Ed, HELP, did I buy orders or rubbish?

[Vatjan]

I'm just back from a very exhausting tour trough Central Asia and Afghanistan, 6 countries in 7 days, aarhg.

Anyway, i did not have the time, as you can well imagine to do much shopping, though I did find these in Afghanistan.

Anyone, Ed, know what these are ?

I'd be really grateful

[Vatjan]

And the second one

[Ed_Haynes]

Welcome back.

Some interesting goodies, though the inventive merchants of Chicken Street in Kabul are selling whatever they can, usually at fantastical prices, mainly to ISAF (known to the merchants there as the "International Shopping Assistance Force"). Unfortunately, some of what they are selling are outlandish fakes.

Could I see the reverses of these two?

The first is, I think, good. I will have to check references at home.

I'd worry that the second may be a piece of horse furniture -- pieces of harness, not chairs and tables for the stable.

Let me ponder . . . .

[Vatjan]

Hi Ed,

Outlandish fakes they may be, outrageously prices they were not, so I thought I'd take the chance.

Thanks for the help, here are the reverses

[Ulsterman]

Hi Ed,

Outlandish fakes they may be, outrageously prices they were not, so I thought I'd take the chance.

Thanks for the help, here are the reverses

Isn't #2 a helmet badge?

I like #1 -very nice.