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Two different Orders of the Rising Sun 8th Class.

Here is a Commander ( 3rd Class ), of Order Daniel A. Carion, and that one is mine. But these Order rarely come by with their ribbon. I got that neck badge in Romania. It is interesting to note that Peru got another award, for the Medical Merit sphere, the Order of Hippolito Unanue Regards to all. Emmanuel

Order of the Sacred Treasure 3rd Class.

Some close-up photo of the same set. On "normal" Grand Cross breast star, the center is in 1 piece, but here you can see, the center of the breast star is in 3 pieces, highly likely manufactured in gold. And only for General de Gaulle who was President of France from 1958 to 1969. It would be very interesting to know, if Queen Elisabeth II who was awarded a Grand Cross of the National Order of Ivory Coast in 1961, if she had also been awarded a set in gold with diamonds. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemens, And finally the 5th Class of the Order of 7 November. I think, due to the number of specimen I have seen, there should have been at least 2 productions series by Arthus Bertrand ( because on some breast star, there is difference in the quality of the enamel of the crescent & star inside the white circle at 12 O'Clock ). Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemen, Here is a photo of a complete set of Grand Cross of Daniel A. Carion, in its case. Unfortunately this set is not mine. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Order of the Sacred Treasure 3rd Class.

Order of the Sacred Treasure 3rd Class.

Hello Gentlemens, Here is a photo of the Ivory Coast National Order Grand Cross set with Diamonds ( likely unique ), awarded to President Charles de Gaulle of France, and on display of Museum of the Order of the Liberation ( which is set inside the French Army Museum in Paris ). Regards to all. Emmanuel

Great Idea, No One. I will peruse the threads you have started and then add pictures of mine when I take them. All the best, Tracy

Hello to all. Here is a 3rd Class & a 4th Class Order 7 November from Tunisia. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemens, Hello Megan, This is an Order of Mohammed Ali Type 2, sold by a british auction house in late 2018. Despite being obsolete since the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, the company WORTH produced some set in metal gilt at request of King Fuad II ( who is King of Egypt in Exile ). But when his father King Farouk left the country, he abdicated in favor of his son who was still in summer 1952 a new born baby, but officially he was King Fuad II until the official abolition of the Monarchy in 1953. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Hello Gentlemens, Hello Megan, It's actually Order of 7 November, but referig to 7 November 1987, when Zine ben Ali (who was a Minister of Interior from 28 April 1986 to 7 November 1987, then at the same time Prime Minister from 2 October to 7 November 1987 ) made a Coup d'Etat against the then President Bouguiba ( officially because he was too old : Bouruiba was born around 1900 ( sorry but some source states 1900, others 1903 ). The Order existed in 5 Classes + a Collar for the President of Tunisia. Here a photo of a 1st Class set. Regards to all. Emmanuel

Dear Gentlemen, Post the pictures and only pictures of the hallmark with the name of the medal, please. For more information see "Show Your Japanese Medal Hallmarks & Maker's Marks". - Rosette of the Order of the Golden Kite 7th class: - Rosette of the Order of the Pillars of States 6th class: - Japanese Red Cross Society, lifetime member: - Japanese Red Cross Society, regular member: Yours sincerely, No one

This is regency Model 1944-1945 after the death of Tzar Boris III

Maybe my words were a little missleading. Your piece is of course an original cross made by Bernhard Knauer or Zimmermann and was awarded for colonial or ww1 war merite. I just said the most dangerous copies are from the 80s and 90s, not that your piece is a fake from that period. English is not my first language, so sorry if i made it sound that way. Greetings

Hi Two vote for " +" Not bad.....😀 Regards

Hi, Just wondering and to share WW1 Philippine Constabulary Victory Medal, as per reading keynotes, the medal I have is the type 1...which I believe the original and awarded by that time and 1 of the 6000pcs made. I also want some help to this group where I can find any potential collector that need WW1 victory medal. Thanks and regards, you may also contact via email : mervyninton@gmail.com / marvin_inton@yahoo.com

