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Thanks for the Assistance...... Mike

Good Morning Everyone...... I have had this for a while and I was wondering about it's background..... I have never seen one before but understand that it is Pre-World War Two..... Can anyone tell me what it was used for and what is the ship????? Thinking of putting it on the bay..... Mike

Hi Hugh..... Had a similar funny situation..... On the night before graduation from OCS as an Officer Cadet we had a Formal Mess Dinner..... The Officer Cadet at the time had a rank badge of One very thin stripe on the cuff of his sleeve about 1/2 and inch wide (Like a Midshipman)..... A few of us went into the mess and found that the inspecting Admiral and the school staff were already there and standing together having a drink..... The 6 of us cadets went to the bar and got our drinks and went to the opposite side of the room..... The Admiral I guess noticed this and after a while went to the bar found out what we were drinking and brought a tray of drinks to us and said.... "Good Evening Gentlemen, after all Us One Stripers have to stick together", now his stripe was about 2 1/2 inches wide..... That broke the ice and it was a very pleasurable evening...... Mike

Good Morning Mervyn..... Yes this was the special set..... Was hopeing the seller had some paperwork and knew what medals the father had from WW2 but nothing found...... Mike

Hello Paul..... The ribbon is literally falling apart so I will be re-ribboning it but will be keeping the original with his file..... I do try to keep original ribbon where possible when I get a new item into my collection..... Mike

Good Evening Dan..... "Not sure what the W.O. in parens is... possibly Weapons Officer? Hoping someone can help on that. Also not sure what the "S" before the R.H.A. (Royal Horse Artillery?) stands for." The W.O. stands for Warrant Officer hich is the equivalent to a Sergeant Major...... The "S" stands for "S" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery..... Mike

Good Day Every One..... A bit slow but they arrived today...... Not in my field of collecting but could not refuse them when offered also not to break up family group. No research done yet. Grandfather: India Mutiny - Lucknow - Defence of Lucknow - T. JACK, 1st MADRAS FUSRS. - Looks like an original piece of ribbon as well. Grandson: Military Medal - 902202 Cpl. T. A. JACK, 25/N. SCOTIA R. World War One Pair - 902202 Cpl. T. A. JACK, 25th - Can. Inf. Mike

Good Evening Everyone...... This has been a very very good day for me, along with a family of medals...... I was able to purchase the following signed portrait of Fleet Admiral William F. (Bull) Halsey..... 14 Inches by 10 1/2 Inches - Silver Gelatin Print The portrait was taken by Yousuf Karsh who is classified as and I quote, "Yousuf Karsh most famous protrait photographers of all time...", this portrait was also signed Y. Karsh, Ottawa.... The portrait was taken in 1947.... It is inscribed: To. George Dunlop Sr., U.S. Navy - With warm regards - W. F. Halsey, Fleet Admiral, U.S. Navy By the way Karsh is also known for taking one of the best portraits of Sir. Winston L. S. Churchill Mike P.S. Please excuse my photos, I am not as good as Karsh and never will be.

Good Morning Ed...... This is a generic World War Two Artillery Badge..... The difference in colour is due to materials that the badges were made fron, Brass, Bronze and Copper...... In some cases where the word UBIQUE is located you can also find the words, Canada or Australia so therefore I think that this is British..... Mike

Will have to wait till next Rememberance Day or if the BSA has a meeting at the legion and I am there....... M.

I have seen this badge worn on the beret and wedge cap of members of the association right next to their regimental cap badge...... Mike

The seller knows who bid on his / her items at the end of the sale..... If the High bidder withdraws or there is a problem of some kind you can offer the under bidder a "Second Chance" at the item or you can relist it...... You just click on the second bidder and send them an email through ebay to ask them if they are still interested, I have used this many times..... Mike

No I do not think it is a scam and have known Meurig for a number of years....... I just sent him an email and he sent me a new password....... The site is down now and he will let everyone know when it is back up and the security system has been changed...... Mike

