QSAMIKE Posted May 30, 2016 Posted May 30, 2016 (edited) Good Morning Everyone...... Boy am I way out of my field..... I have found the following Russian Badges and do not know if they are real/good or not...... Can anyone please advise..... They all have screw backs one is missing the dome and one had the post broken..... The silver cross I have cleaned because it was as black as the ace of spades..... Normally I would not ask but is there any value...... Thanks in advance..... Mike Edited August 28, 2016 by TacHel
paul wood Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 I would agree with Claudius, Gorky park specials. Paul
QSAMIKE Posted May 31, 2016 Author Posted May 31, 2016 Thank You Gentlemen...... They came out of an estate of a Canadian who won an MC and a Russian Decoration for services in North Russia.... Could not afford the medals as they sold for over $6500.00 and all the swords, daggers and Canadian, British and Russian uniforms went very high even his photo album..... So I wondered why I was able to obtain them at what I thought was a reasonable price...... Mike
Claudius Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 38 minutes ago, QSAMIKE said: Thank You Gentlemen...... They came out of an estate of a Canadian who won an MC and a Russian Decoration for services in North Russia.... ???! Who was it? Where was the gentleman; Murmansk or Archangel? Any patches or insignia in the lot?
paul wood Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 Interesting, the badges may well have come from later members of the family who visited Russia to retrace his steps. Paul
QSAMIKE Posted May 31, 2016 Author Posted May 31, 2016 18 minutes ago, Claudius said: ???! Who was it? Where was the gentleman; Murmansk or Archangel? Any patches or insignia in the lot? This was about 2 or 3 years ago and I am sorry but I don't remember his name..... I do remember that there were 5, 4 Ft x 8 Ft tables covered with his items, weapons, uniforms, badges, boxes of papers (official and newspaper cuttings)...... I am sure that it was Murmansk, I remember the story..... Some members of the Russian Royal Family or Aristocrats were trapped on their way to Murmansk, the troops 1/2 Russian and 1/2 British or Canadian took an armoured train to go and get them..... They had no major problems on the way out but the Reds had blocked the track on the way back..... The Canadian officer had a cow catcher type implement made and attached to the front of the train which had a flat car, they mounted some machine guns on the flat car and the two officers both rode up front on the flat car...... They were able to ram through the barricade after a couple of tries, firing all the way..... They lost nearly 1/2 of their men but got the Aristocrats to safety..... One of the framed items was a certificate signed by all the Russians that were on the train..... The odd thing is that about 2 weeks after I won some money on the Lotto and could have bought the medals and a large number of the other items...... Mike
QSAMIKE Posted May 31, 2016 Author Posted May 31, 2016 OK Guys........ You made me do some digging...... Checked an old computer that I had just in case I had something about the medals on there..... Found Him and his Son..... The mans name was Lieutenant (Acting/Captain) Robert Melrose Hood, 1st Central Ontario Regiment. LG 15/July/1919 Citation reads a bit different than family lore: He was in charge of the Armoured Train in the taking of Ourosozero 11th April 1919. When the train neared the station he ran ahead and shot three enemy with his revolver, one of whom was putting a shell in a field gun to fire at the train. His great gallantry and promptitude prevented this field gun from damaging the train ( attached Malamute Company) Mike FATHER AND SON
Claudius Posted May 31, 2016 Posted May 31, 2016 34 minutes ago, QSAMIKE said: OK Guys........ You made me do some digging...... Checked an old computer that I had just in case I had something about the medals on there..... Found Him and his Son..... The mans name was Lieutenant (Acting/Captain) Robert Melrose Hood, 1st Central Ontario Regiment. LG 15/July/1919 Citation reads a bit different than family lore: He was in charge of the Armoured Train in the taking of Ourosozero 11th April 1919. When the train neared the station he ran ahead and shot three enemy with his revolver, one of whom was putting a shell in a field gun to fire at the train. His great gallantry and promptitude prevented this field gun from damaging the train ( attached Malamute Company) Mike FATHER AND SON Ah, Malamute Company. They were expanding out of the Murmansk area, part of Syren Force under Major Gen. Maynard's command. Excellent! I would LOVE to see the uniform that was part of this group! Specifically I'm curious about his CEF North Russia unit patch. It should be a white star on a blue field.
paul wood Posted June 1, 2016 Posted June 1, 2016 Very nice indeed and can't be many such groups to Canadians, the Stanislaus (as is often the case for this period) look like a French made piece. The award is confirmed in Roy Brough's book 'White Russian Awards' Paul
nickstrenk Posted May 6, 2018 Posted May 6, 2018 ...help identify.Copy or an original?The Badge of the Red Cross for Service ...1864.
Bayern Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 Hello ,the cross looks well made , thats conducts to think It is original. A question : the red enamel is of the glazed type ?
nickstrenk Posted May 10, 2018 Posted May 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Bayern said: Hello ,the cross looks well made , thats conducts to think It is original. A question : the red enamel is of the glazed type ? Thanks for interest to the topic.The enamel is not the glazed type.It is quite grainy.
Bayern Posted May 11, 2018 Posted May 11, 2018 Hello , more possibilities then in favour of authenticity
paul wood Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 The quality of these badges varies immensely. While not that attractive it is possible that it is genuine. paul
nickstrenk Posted May 12, 2018 Posted May 12, 2018 On 06/05/2018 at 18:50, nickstrenk said: ...help identify.Copy or an original?The Badge of the Red Cross for Service ...1864. Sold for 210euro.
jovanmara Posted May 14, 2018 Posted May 14, 2018 This is not Red Cross badge , Russian Red CRoss newer come with the swords. This is regiment badge for servising on Kavkaz .
nickstrenk Posted May 14, 2018 Posted May 14, 2018 http://krasnyj-ugol.ru/applications/znak-krasnogo-kresta-za-sluzhbu-na-kavkaze/ here it is the official name of the badge in Russian
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