A nice early RZM IMO, congrats Nacho

Greetings, This is my first post on this forum. My usual field of collection is coins, but when I encountered this interesting and beautiful piece of history at a flea market a few months ago, I could not give it a pass. The Crimea Medal appears to be part of the official British issue, first variation with the designers’ signatures on both sides. The medal seems to have been through a lot, it has had its suspender removed and has been holed at some point in its history. Its rim is somewhat crudely impressed with “ SERRE : A : N . “, which I interpret as a surname and two initials of the given name. Unfortunately, it does not appear to give any information about the service number or unit the recipient served in. I have searched on Ancestry and looked through a few of the digitized medal rolls on the National Archives’ website as well, but there are no exact matches for someone named Serre in the British Crimea Medal Rolls. There are some individuals called “Serey” or “Sear” tough. The surname Serre appears to be of French origin (with a few name bearers in surrounding countries including England) so there is a good chance that this medal has been awarded to a French participant in the campaign. Concerning French recipients, I have not been able to find good records online. There appears to have been a Colonel de la Serre commanding the 10e Régiment de Ligne of the French Army in the conflict, but I think it would not be convincing to attribute this medal to him. Now I have got a number of questions: Are the Ancestry records (that are accessible free of charge) complete, do they reflect (close to) all of the recipients in the surviving British medal rolls? Are there other records of the Crimea Medal recipients besides Ancestry (and its Forces War Records) and The National Archives? Do you have any thoughts on the style of the impression and its omission of the unit? Could someone with the surname Serre potentially have been recorded with another, similar sounding name (e.g. “Seary” or “Sear”) upon his entry into the British Army? Are there publicly available records of the French recipients of the British Crimea medal? Please excuse the bad quality of the photos of the rim, I have not yet mastered the art of photographing it properly. I would really appreciate any help or advice on how to move forward my research. Thank you very much in advance. Regards

you probably make a good point. let me think on it. theres just circumstancial stuff like the spelling of the name is unique and the fact that the swords were accompanied by other things kellner was said to be missing. shoulder boards etc. i was hoping someone could id him using the shoulder boards and swords as they are pretty unique and is there no picture of Kellners saber? besides that there are some medals that i think Kellner would have also had but in this case I'm guessing they belong to Goetze. I was hoping at least some of the medals could be tied to Kellner via documents. maybe the background checks will reveal something. just the fact that the names given in the listing are to real ppl helps and there is the one medal that has H. Kellner named on it. very strange medal/fob/beer tumbler? thingy? don't worry about the bubble i came into this knowing nothing and I'm sure I can sell this stuff for more than two grand. I just want to find the truth and that's all i ever care about. i would call the Goetze medal a solid group because the full size is accompanied by the mini so they are all for same person fo sho. it's incomplete though, that's a given. Maybe Kellner II had a son named Herman Kellner III and passed the swords and boards down to him and then his son marries Goetze who has a brother.... gosh its just so fanciful. i also wonder what the markings on the weird kellner medal mean... |xx|xx|xx ??? and what the SS Berlin 95 means and other name on it means. The saber has that star of David on it I figured something like that must be known by someone to be on his sword.

Hi Ok .One vote for "+". Regards

Not to burst your bubble, but Salomon notes in one of his posts that Kellner II retired on 23rd December 1867, and most of these items date from after that time. The pics posted aren't the greatest, but there also seems to be very little tying this group (if it is a group, it seems pretty disparate to me) to Lippe-Detmold, which based on Solomon's descriptions, is what lends Kellner II historical relevance. Am I missing something (apart from magic numbers)?

I believe its says A. Goetze around the rim. I wish i could determine if any of what i have belongs to Kellner besides the swords etc. for example a French legion of honor was included and correct me if I'm wrong but it doesn't make sense for Kellner or Goetz to have that. its a valuable medal but it's like the seller playing games. mix and matching but calling it all Kellner.

Another example in silk. I tried to translate it with google, but still not clear. Anyway, still a beautiful diploma.