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On 24/10/2023 at 08:16, Graf said:

Nice photo

Thank you!

Thank you!

Just received a second ribbon bar to the same officer. This one, however, has the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor!

Thanks!

Hi, guys.

I just got this beautiful French ribbon bar which consists of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre 1939-45 w/ 6 palms, the Croix de Guerre TOE w/ 3 palms, and the Croix de la Valeur Militaire w/ 2 palms. This officer received a total of 11 bronze palms between WWII and Indochina! I may be wrong, but I'm guessing this belonged to a General or Admiral based on the award of the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. Does anyone think the owner of this ribbon bar could be identified based on these awards? I know it's probably a really long shot, but I'd love to find out who wore these.

Thanks for looking!

2 hours ago, Dave Wilkinson said:

He appears to be wearing a Metropolitan Special Constabulary uniform. The cap badge is certainly that of the MSC. His shoulder title is "HQCD" (Headquarters Central Detachment). He is probably a senior officer, although his rank markings (if that is what they are) are not familiar to me. I show herewith the cap badge he is wearing.

 

I hope this is helpful.

 

Dave.

I think you might be right. I had a feeling I m ight have been wrong about the shoulder titles, but the letters are hard to make out. Upon looking at them again, it does look like HQCD. Thank you so much! I don't think I ever would have figured that out. I really appreciate your help!

Edit: doing a quick Google search, I found this book, which also features a picture of Lord Hamilton: The Specials, How They Served London. Thank you again!

Nice set of ribbon bars, mini medals, and a Vietnam Veterans of America challenge coin that belonged to a Navy officer who was with the Fleet Marine Force in Vietnam. No name, unfortunately. 

For reference: my great-grandfather Josef Blum circa 1903-05. He was an Artilleryman in the K u.K. Armee.

Hi, guys.

Pictured is Lord Claud Hamilton, a distant cousin of mine. In doing research, I found the attached picture of him. Try as I might, I cannot identify the uniform he is wearing, nor can I identify the shoulder titles on his epaulets. Can anyone help with the identification?

Thank you!

Thank you, Paul. Sadly, he passed away in 2006. He had been a CW2 with Army CID, and had served just about everywhere: Hawaii, South Korea (1974-75), Vietnam (1967-68), and Germany.

Unfortunately, I think his apron and any other Masonic items may be lost to history. It seems these two coins were all that was left. I may try and find out if is old lodge is still around and see if they may have any information.

My uncle John's mini-medal bar representing his 20 years of service.

Thanks for the information. I figured they were some kind of award for progressing through the "ranks", but it seems there's more to it than that

Good evening, one and all. It's been a long time since I've been here, and just noticed there was a section dedicated to the Freemasons. As it happens, my great-grandfather had been a Mason for many years, and I happen to have a couple of coins (or medals - not sure about the terminology) that belonged to him.

I hope you guys enjoy seeing them. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about them, or what they represent. If anyone could shed some light on them for me, my family and I would be eternally grateful

Thank you, Nick! I wasn't 100% positive about which medal was for what. Thanks for clearing that up for me

Finally, the ship's badge. Please feel free to share your items or thoughts.

An enamel cross, of a similar design as on the above medals.

I believe this medal was awarded to the divers who participated who dove on the Kursk.

I am told this medal was awarded to those who participated in the search and recovery efforts.

Monday, August 12th, will mark the loss of the Russian submarine K-141 - the "Kursk" - with all hands. This would be one of the worst submarine disasters in history. In memory of the loss of the Kursk, I thought I would post some pictures I have of commemorative badges and awards relating to the Kursk, and the recovery efforts. Please feel free to post any mementos, pictures, awards, etc. you may have relating to this proud submarine.

To start off, here is a picture of a small grouping of awards and badges I have.

This thread is making me regret selling my 40th Anniversary medal lol

Pic 2:

I hope you don't mind me posting this, but this is a medal I actually just sold off.

40th Anniversary Medal of the 18th Submarine Division.

Pic 1:

Outstanding! Thank you. He likely would have been with the 7th Corps Artillery since the village of Billed was within that region. Mystery solved! Thank you for your help!

I'll check with the USMF about the second uniform.

Thank you so much! No one knows where the pictures were taken, unfortunately. But, at least I now know he was with an Artillery unit - which is more information then I ever thought I'd find. Do you know offhand where the 7th Corp-Artillery and 7th Division-Artillery Regiments would have been stationed, say between 1903 and 1908?

If the second uniform isn't Austro-Hungarian, any idea what it could be?