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    1. there is also a slovak type with znb and not snb there is a small different between czech and slovak i still have a czech book with medals for sale on the sales form,lots of photos even if your "cestina jazyk nemam dobry,kniha moc obrazky" for the non czech speakers between us = if your czech is not good,book is full with photos!!! Na zdravi sometimes in Rotterdam & sometimes in the CZ
    2. Hi,chris. Thanks for the info,shall sell the badge as i have no realation with regular police
    3. is this military polcie?? or just normal police forces
    4. 1ST STRIKE OF THIS MEDAL WAS WITHOUT E AT THE REVERSE 2ND STRIKE ALL WITH E
    5. Vanuatu General Service Medal A medal to be known as the Vanuatu General Service Medal (hereinafter in this Part called the “medal”) is hereby instituted for the purpose of according recognition to persons who hold certain offices or of certain lengths of service or who have rendered good and special service to Vanuatu. Award for historic events The medal shall be awarded to mark historic events in Vanuatu. President to award medal on recommendation of Prime Minister (1) The award of the medal may be made by the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. (2) The names of the persons to whom the medal is awarded under this Part shall be published in the Gazette. (3) There shall be no limit to the number of medals which may be awarded. Description of medal (1) The medal shall be circular in shape, 38 mm in diameter and made of cupro-nickel silver, rhodium plated, and the obverse of the medal shall show in relief a representation of the sun rising behind an island which is surrounded by the sea around which is a pair of namele leaves crossed at the bottom. (2) The reverse of the medal shall bear the inscription “FOR SERVICE TO VANUATU” surmounted by the word “VANUATU” with namele leaves crossed at the bottom and extending around the edge. (3) The medal shall be suspended from a circular ring on a ribbon, 32 mm wide consisting of 4 mm wide vertical stripes of red, yellow and green; an 8 mm wide vertical stripe of black in the centre and then 4 mm wide vertical stripes of green, yellow and red. (4) A bar or bars, 32 mm wide, made of cupro-nickel silver, inscribed with the historic event or the name of the place at which the event occurred shall be attached to the ribbon and shall form part of the medal. Where two or more bars are awarded they shall be worn on the ribbon of a single medal. (5) The miniature of the medal and bar shall be half the size of the medal and bar, THE ONLY THING I COULD FIND TO THE BAR IS THAT IT IS ONE OF THERE ISLANDS,MAYBE FOR LONG SERVICE WITH THE ARMED FORCES ON THE ISLAND SANTO
    6. Cupro Nickel 36mm diameter medal features the Arms of Vanuatu with the inscription 'Vanuatu Independence 1980' surrounding. The National Emblem features on the reverse. This medal was instituted in 1980. The RAAF received it 3 x & 1 was awarded to an Army Pilot.
    7. oThe Ossewabrandwag - Oxwagon Sentinel was a nationalist Afrikaner organisation in South Africa founded 1939. There name came from the grote trek ----> as the boers left cape town to go to inlands of south africa It opposed South African entry into WWII on the British side, because of Sudafrikaner fight for independence since the boerwar Forbidden in September 1942. Also had there own stormtroops calles gryshemde - greyshirts Suid-Afrikaanse Nie-Joodse Nasionaal-Sosialistiese Beweging = south african non jewish national socialist movement They are the forerunners of the Ossewabrandwag founded in 1933/34 and started with the greyshirts with finacial donation from the NSDAP/AO from germany. late 1949 the started again under the name of Blanke Werkersparty white workers party Many members of the OB were incarcerated during World War II after committing acts of sabotage in protest against South Africa's alignment with Britain and in support of Germany of Dutch NSB who hold a small branch in South Africa. After the war the Ossewabrandwag went underground and stopped mid 50s There are severall types of this badges in size and colour most of them are local made,i had a book on south african badges and insignia years ago after the fall of the apartheid regime i sold most of my SDAF collection and the book nice badges i always was looking for them but never obtain them
    8. Hi,Darell. This is a copy made about 13 - 14 years ago first time they where offered in den haag at the military auction from the prinsen antiekhof at the bell air hotel sold for 350,00 hfl now 160,00 euro they made 3 types of this medal all 3 times rabbies. 1st type a few mm to big and colour also wrong. 2nd wrong supspension to tin. 3rd type made it with a ball & chocolate colour like the french st helena medal all three types where offered at the auction with space of 2 months between each auction ribbon not made of cotton, but nylon today they are still on the dutch market but become harder to find tgoday you can find better copies on Ebay offered by a english dealer
    9. copy early 70s but very well done pakistan made product,i bought that stuff in severall junkshops 2-4 pound each(england was overrun with stuff like this 70-80s) while i was there on holiday with my parents and sold them here in holland to dealers in the 80s i still could buy them and sold them here to skinheads & football hoolies who like to wear them to shock other people as the dealers lost intrest in that stuff by the original the backplate is hold on a other style left down right ,can like this I_I and not with dots : left & right : orignal A.G.M.u.K. text is the u straight/upright and not skewed like this type A.G.M.u.K and peekhouse is also on one line in the original and not like this
    10. The poland type 1st came on the market late 80s from a canadian medaldealer send a lot of flyers/sheets worldwide to collectors(yes that was pre internettimezone) with a nice story about it Today there a 3 types,1st type with the kremnicia(slovakian state mint)mark on it 2nd type without kremnicia makersmark 3rd type other reverse other type of crown Made today in different types of metal and offered by polish medal/coin dealers I do have some orignial czech WWI victory medals in stock any intrest??
