Been known to happen.

So true. Most most outside Europe, it is a challenge to fit into the European conception of naming structure. The gazette-makers and index makers have just contributed to the chaos. Try every possible order and every possible spelling and . . . maybe . . . . All pat of the puzzle. Frankly, just being turned down for a visa might not be so bad. The harassment inflicted by immigration and "homeland "security" people to anyone who looks to them "odd" is shameful. And then there is the patriotic mob violence such as has been focused, for example, on Sikhs who, like Osama bin Laden, happen to have beards and turbans.

When it comes to non-British names, the correspondence between the name as rendered on the medal and the name in the London Gazette (saying nothing about the real name) seems to be more variable than usual (and that's saying a lot) when it comes to the B.E.M. Almost all of mine, of course, are to Indians -- military, civil, and merchant navy -- and it can be a challenge matching the medal to the gazette entries (whether LG or GoI), though, strangely, the recommendations are usually pretty good for name accuracy. I picked up in Delhi a BEM to "Ibrehim Kawas Mohammad" and this researched out to "Mohammad Ibrehim Kawas - Surveyor, Department of Surveys Palestine" awarded B.E.M. LG 12 June 1941. The recommendation is elusive, though probably a retirement gift. Amazing how Palestinian B.E.M.s seem to travel about the globe. A nice one you snagged there!

Yes, it would seem that he and his second wife are still alive.

And a third.

Another one, same source.

Previously unreported, from http://www.afganwar.md/russian/brotherhood.htm A nasty machine translation:

Originally thought to be from Moldavia -- see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=31037&st=33 -- but now I'm not quite so sure.

I had started a thread on the varions veterans' bodies over at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=30742 , but it seems to have attracted scant attention. I'll add the Red Star clone (and a few others) over there, as the Moldavian connection seems questionable.

Yes, I saw these in "IVB"'s PDF. Assume you did too. And this badge is there as well. As he seems to have done reserach, I value his opinion.

Based on "IVB"'s PDF. Can you provide better information?

What seems to be the "Участник Афганской войны". Тяжелый металл (белый), на закрутке, a badge for Afghan War veterans. Wonder where they found the design inspiration??