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Korea = 朝鮮 = ちょうせん = Сhousen.

Oleg, our colleague asked about pronunciation of National Shrine Foundation Commemorative Medal

Ok, got another one for you: National Shrine Foundation Commemorative Medal

Kanji & pronunciation...?

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As for the pronunciation and kanji for Korean Annexation Commemorative Medal

pronunciation will be Kankoku Heigou Kinen Shou

kanji will look like 韓国併合記念章

Very impressive collection of wings Tod!!!

Unfortunately not much info about these can be found around...

Fake

P.S.

The red communist type ribbons were removed and these ribbons were placed instead, it seems. Nice touch with the sun on the ribbon.

Yep, looks like somebody decided to sex it up

"Original" red ribbons can be found here (in numbers! )

http://www.ebay.com/itm/021-Chinese-Kuomintang-Communist-cooperation-War-Memorial-Medal-1936-1937-10PCS-/251373781434?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a870b81ba

Just wait until I post kanji

Another mystery solved!

These look slightly different

No sweat - I'll post kanji tomorrow (when on stationary comp).

Cheers,

Nick

Here we go again

You will find kanji on the box lid

Kenkoku Shinbyou Souken Kinen Shou

Date = April 29, 1965 (日九十二月四年十四和昭 = Showa Juyon Nen Shi-gatsu Nijuku-nichi)

You get that right!

Also, what do the 2 kanji characters above the recipient's name represent?

"Awarded to"

Nice star!

Plain and simple "September 7, 1985 died under orders".

Rifleman ...

I wouldn't guarantee the authenticity of those shoulderboards I'm sure I've seen them somewhere before without the uniform.

Judging by the hummer price (€ 11.500) somebody really had faith in this set

Interesting.

Colonel uniform with russian field marshal shoulder boards without monograms...

I completely agree Steen, this is indeed very alarming.

Cheers,

Nick

But at the same time this information

...Is pair of Marshall shoulder boards can be seen in the superb Heeresgeschichtliches Museum in Wien besides almost all his decorations.

is absolutely correct.

Indeed one of the displays (Preussischer Interims-Marschallstab) in Kaiser Franz Josef section of exhibition contains Russian Field Marshal shoulder boards.

Under a)

With the following description

EHRENFUNKTIONEN KAISER FRANZ JOSEPHS IN FREMDEN ARMEEN:

a) schulterstucke zur uniform eines russischen feldmarschalls

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These are Russian Field Marshal shoulder boards with Nicholay I monograms.

Most likely Franz became Russian Field Marshal (assuming that these are his shoulder boards) between 1849 and 1855.

Interesting that shoulder boards (that are on display in museum) have crossed batons - this insignia appeared on russian shoulder boards only in April 1854.

P.S. Still can't find any records of Russian Field Marshal rank for Franz.

Yep.

Became Colonel-in-chief of 1st Dragoon Guards on 25 March 1896.

Naturally only until 1914 ...

Same story with his rank of British Field Marshal

Franz got his 4th class of St.George on June 2, 1849.

As far as I know he wasn't Russian Field Marshal.

But he was Austrian Feldmarschall (December 2, 1848), Prussian General Feldmarschall (February 27, 1895) and British Field Marshal (September 1, 1903).

Only two his titles in the Russian Imperial Army are known to me.

He was Colonel-in-chief of Kexholm Life Guards Grenadier Regiment and 12th Belgorod Lancer Regiment (both ranks until 26 June 1914)

Personally I would classify this game as "typical class B- eBay fraud game"

Yes, I familiar with these pink ones ...

What a terrible blasphemy!!!

Two docs (3rd class sacred treasure and 3rd class rising sun) issued to foreigner destroyed ...

I wonder who did that?!

Yep, ring loop remains primary feature ...

As we know thickness of 3rd class badges varies from

3 mm / 3.3 mm / 3.6 mm

with corresponding weights

78.5 g/ 79 g/ 84.7 g

1st class badges (marked with M)

3.5 mm / 3.4 mm

80 g / 83 g

And only your 1st class badge has thickness 4 mm and weight 96 g.

Interesting idea! :beer:

Well, that's it

I believe two conclusions can be drawn from these numbers

a) one shouldn't weight everything in sight while trying to determine authenticity of this or that piece - there is obvious (and quite normal) instability in dimensions and weights

b) out colleague Melvin has very interesting "fatty" 1st class badge in his collection :cheers:

Info upgrade (for post # 20)

Measurements were made by electronic micrometer.

NORTH = top or knob suspension

Thickness (edge)

NORTH 3.38 mm

EAST 3.42 mm

WEST 3.41 mm

SOUTH 3.42 mm

Very interesting Igor!

Thanks!

Hugh, most likely this piece was awarded to Afghan minister/ambassador in the late 60s/70s and eventually ended up in Pakistan (as many other things after 1979 )

Cheers,

Nick

I believe that the producer is IKOM, their Yugoslav flags (4th and 5th class) were unnumbered. ZIN on the other hand was numbering them.

Indeed!

ZIN pieces have punched number right between these two rivets

Nice breast star man!