Medal Collection

arnhem44

Here's also another link for medal searching,this one by Token publishing who bring out medal and coin news magazines.

http://www.medaltracker.com/

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one more that arrived last week,this one to a 2nd class air mechanic in the Royal Naval Air Service

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Took the easy option out here and scanned these medals rather than photograph them(not the best),I got these from my local jeweller who passed them on to me,there was also another two British WW2 War medals and one Defence medal with this group(not pictured),I have my doubts about one of the Italian medals being original,looks very new to me,the Victory medal is to a seaman from the R.A.N (Royal Australian Navy) and the BWM which is missing its suspender has also been erased and all that's left is SPR which stands for Sapper from the Royal Engineers.Two medals I have yet to identify in the group is the one with the yellow and black ribbon dated 1891 and the other is the Arabic one with the green,white and wine ribbon,any ideas?

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I decided to try and take some photos today of some of the medals that I don't have displayed,I was photographing them in the natural light but it did start to get dark and some have not come out too clear.First ones up are three medals,one Kings South Africa medal(naming erased),one Queens South Africa medal with two bars(renamed) and a Victorian Volunteer Force long service medal(unnamed as issued),if you look closely to the South Africa medals and look at the lower edges around the rim you will notice where the medals thin out where the original names were erased.

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Next lot up are a selection of various GSM medals,Africa Service medal with Kenya bar and Indian General Service medals with North West Frontier clasps of varying dates,all medals are named

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More GSM's

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Up next, one WW1 British BWM to a Pte in the Cameron's

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Another BWM to a Pte in the Rifle Brigade

danpatjoe

Very nice additions indeed!
Looking at these is making me kind of regret selling the few British medals I had in my collection.
That Queens South Africa medal is a beauty with a fantastic patina.

Keep them coming!

- Dan

Edit:
I've just seen the BWM to a Pte in the Cameron's..... WOW!! When you see them like this, it makes you wonder why anyone would want to clean and polish them up.

arnhem44

These will be the last ones,if I have more time I will do another few tomorrow,as you can see from the photos the light was getting bad,this pair to the RAF,Long Service Good Conduct and 39/45 War medal

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danpatjoe wrote: »

Very nice additions indeed!
Looking at these is making me kind of regret selling the few British medals I had in my collection.
That Queens South Africa medal is a beauty with a fantastic patina.

Keep them coming!

- Dan

Edit:
I've just seen the BWM to a Pte in the Cameron's..... WOW!! When you see them like this, it makes you wonder why anyone would want to clean and polish them up.

Thanks Dan,I think they look better uncleaned,one that I had repaired in the jewellers came back all polished up and just took something away from it,I think the patina gives them that extra bit of character.Did you have many other medals Dan?

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next up is a Bavarian Military Medal 3rd class with a date of 1866,as far as I'm aware these medals may of been superseded with another version of this medal,something I've had for quite a while,the ribbon isn't in the best of shape

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next a Victorian medal for Egypt with a nile campaign bar,this medal has a swivel suspender and has been renamed to a Pte H.Smart Devonshire Regt

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another Victorian medal,this one is the Indian Mutiny medal,this one again has had its name erased and carries no clasps and again has a swivel suspender

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and another Victorian medal, this one for another Indian campaign with the Samana bar,this one to a soldier in the Punjab Infantry and carries the correct script style engraving

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Next up is an American Gar medal issued to a veteran of the American Civil War,as you can see the American flag only carried thirteen stars at the time

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This next one is a nice little item and can still be picked up in there original box of issue as pictured here but beware of fakes,there are many around,this is the British issued wound badge issued to soldiers who were wounded during WW2 and was worn using a button hole on ones jacket.These are much smaller than the WW1 version,this being around the size of a one euro coin

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Last one up is a centenary medal to Lenin,camera settings were not right for these shots,this medal is much richer looking in colour when looked at off camera

R.Dub.Fusilier

brilliant stuff. you must have a very understanding wife. i have a WW1 trio and pair ,both to RDF, on display and some cap and collar badges but i suppose like a lot of collectors i have the rest tucked away in a box. anyway arnhem44 keep the pics coming .

arnhem44

Cheers RDF,theres not much left to photo now unless I start to photo some of the WW2 stuff in detail.As for my wife,she's been good to me and has bought many of the medals for me over the years with the help of some suttle hints.I would have to class as a rare find.

danpatjoe

arnhem44 wrote: »

Thanks Dan,I think they look better uncleaned,one that I had repaired in the jewellers came back all polished up and just took something away from it,I think the patina gives them that extra bit of character.Did you have many other medals Dan?

No, not really. Just a kind of mish-mash of common medals - some WW1 & WW2 British, WW2 & later American, WW2 Soviet and a couple of Irish.
I eventually sold the lot to concentrate on Iron Crosses.

...Well, except for my cased WOI medal with Comrac bar - that's a part of my family history that I will never sell.

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danpatjoe wrote: »

No, not really. Just a kind of mish-mash of common medals - some WW1 & WW2 British, WW2 & later American, WW2 Soviet and a couple of Irish.
I eventually sold the lot to concentrate on Iron Crosses.

...Well, except for my cased WOI medal with Comrac bar - that's a part of my family history that I will never sell.

That is some collection of Iron Crosses you've put together Dan,tell me would you have to wait long before a different varition comes along since some of the Crosses are more common than the others or would they be readily availible to buy on the open market.I've been playing with the idea of selling all the WW2 medals to concentrate on the British BWM's since theres such a wide variety of ranks and regiments to collect but not sure yet am I ready to part with them

danpatjoe

arnhem44 wrote: »

That is some collection of Iron Crosses you've put together Dan,tell me would you have to wait long before a different varition comes along since some of the Crosses are more common than the others or would they be readily availible to buy on the open market.I've been playing with the idea of selling all the WW2 medals to concentrate on the British BWM's since theres such a wide variety of ranks and regiments to collect but not sure yet am I ready to part with them

I know that feeling! I was loath to part with some of my items, but having done it, I haven't looked back. With the money raised from the other sales, I was able to add some crosses to my collection that I would not have been able to purchase otherwise.

The British BWM's sounds like it could be a very serious collecting area if you decided to try for each rank and regiment...
There are lots of collections out there with examples of lots of various medals, but far fewer concentrate on a theme such as that.
...I say go for it!!!

As to the differing makers of Iron Crosses... No, the rarer makers are not at all readily available. I know of collectors who have been waiting for years to find just one particular maker. I admit I have been lucky with what I have managed to find so far, but there's still a few that I'm on the search for -unfortunately, all the other EK collectors out there are also looking for the same rare ones too!

arnhem44

Here we have another selection of BWMs that have arrived over the holidays and New Year,first up one to the Eastern Ontario Regiment,the info with the medal is as follows

3321719 Pte. J. A. Lafortune. E.O.R. Lafortune was a Private in the Eastern Ontario Regiment. Born Gatineau Point Quebec, a stationary engineer, he was drafted under the Military Service Act on 11th May 1918. Single Medal Entitlement

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Next one to the Quebec Regiment,this one again a single medal entitlement

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Next a nice pairing to the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry

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Heres one to the 11th London regiment who were the Finsbury Rifles

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Here's three more,Kings Shropshire Light Infantry,the Royal Fusiliers,this one to a Private in the 11 formed at Hounslow on 6 September 1914,and last one to the Queens Regiment(Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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The last two,one to the Somerset Light Infantry and one to the Royal Marines,this one having Deal the name of the naval base on the medal before his serial number,name and regiment,this may have something to do with the Royal Marine Brigade,will have to look into it further

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An interesting one this,this is to the South African Field Telegraph and postal Corps