What is this?

[Laurence Strong]

Hi all

Picked this up from a store, cost 5 bucks and I was wondering if it was real or a piece of jewlery?/

Thanks for your help.

[Ed_Haynes]

Pakistan. Tamgha-i-Khidmat, 3rd class (1st variety). See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14691

Edited May 2, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Laurence Strong]

Hi Ed

Thanks for the quick response. Is it the real deal? Where could I find a ribbon for it?

[Ed_Haynes]

Real-real. 100%

Let me see if I have some ribbon. Running low and need to get friends in Rawalpindi to assist. Shall advise.

PS- I may have sent some to the OMSA ribbon bank, can't recall.

But it will take, officially, 18 inches, but you can make do with less.

Ed

Edited May 2, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Laurence Strong]

Thank you so very much for your help

A sweet score then

[DutchBoy]

Great find Laurence!

Just out of curiosity, how much would this piece cost? I'm sure it's a heck of a lot more than the $5 you paid...

Thank you so very much for your help

A sweet score then

[Laurence Strong]

Hi Matthaijs

Thanks for that I am sorry but I don't have a clue what one would cost.

Edited May 3, 2007 by Laurence Strong

[Ed_Haynes]

Not a lot for third class.

A TiK 2nd and 3rd class (don't know which varieties) plus a Pakistan Railways Centenary Medal went as a lot for ?40 at the recent M&E sale. $5 is a good price.

[Brian Wolfe]

Hi Laurence,

I hate to see a fellow Canadian stuck with such an item so I'll take it off your hands for $10.00.

Seriously, nice decoration at a great price.

Cheers

Brian

P.S. I'm still looking for a Tamgha-i-Diffa with the Siachen Glacier clasp. Have you found one yet?

I'm starting to think there are only tailor's copies on the market!

[Ed_Haynes]

P.S. I'm still looking for a Tamgha-i-Diffa with the Siachen Glacier clasp. Have you found one yet?

I'm starting to think there are only tailor's copies on the market!

I am trying to get an answer to that from friends in Pakistan. I fear both Pakistan and India are fast movng to an all-free-market (= all-tailors'-copies) world.