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Joseph, indeed, with a very few exceptions I collect miniatures only! Regards, Lars

Hi Alpha, unfortunately no pic of the reverse, just thought it would be of interest. Regards, Lars

Well, one mysterious Sava, thinking about the star . Not mine, a picture from the net!

A nice group with a Japanese WW1 Victory medal which is quite rarely seen as miniature. I would say it's most likely a mid war group from a Japanese diplomat, appr around 1920-30?

Someone should tell that museum that the Dannebrog have to be reversed

Andreas, HUGE mistake, it's a Frederik VIII But check your message folder! Regards, Lars

Queen Victorias miniature group is something every collector would give an arm and a leg to get - sadly, or happily it's not available on the open market A few more of the Bulgarian miniature, the first is a nice 18 ct gold example, the second a more humble bronze gilted badge!

I could contribute with a miniature medal, if this is the type you're looking for? Manufature etc totally unknown, but an interesting reverse!

What you have is the 16 years service cross for NCO's missing it's proper suspension. According to Stevnsborg 800 crosses were made between 1831-1839 on the Royal Mint, as stated in their protocols. The number of crossed produced between 1817-1831 is not known. But using common sense it could be assumed that a larger number would have been produced during the first 14 years than in the later 8 years? So not super rare, but not a cross that often appears outside of Denmark either. Hope this helps? /Lars

In a large and expanding universe like the GMIC there would be different topics covering the same items. I read this topic yesterday evening and was quite amazed in seing this production sample from an old french producer. The badge I got recently is very clearly made by this company and although allready presented on GMIC in another topic I'd thought I would doublepost the pictures for comparison in this topic. The other topic I'm referring to is:

Remember, when speaking miniatures everything is possible! In respect of beeing period or not I would certainly buy an argument like "we know these were produced by xxx in the late 1970ies" or "the gilding is a shiny modern one never used during that period" or "these are some of the Hungarian fakes that can be had in large quantities on eBay" or similar! I would not buy an argument like "you have two made by the same producer" or "it's gilded and it should not be". But you are entitled to your opinion, you don't believe in them and that's it, I do ;o) Regards, Lars

OK, I understand there's no air gunners badge, this I already wrote, but that's one of the things you often see when talking miniatures, I understand they are from the same producer, this is obvious, but that doesn't make them not period. When I have them in my hands and compare them to other pins there's nothing telling me they are not period. So I believe we can agree in disagreeing. If anybody else would have any proof of these not beeing period I'd be happy to listen.

Hi Alex, Point taken, but why do you have concerns (please elaborate a little), and why would the gilded badge make no sense - yes, it was never instituted, but as I understand things you do find period items beeing gilded? I understand some of these can be tricky, but if faked you'd normally see them in quite large quantities on eBay and similar sites, these I have not seen in many many years. Regards, Lars

3 miniatures/stickpins that recently came my way, among them both the land and navy air gunners badge!

Nice! My humble contribution could be a small sized diamond set badge, either a large miniature or a prinzen size, enjoy!

Hello Paja. Yes, a nice miniature. For comparison I can show you a silver and gold (gilt) example from my collection. When you say it may be the rarest Serbian medal, could you tell us how rare, ie number of awards etc? I'm just curious and wasn't really aware of this, I have allways assumed it was quite common! Lars

Thank you, Don. I wasn't aware of this new edition of Hüsken's catalogue, seems I have an older edition, maybe I should get a copy although this isn't my main area. Lars

Hello Andreas, excellent, I believe this is a pretty good indication of that this needle is what I believe it is. Thanks for showing, Lars

All, this should be the "Seglerschaft der Luftwaffe im Marine-Regatta-Verein", it's listed in Hüskens book as number 8724, but it's not illustrated, Would anybody be able to confirm this? Don? /Lars

Hello Demir. Thank you for your comments and recipients list. Although it came from a named British estate I don't thing it can be traced back. The ribbons suggests it's a French recipient and It's probably impossible to figure out when and how it ended up in Britain. But interesting to see the limited number of recipients.

Thank you for the clarification. I had been looking at the Order of the Cresent, but those presented would all be GC Stars like the one Nelson received and that confused me. Although expensive I'm happy with this new reduction/miniature. Would anybody know the size of the full size award for comparison? Thanks, Lars

When visiting a museum some years ago, think it was in Paris, I saw a painting of a man wearing a group of decorations with a Turkish award unknown to me. I did made some effort trying to figure out what is was with all the online ressources I could find - but failed. For some strange reason I only took this photo and not the full picture, Now I have bought this little group, and what I believe must be an Turkish award resembles the one on the painting although it seems to be inverted. Again I have failed to find out what it is. The Order of Saint Louis is not a miniature, but seems to be a "reduction" beeing 25 mm wide and is worn from a combined ribbon where the Turkish ribbon appears as well. The Turkish award is 20 *33 mm. Now I have the following questions: 1. What is it I have here? 2. Given the size, is it a full size award, a "reduction" or a miniature? 3. Is this the same decoration as on the painting, a different class or ...? The painter could have inverted it by mistake? If not, what is the person on the painting wearing? Regards, Lars Now some closeup photos:

From a fellow member in here I recently received this fine star, enjoy!

Hello Alex. A most beautiful set you have! But you use the word "miniature" for the small sized badge, but I would say that the below shown badge is a miniature. But I often see this smaller sized badge described as a miniature and it seems to be a size used for the majority of the various aviation badges. Was this an official size for these different aviation badges and thus described as a miniature by the manufacturer? Regards, Lars

Included in the lot were also his Swedish Postal Jubilee Medal with a beaten up case plus a delegates badge for the Postal Jubilee in Stockholm in 1924 (never saw one before). And a badge I assume is a kind of Swedish-Chineese friendship union badge. I do know the discussion of splitting up groups, but as the group were incomplete anyway I will probably sell these things apart from the miniatures later on. None of his full size Orders were present.