Kev 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.

Picture 1:- Kevin in Deva. :cheers: