Ed_Haynes

In May I'll be in Malta where there is an embroiderer who used to be subcontracted with manufacturing badges, ribbons, caps etc for the brits until the 70s. If you still have not got them by then I can try to help you out so long as you show me exactly what ribbons you will be needing. I know that the guy still has supplies as the Maltese Vets used to get their ribbon replacements until recently.

A pity indeed that these medals are missing their ribbons!

Jim

(If u can resize your posted pic it would help as its mucking up the margins of the page.... at least on my computer )

Post-1947 Indian ribbons made in Malta? Somehow I doubt it, Jim!

Most Indian medals (pre- or post-1947) come to the market naked.

For the ribbons (not 100%, but 'close') see: http://www.medals.lava.pl/bc/in2.htm

The OMSA ribbon bank used to have stocks of all common post-1947 ribbons (and this would include all of these). I shall be "feeding" their supplies when I am back this summer.

A shame that the Sainya Seva Medal has had its clasp ripped off. Desecration!

1- Can someone with the Power -- which I don't have -- please move this to South Asia (where it belongs).

2- Ribbons:

-- Air Force 50th Anniversary Medal / Armed Services Long Service Medal / 50th Independence Anniversary Commemoration Medal

-- North and East Operations Medal / Purna Bhumi Padakkama / Vadamarachchi Operation Medal / Riviresa Campaign Service Medal

3- For Sri Lankan ribbons, see: http://www.medals.lava.pl/bc/lk2.htm

What in the world could these PRC ribbons be? (Other that profligate phaleristic proliferation!)

Nice progression Ed. I especially like the earliest one.

Ohhh . . . how I wish I had the earliest one. Negotiations proceed, slowly.

I think anything less than the correct, translated name would be an insult to Mongolians everywhere. Childish comments be damned.

In the next edition, Battushig will be including the real names (in Mongolian) and new linguistically accurate translations.

This one always struck me as being too similar to The Polar Star

Agreed, I think the intent was that the pentagonal (vs. hexagonal) shape would make it visually distinctive. Not sure they succeeded.

Interestingly, this is the award being discussed most frequently for termination.

In an effort to breathe some life back into the forum, thought I'd share some eye-candy of major types.

No first type (yet); sorry (I really am!). And ignoring the numbered awards for subsequent awardings.

Serial numbers:

323 / 1867

3194 (pinback) / 5607

In an effort to breathe some life back into the forum, thought I'd share some eye-candy of major types.

Serial numbers:

271

7874 (pinback) / 7120

In an effort to breathe some life back into the forum, thought I'd share some eye-candy of major types.

Serial numbers:

792 / 9

5146 / 24139 (pinback) / 32921

In an effort to breathe some life back into the forum, thought I'd share some eye-candy of major types.

Serial numbers:

none / 1077

484 / 4596 (pinback)

Brendan,

Many thanks.

Though far FAR outside my collecting field, it takes courage -- personal and financial -- to admit uncertainty over a group such as this and then to struggle with eBay to pull a dubious group. So sad that so few would bother.

These, like so many, too many, items seem to be becoming such a minefield that massive care is required.

Thank you for caring enough to take such care.

All I have is a VERY poor quality image from the Russian book (the authors' names slip my mind, sorry).

Have asked for better images. This is all I have.

I was searching the back pages and found this sleeping in another section of the forum, so I knocked it over into South Asia for you.

Thanks, Chris. Very close to drawing all this (and more) together into a (large) journal article. But for whom, OMRS or OMSA? Difficult to say.

So, Rick . . .

Anuvad kar dijiye?

Or, as I vaguely recall,

Ubersetzung bitte?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Does this help, Rick???

Wish I did. I, too, wait . . . .

The Singidumum-guy in Belgrade has only a website in Srpski and not in English . He seems to be specialized in coins. I couldn't find any orders in his webshop.

But the fact is, that Belgrade has to offer much better prices, than Germany or the USA .

No, Christian, the website in Belgrade has nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing. Really. Don't even bother looking. Please. He has nothing at all. Really. Nothing.

Yes, ons of my favorites too. See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7339 where I show mine, cased etc., but still seeking one with document.

Almost as much fun (and history) as the Medaille f?r die Teilnahme an den bewaffneten K?mpfen der deutschen Arbeiterklasse 1918-23 -- mine at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7338 also cased etc., but documented set still to come

Have now (happily ) completed the herd.

Type 1 (medium blue sky)

Type 2.1 (light blue sky, no enamel on leaves to right)

Type 2.2 (light blue sky, green enamel on leaves to right)

Thanks for that. Such badges fall beyond the fringe of my knowledge, though when I see interesting things, I often snag them.

I think that's him! A beautiful ribbon!

Edit: Who has seen cloth-versions of this one?

Polar Star? The enamel was always enamel (or goofy paint under plastic) never cloth, the post-1961 was cloth.

Sorry, not clear what you are wanting to see??

For comparison:

This??

Congratulations to all for the ongoing success of not only a large, but a high quality edudational thread!