Volunteer Long Service Medal (India and Colonies). Victorian issue (Quartermaster Serjeant J. Patterson N.W. Ry: Voltr Rifles)

The naming in engraved script fills the entire rim of the medal, and is a master-class example of an engraver's skill in craftsmanship

Medal Verification: The award was published in the Gazette of India issue 544 of 189, and was one of only an estimated 79 x VLSM's awarded to the regiment while styled as the North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles between 1897-1901 (inc)
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Code: 24225

Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). EDVII issue (Sergt D J Macintosh Assam Vlly Lt Horse)

Medal Verification: The award was published in India Army Order No 556 of 1907

Medals awarded: Approximately 46 x awards of the VLSM were made to the Assam Valley Light Horse during the reign of King Edward VII

Photograph & Obituary: After working more then 25 years in the Tea Estates of Assam, India, in 1912, Duncan Macintosh returning to the United Kingdom, and r...  read more

Code: 24224

Volunteer Long Service (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Corpl. J. Blair S. V. Lt. Horse)

Medal verification: Corporal James Blair Surma Valley Light Horse confirmed being awarded his Volunteer Long Service Medal per Indian Army Order 485 of 1914

Reference 'The Auxiliary Force India and its Predecessors...' (Harfield, 2015) an estimated 78 x GV issue Volunteer Long Service Medals awarded to the unit under its designation Surma Valley Light Horse, between 1911-1917 (in...  read more

Code: 24223

Special Constabulary Medal. GV 1st type 'Crowned Head' obverse. With clasp 'Great War 1914-1918' (John H. Butler.)

The recipient was John Henry Butler - of Weston, Bath, Somerset

John Henry Butler, son of Henry J. Butler (a Painter) and Sophia Butler (nee Russell) was a native of, Weston, Bath, Somerset, where he was born in, 1863. By trade John was a 'Butcher' (and employer). At the time of the 1911 National Census for England & Wales, he is shown residing with his wife and family at, 4 Chel...  read more

Code: 24219

Belgium: Cross of Fire (Croix De Feu) 1914-18

The cross fitted with a long length of stitched silk riband, and as-worn

Awarded to Belgian service personnel who had actually served under fire and endured combat during the Great War

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 24210

Belgium: Yser Cross 1914 (Croix De L'Yser)

The cross retaining a good long length of silk moire riband

Originally instituted as a medal (Royal Decree 18 October 1918), the medal was upgraded to a 'Cross' by Royal Decree of 5 February 1934. In practise many surviving veterans opted not to obtain the costlier 'Crosses' and consequently Yser Crosses are much scarcer on the market than the corresponding earlier issued medals...  read more

Code: 24209

Belgium: Yser Medal 1914 (Medaille de l'Yser / Medaille van de I'Jzer)

The medal retaining a good long length of original silk moire riband

This bronze and enamel campaign medal was instituted on 18 October 1918, as an award for those Belgian and qualifying allied personnel who served in, or in close support of the Belgian Army that fought along the Yser river in the period between 17-31 October 1914.

In the Belgian order of precedenc...  read more

Code: 24208

Belgium: Commemorative War Medal 1914-1918 (Medaille Commemorative de la Guerre / Oorlogsherinnerinsmedaille 1914-1918)

The medal retaining a good length of stitched silk riband, and as-worn

Condition: VF  read more

Code: 24207

Belgium: Medal of the Resistance 1940-1945 (Medaille de la Resistance / De Gewapende Weerstandsmedaille)

Awarded to all members of the Belgian Resistance that actively resisted the Nazi enemy through combat or acts of sabotage

The medal fitted with an original silk 'moire' riband

Condition: About GVF  read more

Code: 24206

Belgium: Medal of the Resistance 1940-1945 (Medaille de la Resistance / De Gewapende Weerstandsmedaille)

Awarded to all members of the Belgian Resistance that actively resisted the Nazi enemy through combat or acts of sabotage

The medal fitted with an original long length of silk 'moire' riband

Condition: GVF  read more

Code: 24205