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      anglo boer war website hack ?

      in Great Britain: Research, Documentation & History

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      sorry meurig i thought it was a scam. i get scams all the time from paypal.just sign in from this link.they then got your password. i see there a new scam from ebay. that give you a second chance.how do they know that you bid on the item in the frist place, ebay must of been hacked to get that info on who bidding on what paul

      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

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      anglo boer war website hack ?

      in Great Britain: Research, Documentation & History

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      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

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      British enamel ribbon bars

      in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals

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      I believe these were worn in uniform so it wouldn't surprise me if enamel ribbon bars would have been worn too. Were their specific rules and regulations that forbade the wearing of anything other than fabric ribbon bars? There was the option of wearing sewn on ribbons or pinned on ribbon bars too.

      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

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      Box of Delights: And now for something completely different: Tin Collecting

      in Great Britain: Militaria: Badges, Uniforms & Equipment

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      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

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