Ed_Haynes

More correspondence.

And . . . .

And, now, some more familiar stuff for Folks Like Us. (A bit large to fit easily on the scanner, though.)

Things now get official.

And a letter.

And the message.

A second postcard.

And the message.

Now, in rough chronological order, the documents (let me know if detailed scans will aid legibility/translation).

A pretty postcard.

And a closeup.

The card/photo from "Josef Ebert, Photogr. Anstalt. Regensburg, Kohlenmarkt."

Now, the paper goodies. (And while my remnant German is not so bad, my skills with exotic scripts have been supplanted by taking up brain-space for things like Hindi and Urdu -- would appreciate translation assistance throughout.)

I have tried to get these into chronologicalk order, but, first, the man himself.

A group shown here before, and pretty exotic for me, but I am always a "sucker" for something documented, that can be linked to the person. (That is why I like the named medals of the Brits and their "empire".) Thanks for getting this to me, Rick (Stogmeister).

Actually, Christophe, I did remember that. I was just waiting for you to say it.

As far as "Bomber" Harris is concerned, I think his are at the RAF Museum outrside of London?

Pretty certain Monty's are at the Imperial War Museum in London.

Interesting, Chris. I think we all know of Queen Mary's tins, but this is an especially interesting one. Which war?

Until we know more that we do at present -- on a basis of documentation and research, not guesswork -- I'd be careful about dismissing this so easily as a "fake". It could be interesting, but it might not be. A large number of things that the instant experts have dismissed have turned out to be legitimate, but in some cases this understanding has come only after the item has been trashed.

Not mine (alas), but the guest of a good friend. He, good friend that he is, is letting me share this with the hungry eyes here.

1974 Lance-Naik Roshan Ali, IDSM, 1/129th Baluchis

BTW, my regards to Ashok Nath when next you write him. He may remember me from the old IMCS days.

Actually, I saw Ashok in Delhi just a few days back. He is working at the USI finishing what will be a major work on Indian Army badges. This is just one of the interesting and exciting projects that the new Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research of the USI is supporting; and some really exciting things are on the horizon for them. (Consider the possibility of having Indian Army Lists and regimental histories on CD-ROM or having the surviving medal rolls and long rolls of Indian servicemen since the early 20th century assembled under one archival roof.)

Amazing groups, Ed. Those Punjab Frontier clasps really sing to me.

Absolutely, Bob. In an age when people whine loudly and petiition politicians and the press that they think they deserve a medal (or several) just because thay did national service, it is instructive to remember just what hard service these little clasps represented. Yet, these clasps were immensely controversial, as they represented campaign service in an age when clasps were believed to be to represent legitimate battles only.

Nice. More "Spanish" than "Spanish Civil War", but very pretty and rare too.

Lieutenant Saheb Rao More, I.D.S.M., 4th Gwalior Imperial Service Infantry

1- IDSM, George V, first variety - "Sahab Rao More, Lieut. in the 4th Gwalior I. S. Infy." - GGO 461/1919, for Egypt, Chhina p. 179.

2- War Medal - "LIEUT. SAHEB RAO MOREY, 4 GLR. INFY"

3- Victory Medal - unnamed (as issued?)

4- Durbar 1911 - unnamed

5- Gwalior Silver Medal - unnamed

While I have much research yet to do, I thought I might post this as an item of interest and add on later.

Fascinating array and magnificent condition! Where do you find these things?

Some at auction (mainly DNW), others "in country". More to come until people scream . . . .

As I am now hosting this lovely in a kind and caring home, I shall report final research results when our Moscow Magician reverts.

SEPOY MAHOMED. KHAN S.N.I.P.

Army of India: "ASSEERGHUR" (21 October 1803)

"S.N.I.P." = ????

Burma Medal, 1824-26

Silver, unnamed (as usual).