ilja559 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Hi to all.Has bought medals. In OMSA medalbase on BADR MEDAL medals has seen, that Ed write -"Taylors copy". What it for copies?Thanks.Ilja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Sorry, but I have no idea what you are asking. Do you want identifications?Would like to help, but . . . ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Maybe he's asking what a Tailor's Copy is?(In which case, it's a reproduction of an official medal made by a private company.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ed, i think, Ilja is asking, how to distinguish a Taylors Copy of a BADR Medal from an awarded Medal.best,Gerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilja559 Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Maybe he's asking what a Tailor's Copy is?Yes, I asked it. Has bought these medals on eBay and it seems to me that it is copies. But two medals with a name. Or make a copy with a name too?Ilja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ilja,What is the name and numbers on the medal? Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 OK, let me try . . . . When medals have been approved, and maybe authorised, but not issued, military tailors fill the gaps by making medals that are (approximately) in the right design and selling them to serving personnel who want to (or have been told to) mount up their medals. This is especially the case when contemporary medals are issued unnamed (as they are in Pakistan). As far as I know, the Badr Medal has not been officially issued, though your specimen looks very good and may well be legitimate. It would be the first I have seen. Maybe the Pakistani Mint has been hard at work? (Or the tailors are making better copies?) Tailors' copies are available in Pakistan, quite easily, at Rs. 30 or Rs. 40 each (approximately $0.60 US). These FLOOD e$cam.Most of your medals, "ilja599", look good. I'd like a closeup on your General Service Medal (Tamgha-i-Diffa) as the clasp is unclear. I assume all are unnamed?I have never seen a tailor's copy named for a Pakiatni medal, though Indian military tailors have started offering naming services for their patrons ( ).The naming you show looks like normal nbaming for a Pakistan Medal 1947 ("Independence Medal"). These are the only Pakistani medal to have been routinely named. (Blast!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilja559 Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ed,thank for the answer.I have two medals with names-MT/6557705 SEP MUNSIF KHAN R.P.A.S.C.MT/6556076 L/NK G-AIZULLAH JAN R.P.A.S.C. Closeup medal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Ilja,To me, It looks like a genuine medal. Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ilja559 Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 Thanks,Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Interesting, and looks quite good to me too. The Tamgha-i-Diffa (General Service Medal) is for Siachen Glacier, the most recent (and rarest) of the clasps for this medal. Nice things you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilja559 Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Thanks Ed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley1965 Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Thanks Ed!!! I missed the rare clasp. I'm learning...I have a good teacher Doc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Thanks Ed!!! I missed the rare clasp. I'm learning...I have a good teacher DocHey, all you need to do is read Urdu. No biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilja559 Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Im sorry,what Urdu mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 The national language of Pakistan, the language in which the legends on these medals and clasps is written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Danner Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Is the Urdu word for glacier really "glaysheer"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Is the Urdu word for glacier really "glaysheer"?No, Dave, that is the Angrezi shabd [the "English word"] rendered into Urdu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilja559 Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 Wanted to learn Spanish, but now I shall learn urdu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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