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hey 922F I just read that you mentioned Taipei as a source! Can you give me an address or street to look for antique medals? In 3 weeks I go to south-korea for a month and I will also detour to Taiwan for a few days to visit friends. Or does anyone know a good dealer in south-Korea (specially Seoul)? Thank you very much for sharing this knowledge! a l e x

Hello Adam I also traveled a lot in southeast-Asia, never Thailand but Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The only Antique Shops I ever came across were in Hanoi and Saigon but they had mostly very old french or Vietnam-War era medals. last year I traveled through Laos about a month from pakx? over vientiane, luang prabang to the far north were I crossed the border to go to dien bien phu, I alway keept an eye open for medals but never fond one. ot much of a help, sorry. I hope somone can give you better tips... a l e x

"Always a day late, and a dollar short" same here! :cheers:

This one was on ebay last week and went away for (just) 250$: I think this was a very good price mostly they go for 400$ up to 600$ boxed. I got mine for about 330$ from a private collector, and i think this was also a very good price. I would love to see a picture of your boxer medal when you have it. greetings a l e x

hmm, i found this picture of a new breast star on the internet? the ornament holes in this star are continuous and exactly the same in shape and size. In my medal these ornaments are irregular in size and shape so my medal other than this one is handmade. I read that the old versions of these medals are all handmade but i have no clue when they changed to produce them mechanical? this information would help to at least reduce the time frame of these medals.

thanks again for your help Paul! Is there any chance to date this medal? the only thing I found are some thai letters on the back of the medal?

?and back. and the topic description should say "which class" not "wich". sorry but I'm not native english? thank you a l e x

?the breast star front?

?the medal?

?inside?

Hello Gentlemen This is in my collection for i wile now and I recently dug it out to find out which class it is. After a wile of research I'm still not sure if it is 3rd or 2nd class? can maybe anyone with more knowledge in Thai medals help me out? here is the box?

Thank you very much for sharing this knowledge! Greetings a l e x

Thank you Paul! So you think the one above is French made an the other one was made in Indochina? I love this Medal and the Dragon of Annam for there fine design! I also mentioned that there are different ribbon colors used on these medals the one above is green/red/green and the other one is yellow/white/yellow, is there any meaning in this to? Sorry for my curiosity but I'm very interested in the history of cambodia and all of indochina as I traveled laos, cambodia and vietnam so many times. cheers a l e x PS: As a relatively new user of this forum I was not sure to post this under french or SEA, so I was looking on the OMSA site where they placed it. I hope this is ok cause I love this site and really wanna play by the rules...

but one the Internet I saw also this one on the Internet... which looks much more poorly fabricate than the one above, does anyone know more about the different versions of this medal? I would love to know more about this wonderful medal. Thank you a l e x

Hello Gentlemen This is mine Order of Cambodia...

cool! can't wait for the release of your book!!

the backside...

Hello Gentleman I know this is nothing compared to the illustrious dagon or the marshal's badge but for me this is one of my finest pices of my collection... cheers and a good weekend a l e x

Hello Gentleman I'm looking to expand my collection with a Dragon of Annam medal but french medals are really not my field. I Like the medals Boxed, so how does the original Box for this medal looks like? Can anyone post a Picture? I really love the history and specially the design of this medal, one of the most beautifully medals I have ever seen. So if someone have one, it would be great I see some Pictures and Info's here... Thank you a l e x

wow, thanks that is some fine and interesting research!

Amazing! :love:

Ufff, there is still some Hope, Thanks! maybe this helps, a picture of the inside I just made...

Oh, I just have this creepy felling that maybe more medals, specially in my beloved japanese collection, could be fake I will sure make some Add's in the future if you don't mind?

Thanks again here Dick and no luckily did not spend to much money on this. And it is still a nice paperweight...

Wow.. this ruin my day! I always was pretty sure about this because of the box and the fact that the me proper aged. Also the place i bought it in shanghai made my feel ok. but I will take your advise advise and study these (even if I'm still a student an have a lot to study anyway). beside I will travel to Korea and Taiwan this summer, and as always looking forward to maybe buy some nice medals, but this time better prepared. Oh, I just noticed how to remove some part of the box, hase this any meaning... Thank you Dick for your time and honesty a l e x