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Good Evening Gentlemen........ The original design of the ribbon for the Inter-Allied Victory Medal....... From an old ribbon chart and have seen a picture or two with people wearing it..... Mike

The two Nesbitts Horse medals in my collection are both impressed naming in the official style...... Mike

Sorry but to me it looks re-named....... Especially showing the very thin rim at the bottom...... Mike

Thank You Paul....... I guess I will have to look now for some WW1 medals...... Mike

Hi Mervyn....... Yes I know that the word is often missused but you will notice I said Possible..... LOL I have one source that says it was awarded to him in 1920, and another that says it is for services to the Royal Family in 1934...... Mike

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen...... For your viewing pleasure...... Possibly a unique pair........ QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL AND THE ORDER OF ST. SAVA William Johnson (Johnston) Symes graduated from Durham University in 1900 as a Master of Biology and Surgeon. Shortly after graduation he embarked for South Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps as a Civilian Surgeon, Temporary Captain. Attached to the South African Field Force he was posted to a General Hospital for fifteen months. For his services he received the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the bars South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902. Upon his return to England he was appointed Honourary Surgeon to Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Hospitals. He then received an appointment as Medical Superintendent at Douglas House, West Southbourne. He ended his career as an Honourary Staff Member at Bexhill Hospital. In 1920 William Johnson (Johnston) Symes received from the King of Serbia, The Order of St. Sava for services rendered to the Serbian Royal Family. P.R.O. Reference: WO/100/226 Roll for Civilian Surgeons Signed at the War Office 31st October 1903 by W. Babtie, A.D.G. Medal Issued: 68/AMC/549 Member: British Medical Association and Diabetic Association Medical Officer, Foreign Medical Service Husband of Amy Doris, 2nd Daughter of Sir James B. Ball. Died March 2nd 1948 Note: There is some confusion as to the spelling of his middle name and the date of the award of the St. Sava. Mike

Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen........ Here is something that I found that you can buy for Fathers Day...... http://www.milweb.net/webverts/57542/ Mike

If the medal is Un-Named it may have been issued to an officer and he just added the pip himself..... Mike

Good Morning Darrell..... As usual a fantastic and very interesting article....... As you know that the medal is the second design..... The first design was thought to be as we would say to day politically incorrect...... I have attached photos of a Test Striking of the original design.... Please keep it up..... Mike

The cap badge looks like it is Royal Artillery...... Cannot see the shoulders so cannot tell much more.... Mike

Good Morning Timo........ Sorry but I am unable to tell you how many Civil vs Military were issued....... Of course with WW1 going on you would think that a lot of Military were given out but I think that there might have been more Civil because it was given to people who gave assistance on the home front mostly..... I have a man who has the Military First Type OBE and a Civil Second Type CBE..... Without the papers it is hard to tell if it was Military / Civil as all you have to do is change the ribbon and people will pay more for a military over a civil version.... Mike

I have seen these as well now abd earlier...... This is the third time this seller has posted them...... They started off at $350.00....... Mike

Yes these were used in the age of sail by the Powder Monkey's...... As to shot, no I do not think so, but I think that they were more for powder than the shot as the cannon balls would be quite heavy for the Boy, Powder Monkey's would have had a hard time carrying them..... I have also hear that they were used to carry sand to spread on the deck so the sailors would not slip on the blood and water on deck at the time of battle and water in the time of fire....... But powder was the main use....... Mike

This was used for carrying Powder and Shot from the powder room (magazine) to the guns on old RN warships...... Mike

The top badge is possibly a cuff eagle for Naval Air Service the lower is a shoulder title WW1, for the RFC looks good. M.

Good Evening Greg....... This is how I understand it......... I may be wrong but it have been numerous posts on the BMF....... 1) The early insignia by Garrards were hallmarked because they were made by a private company; 2) The insignia made by the Royal Mint were not hallmarked because the Mint is exempt from that requirement; 3) The insignia made now (and recently) by various manufacturers are not hallmarked because they are made under contract for the Royal Mint..... Mike

London Hallmark for 1919...... Maker - Lion - Leopard's Head - Date letter for 1919........ Mike

Hello Grebo...... Sorry to tell you but your ribbon bar is not that valuable...... Maybe $15.00 or $20.00, basically the cost of the ribbon and the rosettes...... The Air Crew Europe star w/silver rosette which stands for the France and Germany Bar and then Africa star w/silver rosette which stands for the North Africa Bar...... These bars whould have been sewen onto the ribbons of full size medals...... The person who wore these ribbons should have at least two more ribbons....... Now if you had the full size medals thats a different story....... Mike

Ladies and Gentlemen...... I have just been forwarded this and I would like to share it with you..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VtvTNzG-jg I know it is not medal related but I hope that the Mods will let it run for a day or two and then take it down...... Mike<BR clear=all>

Looking at his age there is a possibility that he became a Monk after he has done his service, maybe the cruelty of war made him turn to orders....... Mike

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Good Morning Dan....... The first picture is mine but I am afraid to say the GCMG is not........ Have not won the Lottery yet....... Take a look at this forum thread: http://www.britishmedalforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=46638&start=15 Just scroll down a bit...... Mike

SASH AND BREAST BADGE - GCMG...... Mike

(Talking about the abbreviations of the honours CMG, KCMG and GCMG) Bernard Woolley: "Of course in the service, CMG stands for Call Me God. And KCMG for Kindly Call Me God." Jim Hacker: "What does GCMG stand for?" Bernard Woolley: "God Calls Me God." Hello Dan...... That has been around for so long that I think it was written by God...... LOL Mike THE BREST BADGE - KCMG AND GCMG

Hello Paul...... You can also tell the original from the restrike there are small raised dots between the words "CLASSIS PRAEFECTO" and a mark above the "QUEUE" where there was some rust or a flaw in the original die...... This has both the dots and the mark..... Mike