    11. looks nice, knightscross with oakleaf,honor badge of the army a good combination, but panzerkampfabz in bronze(panzergrenadiers)& single combat tank destroyers bage with a silver infantery assault badge (infantery or mountain troops)nearly impossobile. In the early 80s the market was overrun with single ribbon insignia most of them on pins for the civilian dress,so it creates a lot of home work for severall dealers(break down pins and put them on ribbon bars,but badges could be original 1957 made,why would it be faked?? you can still pick it up at any fleamarket or military fair. late 80s steihauer & luck opened there old store m 1957 insignia for the market incl the ribbons even in holland we had a new german invasion. Reverse backclothing looks glued??normally you must see stickwork of the needle and it is nice and shinny made,not old and worn by a bundeswehrveteran.
    12. Honeckers afrika korps at the african playgrounds Since the late 70s they have been activ in the next a nations: Afghanistan(only airforce advisors)Angola,Algeria,Mozambique,, Libya, Iraq, Syria, South Yemen, Ethiopia, Benin, Nigeria, Zaire( former belgium congo), Tanzania,Zambia. Since 1975 +/-2000 officers & soldiers of the National People's Army & Stasi forces had been stationed in Angola to support the MPLA forces in their fight against the Unita. They also try to get in South West Africa(former german colony 1884 - 1910) since 1980 Namibia wich was under the protection of South Africa. Lots of SADF members who joined the SWAPOL or KOEVOET units allready learned their skills during the Rhodesia war even severall Selous Scouts joined the SDAF after the independance of Rhodesia, had a dutch/german background and zuid afrikaans is a mix of old dutch with german so a lot of SADF members asked information from local inhabitants and told them that they were east german military advisors looking for hidden MPLA members to bring them back to their own lines. KOEVOET members were financially rewarded through bountyreward system, which paid them for kills, prisoners and equipment they captured. This practice allowed many of the members to earn many times more than their normal payment, and resulted in competition between units. SDAF = south african defence forces SWAPOL = south west african police force KOEVOET = crowbar unit of the police. Selous Scouts = special forces of the rhodesian army 1973 - 80 who task was to clandestine elimination of terrorists or state enemies within and without the borders of the rhodesia nation after the dissolution of the regiment in 1980, many of this soldiers went to the SDAF where they joined 5 Reconnaissance Commando. During the apartheid period as a cloggie(dutch) you could do you conscripted service clandistine in the SDAF and get a double passport after it,i try to join but it turned out that i copied the signature of my father so they refused me & i had to do my conscripted service in west germany defending europe against the evil from the east. I also know that there have been also a few bulgarian military advisors in Angola as i heared from a Bulgarian who works here in Holland that there was only one black guy in Bulgaria as the boy was adopted by a bulgarian officer and took him back to bulgaria. Also there have been a few Czechoslovakian advisors in africa,and they travelled together with members of the Dvur Kralove nad Labem ZOO!!!!!!!!!!. United Nations Transition Assistance Group in Namibia (April - March 1990) 20 observers wich incl a few dutch and some members of the german grenzschuts and a maybe few ex DDR soldiers who sign up with the BGS as far as i can remeber they even had their own DDR UNsleeve badge had it in my hands on a military show 1990/91 period and it was totaly unknow to me(as in 1989 the wall went down at the un ops was in 1990 so i did not buy it) and i obtain from the same "Ossie" dealer a complete DDR service dress para trooper for 100,- HFL now 45,00 euro remember it so well as i sold the para trooper uniform the same day for 250,- HFL.
    13. mini bar = 100% english made,great for in a movie or a fashionshow but not for in a collection. always try to avoid copies.
    14. The cloth ribbonbars are pre 1918 period: 1= military merit or bravery cross on war ribbon only not able to see wich class,X years of long service cross for officer in the army,balkanwar medal 1912-13(against greece?),comm war medal 1915-18(instituted 9/12/1933) 2 = military merit or bravery cross on war ribbon only not able to see wich class,merit medal not able to see wich class but looks to me king borisIII period(pre 1914) and got them again mabye for acts of bravey during WWI 1915 - 18 period and a austria bravery medal but not able to see wich class,bronze or silver could be franz joshep untill1916 or karl 1917 -1918 nice bulgarian WWI ribbon bars
    15. Dear Sasa. Havla Vam for the info,looking forward to visit it next year( how to tell my wife!!!). What is the best period to visit Београд - Beograd???? any other points of great intrest(military or non military any fleamarkets),was thinking on may 2010. Only been twice in Република Србија - Rep.Srbija and that was 5 years ago on the way to Sofia in Bulgaria,and more than 20 years ago by train on a studentpass only been at the railwaystation in Beograd to get on a other train. Pozdravi. Michel
    16. Gordon. Thanks for the info,looking forward to return next year to budapest and it looks that i have to stay there for a whole week or so maybe a good combination with a holiday near the balaton lake(drop the family there) and go to the stamp/coin fair at tuesday and saterday to vargos or the militaryfair. Please drop the address as soon as you have find it. Will take a look in the reference books,need also some info on militia collarranks Regards Michel
    17. slo medal could be slovakian partisans any text at the rev makersmark? it looks know to me,have had a friend(killed in the yugoslavia confilct)at the military academy in 1990 and i believe i have had this medal also in bulk as we sent our montly tradingboxes to each other dutch/belgium/west germanybundeswehr items for cssr/csfr items but at that time he dont speak english and i dont understand any czechoslovakian except pivo revolucni odborove hnuti 'Revolutionary Trade Union Movement',='ROH' text on the medal za praci = for works - pro rozvo = towards sometimes it is hard find the right word it is a kind of merit medal of the trade union ROH exist from late 1945 - march/april 1990 membership was on voluntary base but join them means of course any benifits the other medal is the war medal for czechoslovakian soldier outside the land called pametni medaile ceskoslovenske armady v zahranici awared with clasps sssr =russia velka britanie - u.k. francie = france sredni vychod = middle east made in londen during 43-44 prague 1945 prague by zukov marked with a small z at the reverse 1945 -47 kremnice now slovakia old state mint and not 100% sure also in moscow for a short time as far as i understand they told me a few years ago at the military fair in ostrava only held there one time not a big succues about 15 years ago a friend of mine obtain in poland this cotton ribbon more than 1000 meter on a fleamarket seems that the ribbon was made in poland was complete with factorylabel. ribbon was used here to in holland to complete unknow/uncomplete medals mostly from belgium from a nice ribbon and sell them here on fleamarkets
    18. just to let collectors know that they must visit the army museum in budapest address toth arapad setany 40 great medal collection,good collection of uniforms esp 1945-89 period you can spent there a 1/2 day or even a whole day and you will return again. been there now for 2 times,they do have a small shop inside and sell some military stuff sometimes high prices and sometimes nearly for free great book corner,obtain there a book on hungarian uniforms 1945-1953 period for a collector who lives in belgium. and found a riot (military?) police beret in white try to upload the photo fill seems to big also visit the citadell at the gellert hill 1850 - 1945 period is a shop in front of the museum but tourist prices higher than you ever see on Ebay. there are a few shops spread all over budapest who sells military items some are selling nice items and others sells current uniforms if you visit the escari fleamarket at nagykorosi ut 156 there are only 2 people selling esp medals bought a few medals there last year but now prices "are the sky is the limet"of course you can find some pieces of uniforms and badges. there is also a fleamarket,more like a carboot sale at the margeretbridge,discovered it to late will visit it next year and there seems to be a big fleamarket 1st saterday of the month if any of you know the address and would be so kind to share it please do so
