Alex K Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Hi all, got a bit of a question concerning the attached medal bar image, the unknown item is arrowed. The admiral is Sir John Warre Slade, medals left to right are, George v coronation, Egypt, ?? Africa General service medal (edvii/gv), Khedive star. Unknown medal, Edward vii, coinage facing left, clasp thin type ribbon, central stripe, two thinner edge stripes, I can't seem to find that combination, ribbon, 2 types match, the 1st Afghanistan, but qv coinage, wider clasp, or natal 1906, but wider clasp, and edvii but coinage facing right, nothing else matches or am I missing the ridiculously obvious?? Edited March 10, 2023 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Could it be the Africa General Service Medal (yellow has a tendency to appear very dark on these photos) and the one next to it could be the Naval General Service Medal (not the Africa medal)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Hi, thanks, i thought about that option, but i would have thought a greater contrast in the "greyscale" would be noticed, perhaps i,'m wrong, that being said i would expect a naval general service medal to be in the line-up, I appreciate your input Regards Edit, you know, looking at it again, the africa general service medal has 2 green stripes in the centre, perhaps the green and the yellow background merge to a significant degree, and look uniform, you may well be right, i missed the blindingly obvious i think, thanks Edited March 10, 2023 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Simius Rex said: To my eyes, the medal in the middle looks like the Natal Rebellion Medal with an attached 1906 Bar given to military personnel who participated in crushing the Zulu uprising. Natal is on the coast of South Africa so I'm sure there was a fair amount of British naval support for and involvement in this special operation. Yes that was an option i considered, however the coinage on the image shows him facing to the left, whilst the Natal obverse coinage shows him facing to the right, so i discounted that option Edited March 10, 2023 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I believe it’s the Ashanti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Ashanti has a central stripe, given the guy is a jolly jack tar I would suggest Transport Medal. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Dane Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) Some years ago I created a Photoshop B/W filter (tweaking the R, G, B, C, M, Y and K channels) so they corresponded to the B/W photos of the 'past'. I calibrated it using a clear hi-res B/W photo from the period and had the exact bar in colour from an auction catalog. I took a shot at these based on Wikipedia ribbons: Color and 'converted' to B/W: Note I didn't tweak the filter for this specific purpose, just used the filter I had already created as-is. For comparison Edited March 10, 2023 by Great Dane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Simius Rex said: To my eyes, the medal in the middle looks like the Natal Rebellion Medal with an attached 1906 Bar given to military personnel who participated in crushing the Zulu uprising. Natal is on the coast of South Africa so I'm sure there was a fair amount of British naval support for and involvement in this special operation. Yes that was an option i considered, hiwever yhe cojnage on tge image shows EdwardVII facing to the left, whilst the Natal obverse coinage shoes him facing yo the right, so i discounted that option 3 hours ago, Simius Rex said: Interesting filter, i like it, it seems to show as i mentioned, the green and yellow of the ags, have the same tone on greyscale, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wood Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 If that is the case probably Somaliland 1908-10 Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azyeoman Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 I agree with Paul. It couldn’t be the Transport either as the clasps were not as thin. Great use of the filter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 10, 2023 Author Share Posted March 10, 2023 Thankyou all for your inputs, I think I've got my head around it now Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 According to the Ancestry medal rolls he had Egypt, AGS Somaliland 1908-10, NGS Persian Gulf 1909-1914, and a British War Medal for the First War. Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 11, 2023 Author Share Posted March 11, 2023 Thanks for the confirmation of awards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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