Kev in Deva

Romanian ribbon bars from the Royalist era are very scarce to find, and command high prices particularly the ones from the Ww3 period with combat awards and mini ribbon bars, many were thrown away post WW2 as possession of such items if brought to the attention of the authorities could earn a person time in a camp. There is no supply of the original old ribbon since the Communists took over, any spare pieces are quickly grabbed up by the dealers to add to existing medals they wish to sell. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2011/post-950-0-68592800-1320049606.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2011/post-950-0-45839500-1320049638.jpg I recently found in a piece of original ribbon for the Romanian Cross of War 1916-1918 / 1916-1919 in Cluj-Napoca and it cost me 20 Euro. Kevin in Deva.

About the same time were not "Airfix" turning out model soldiers of a similar size, however unpainted? Kevin in Deva.

@ T.M.T Welcome to the Forum, Feel free to post any examples you may have. Kevin in Deva. :D

Impatiently awaiting your pictures! Kevin in Deva. :beer:

Or peeing on them, as we stagger out of the Lounge on the way home on a cold frosty night! :whistle:

Hi Tim, sorry to hear this news as you added a lot to an oft neglected section of medal interest and medal collecting. Good Luck with your future, to you & yours, hopefully the door can be left open, and you can drop back as a guest from time to time. Kevin in Deva. :beer:

"A Fool And Their Money Are Easily Parted." Never a truer word said. Kevin in Deva.

Close up of message, translation appreciated. Kevin in Deva. :beer:

Rear of the card. Kevin in Deva.

Officer with decoration. Bavarian MVO 3 Form 1913 - 1918? Kevin in Deva.

Pick-up in Cluj-Napoca, Saturday 8th October 2011. With regards Mutzig I found this underneath:- http://www.mutzig.net/pagesn/pages-cadres/page_c_index_gbus.html Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

The rear. Kevin in Deva. :P

Now I wonder what could have influenced this design. Kevin in Deva.

Ditto. Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

I have taken the liberty of brightening up up pictures. It may help identification. Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

Hallo Iver, Possibly my "misidetification" with regards the class, this is not a pin-back type but was originally intended to hang from a medal ribbon. Sorry I did not have a chance to make a picture, to do so invariably alerts the seller, and then the asking price rockets upwards. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Gents, I spotted one of these Crosses, a II Class (without wreath and swords,) with a silver back plate in a Gypsy market, what would be a fair price to pay for such an award, its appears to be missing the ribbon Ose and is hanging from a thinsilver necklace chain, the front enamel is ok as well as is the centre medallion. Kevin in Deva. :beer:

Believe it or not, an old army trick was to fill the leather boots with err . . . .human urine . . . no, I am not taking the Pee. The boots would need to be laced up, filled up and left to soak for about 2 - 4 weeks, then washed out with warm soapy water then a light mixture of dettol - domestos to kill off any wiff, if still stiff a second application of pee, then the boots would need to be packed with old news-paper to absorb any remaining moisture, then allowed to dry at room temperature, well away from any heat source such as a radiator as it would shrink and crack the leather, once dried out a stiff bruising, then a liberal application of dubbing or leather fett to all the upper area. For the soles, a good stiff brushing, a light sandpapering to the cleats, then a very light application of dubbing, stand on a pile of old newspapers till the leather absorbs the excess dubbing. Do not be tempted to apply wd40 as this can eat into the leather material. Kevin in Deva. :beer:

Ose ring mount. Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

However, the condition of rear leaves a lot to be desired:- It says in Ninnerguts book: GBr - Bronze gilded(?) Anybody else have this medal for comparison? Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

A friend of mine dropped by today with this, and asked for my opinion, from the front it looks ok Diameter:- 30mm Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

These chocolate brown looking Inter-Allied Victory Medals were originally made as modern reproductions and sold as such by the original seller about 3-4 years ago, they were coming out of the Birmingham U.K. area. All models of the Inter-Allied Victory Medal were covered including the rare ones, all came with the modern British reproduction I A Victory medal ribbon. Kevin in Deva. :cheers:

Picture 3:- WW1 Hospital Ward. Austro-Hungarians. Kevin in Deva.

Picture 2:- Kevin in Deva.