    19. just visted during our trip in slovenia the next museums. we stayed for a few days in Ljubijana to visted the flemarket on a sunday morning,made some nice deals but 99% is too high priced bought some nice ex yugoslavian communist banners for on flatblocks 3.00 X 15.00 m. and the same size old yugoslavia flag for a very good price complete slovenia camo uniform 1991/92 period,some old yugoslavian rep passports not for my own collection but just picked them up for a filmcompany who needed the stuff. during our stay it was rain,rain,rain so we visit some places of intrest if some of the collectors will go to slovenia the must see the next: Army museum Maribor Kadetnica Engelsova 15 it is on the armybarracks in the new part of maribor,heavy intrest in the 1991-today period The National Liberation Museum Maribor Ulica heroja Tomšiča 5 nice collection of WWII items and paritsans liberation of maribor but remember on saterdays open untill 12.00. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ military museum at pika kolodvorska 51,nice if you like to see some tanks or any other verhicles no medals or insignia but also good info on the 1991 /92 uprise good to visit also the postojna cave(karst no military only a photo of el duce who visit it also in WWII)it is on the same route there is a shop in front of the entrance who sells military stuff but tourist prices much higher than you ever saw at Ebay. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- lokev private military museum,seems to be very good with lots of WWII related items and medals,just missed it during our trip it is on the road to trieste(italy). Been in Zagreb(croatia) also but no military museum to find,only a few shops who sells medals and been at the fleamarket hrelic at sajmisna road(wed = junk sun = cars) behind the military police army barrcaks,found some ex JNA helmets(for the movies) mixed prices large bulk of croatian current military badges & lots of gipys who try to resell a yesterdays newspaper old car tires and with a bit of luck some military stuff. place is hard to find by public transport in front of the army barracks go right between the houses and in to the fields there is a small path if you go right(we did)nice walking trip of 30/45 min along the road and river we took the shortcut back into the fields 10/15 min walk next year we take our car and use the tomtom navigator to get there on sundays visit the britanski trg antiquemarketfair prices and good stuff so if any of you know more spots to visit in former yugoslavia and want to share it with others!!!,drop a line. with a bit of luck will visit next year belgrade there is a army museum at kalemegdan?road
    20. there is also a blue type of the shield 1984,airforce???? sometimes i can pick it up in the czech rep but always higher priced than the red type have asked severall sellers why is this blue but not really a answer
    21. yes it means public traning/speaking as this was in the early years of communism 23/7/1922 hradec kralove also knew under the name koninggratz nice city great fortress and a few nice junk shops where you can find czech medals from time till time.
    22. the small czech medal(26.4.1974) is for the 30th anniversary of the liberation by the 1st czechoslovakian divison under soviet command,if you ever come to brno just outsite of the center there is the statue/monument of the 2 soldiers on the medal there are also some nice monuments of russian generals in the front of the theather complete set 10,00/15,00 euro. the coloured medal it the 30th anniversary of the SNB (police) price max 15,00 euro only medal / complete set 25,00 euro hard to find the one for 30 years there is also one without 30 let on it. funny these 2 documents are offered a few months ago in holland on a military fair same name same date price 75,00 euro only because the name of a DDR gen.major. the red seal is correct on the document. I think there is some one busy at home earing on a easy way some cash,have done some work on the general(google) but never found any photos of him with those 2 czech medals.
    23. capbadge for all ranks worn 1948 - 1955/58 csfr period other type of badge worn until 1989/90 cssr period
    24. sorry to say but there is no bible on cssr/csfr medals,but all the state medals are printed in the next books Vladivoj Pulec - Československá státní vyznamenání, státní čestná uznání a ceny 1980 out of print Ludvik Sukenik/Vlastislav Novotny Československá vyznamenání 1918 - 1948 1997out of print Československé a české řády a vyznamenani 1948 - 1992/93 nice also the split up period between the czech and slovakian rep. out of print Of course let us not forget the part 1- 7 booklets by the famous Vaclav August Mericka here we can find severall non state awards esp the parizans booklet and severall of his articles in the ceska spolecnost pratel drobne plastiky Ján Marcinko, Alexander Jiroulek - Slovenské rady, vyznamenania a čestné odznaky 2002 out of print more on slovakian current medals but also some info on cssr/csfr period. If you ever visit the former slovakian state mint in kremnicia 2/3 hours trip from bratislava the have this book for sale in there shop I still find new unofficial medals in the czech rep during my trips,esp the kraj region medals do have my intrest dont cost much but in a few years also gone.
    25. cross was given also in the mid 90s to all service members who saw service in/around nieuw guinea so all veterans who did not got there cross in the 60s are now owner of this cross but without clasp 1962 as far as i can remember the crosses were made again as the old stock was empty,so new crosses looks also new. Cross is been copied for collectors(late 80s) but very bad made easy to see made of lead(local home made) and handpainted
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