Hello Pike..... Here is the original email message...... It is not the Anglo Boer Website....... I also think that Meurig is a member here also..... Mike ####################################################################################################### Hello I am writing to inform you that The Register of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 website was hacked by a “benign” hacker. Nonetheless the hacker took the user names, emails and passwords. Unfortunately this means that your user name, email and password may be used by malicious persons to try and gain access to your email account – especially gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts. I would urge you to review how you access your email account. If you use the same password as you do for The Register then it would be wise to change the password immediately. Click here for Guidance on secure passwords. No financial information is stored on the website – the payment side, managed by Barclaycard EPDQ, is a separate website to which the hacker cannot access via The Register. To change your details on The Register please email me at info@casus-belli.co.uk with your current user name and password and I will issue you a new unique user name and password. Additionally, by way of apology, I will add 20 credits to your account. The website is currently off-line while additional security is added, when it comes back up I will email you. Hacking is cyber space burglary, and The Register now joins the ranks of Twitter, NASA, the US military, AT&T, Sony Playstation and many others to suffer. Hackers are forever running programs to discover your email address and password. My sincere apologies for the inconvenience and alarm this event may cause, please rest assured no financial data is stored on The Register. I look forward to welcoming you back to The Register. Yours sincerely Meurig Jones The Register of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

Hello Nick..... I went and looked at ebay..... Notice that they are nearly all being sold by the same 2 sellers...... Can anyone look in QR&O's to see if they have been authorized to wear on uniform...... I cannot see a Sgt.Major allowing them to be worn, and unless directed by Dress Regulations and I know that I would not have allowed them to be worn in my unit..... Mike

Have never seen or heard of any in over 40 years of collecting......... Maybe you should post your request on: http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php and http://www.victorianwars.com/index.php As I am sure that I cannot help you...... Mike

Not sure what you are looking for here with regards to Victorian ribbons..... Do you mean Victorian enamel ones?????

Found these at a Garage Sale this summer...... Un-Opened..... Mike

The funny thing is Chris...... Even though Woodbines were called a cheap brand I used to like them...... When I was in UK a in December I asked if they could still be obtained and they told me no...... Mike

Oh yes you never said the size of the ribbons..... They look small if they are smaller than the regulation 1 1/8 Inch...... Mike

I agree that these would have been worn on the uniform but I have not seen them loose like the ones in your photo...... The ones that I have seen were worn by members of The Veterans Guard of Canada..... Army Order 350 of 1917 and para. 1738 of King's Regulations cover the issuing and wearing of the ribband of the 1914 and 1914/15 Stars...... Also if it was for the 1914 Star there would have been a rosette on the ribbon and the 1914/15 Star is plain.... I think these were made to be worn on civilian suits most likely for men who had been discharged due to illness or wounds...... If they were in general use there would have been a large number of them around and as I stated earlier these are the only ones that I have ever seen...... Mike

OMG You have two...... I know that they would not be allowed to wear them on their uniform..... That is why that I thought it was privately made...... Mike

This is the first I have ever seen of these in 40 years....... Nice find must have been privately made...... Mike

Hello Azyeoman...... Very nice tins....... I have all three of the different chocolate tins with the chocolate in them...... The Princess Mary's Tin comes in nearly 20 versions that is each has a different content from a Sewing Kit, Hard Cand, Pipe and Tobacco, Lighter and Tobacco, Writing Paper and Envelopes etc...... A friend who has written a number of articles even has a sterling silver one that was made of the Indian Prince's...... Here are a couple of more threads on the forum: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/44925-scottish-regiments-tobacco-tin/ and th the Boer War Forum..... http://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/13-miscellany/391-boer-war-keens-mustard-tin BOER WAR CHOCOLATE TINS...... Just a few little notes about the Boer War Chocolate Tins that are often seen on ebay..... After several designs were submitted the design by Fry's Chocolate and done by Barclay and Fry Ltd. Was accepted..... The design registration number is 349850..... Only for issue to NCO's and Men, not for Officers..... Original number of tins ordered 90,000 but increased to 120,000..... Cadbury Tin: 81mm x 158mm x 22mm Fry and Rowntree Tin: 92mm x 152mm x 22mm Wooden crates were shipped to South Africa with 50 tins in each crate..... Distribution to the troops was between the middle of January and the end of February 1900..... Cost to mail full box home 5 shillings plus 4d to register plus 1d per ounce..... 3000 more were ordered from Fry for the defenders of Mafeking and Kimberly..... Majority of tins given to Mafeking defenders were Cadbury....... Fantastic booklet written and published in Durban by Lenaid Kebar tells the whole story and also occasionally shows up on eb....... Mike

I have seen a number of these and the Copyrite symbol on your picture covers one important piece of information...... The one given to my Mother of her retirement has the number 26,471 engraved on it and is 18k Gold...... Mike