censlenov

Hello

Just picked up this "Antique Victorian Religious Medal" off eBay. The order looks good to my eye but i know very little about such things.

I will say the suspension loop appears to be hallmarked and the suspension ring as well although all i can make out is a 6. The also appears to be 2 hallmarks on the revers top and bottom arm which i have a hard time making out. I'll work on getting some nice close ups posted soon.

What do you all think?

Cheers

Chris

Thanks for all this info gents especially the proper name. When i typed that into a search engine i found several others to compare to.

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Chris

Found the attached medal in a surplus store in lethbridge today. Can anyone tell me if this is perhaps a "real" medal as opposed to a fantasy piece? Hard to tell from the photo's but it is silver. If it is a real medal can anyone tell me what it is and give me a bit of background on it.

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Chris

Great finds Larry were these from the gent who was selling French medals in bulk? I thought it was a great show and got a few nice pieces and came home with way more cash than i arrived with. I look forward to next years show.

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Chris

Mike i hope the coffee is better than last time i was there. I will be leaving the hat in the wee hours of Friday morning to make it in time for when the doors open. From those i've spoken with most are going Saturday so i'm hoping to scoop some goodies.

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Chris

Thanks for all the great comments gents. I was quite surprised when all this was listed in a single lot. It's my hope by selling the "rejects" i'll be able to make back my outlay and keep the rest in the collection.

The RNWMP tunic didnt come with the sam browne but i'm sure i have an early ww1 sam browne that would look great on it in the storage room at home.

There is a big show the Easter long weekend that i will be taking some of the "rejects" to in hopes of making some trades/cash. Otherwise i hope to sell on the forum or privately and avoid ebay at all cost.

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Chris

And the best for last his Royal North West Mounted Police Tunic

His WW2 Battledress

His Service Dress Uniform and cap

His officers great coat all buttoned with RCAPC buttons

Now the true reason for bidding on the lot all the following uniforms are attributed to this man:

next was a couple of pairs of Battle dress pants the left pair dated 1955 and the right pair dated 1943

Now for the keepers

First up this simple black beret 1944 dated and in terrific shape with no mothing a great find and my South Alberta Regiment badge will look great on it.

Tomorrow i will post the uniforms i plan on keeping these were just the rejects.

Cheers

Chris

No.10 and last one for tonight a 1955 dated Canadian Battledress to the PPCLI with a nice padded para wing

No.9 A 1950's -60's RCAF private purchase overcoat

No.8

A really salty ww1/post war era RAF tunic. The wings are in very nice condition though and i think the white paint/plaster will clean up.

No.7 A ww2 RAF Aircrew Blouse/ Battledress

size 8 dated 1943 really nice condition.

No.6

A real gem in this lot a complete ww2 RAF officers uniform. What makes this uniform very very rare is that it is badged to an Eagle Squadron Pilot. There was only 244 pilots in the Eagle squadrons who would have worn these patches and these uniforms seldom come onto the market. The cap is named to a Pilot Officer Care. Prelim research pulls up one Eagle squadron pilot with that last name. Raymond C Care flew with 71 Squadron 1941-43and was transfered to the USAAF in 1943. In 1944 he was shot down by flak and taken POW. By that time he had 6 confirmed kills and one probable.

No. 4 and 5

Two ww2 Canadian Berets one to the Canadian Intelligence Corps and the other a private purchase officers beret to the Lord Strathcona's Horse.

Third a post '53 RCAF officers cap. Very nice condition with the exception of the discoloration on the badge.

Second a First World War Officers Service cap for the Canadian Medical Corps a couple of names written on the interior leather sweat band but i can't make them out. Decent shape with no mothing just a slightly wonky brim (but i think that can be worked out)

First a WW1 RAF Service Cap in Blue. Salty but they seldom come up for sale.

I'll jump in and suggest that a realistic price you could expect to get would be around the $120-150 range. These modern cased sets are really common and i can get them for between $30-50 dollars at local gunshows.

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Chris

Ouch! And "Ouch" again!

The musuem curator part of me cringes at the idea of varnishing steal and leather. Our bible's first commandment is "Thou shalt not do anything thou canst undo!" Wax, which can be polished off, is as permanent as musuems are permitted to get. Even oil is frowned on, as it draws dust and roots leather - even the 'leather preservative' kind, in time.

"Ouch" again at "$1.50". I'm am slipping my toes gingerly into the vast sea of World War 1 living history, just ahead of the centenary of the great horror. $750.00 gets me a very nice made to measure uniform - and my $15.00 an hour post-retirement job will pay for it eventually. I too recall the days of the endless supply of cheap .303s, many over here turned into hunting rifles by butchering a few pounds of wood from the stock. Now, to get a pukka SMLE and bayonet in decent fireable condition may cost as much again as the uniform. In other words, I'll get it paid for just in time for August 2014.

Thank goodness all the other kit is being 're-popped' for odd bods like myself. One can even buy reproduction 1914 era French postcards. And I don't mean shots of the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral either!

Peter

I was quite lucky when i purchase my SMLE back in 2002 i paid $150 for it 1918 dated with full wood a nice little shooter. I bought a nice decent repro uniform from a film company in Calgary for $80 came with tunic, pants, boots, and helmet. They were clearing out there warehouse about 2 years ago. Makes a nice display.

Cheers

Chris