Thought id take a couple of pics of my other grandfathers medals whilst i had them out.
ww1 & ww2 group to my grandfather.
Thought id take a couple of pics of my other grandfathers medals whilst i had them out.
Awesome portrait, and pleased to see you have resisted the temptation to court-mount them as so many do.
Who did he serve with? Artillery?
Oz.
A great pic and rack.
Regards,
Jerry
Whateverits just an opinion.
A very nice portrait and set of medals, and it's nice to see them being kept in the family too!
Dont see that many Kurdistan GSM bars ,very nice !
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Paul, I just had a GSM with Kurdistan Clasp come into work today!
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thanks Oz, no he served Army service Corps, 1915-1920, then Indian Army Service Corps, and finally Leicestershire constabulary through ww2 into the 1960'sby Ubique
they would have to be taken from my cold dead hands!!
What is "court-mounting"?
Its where the ribbons are wrapped around a supporting back board which extends half way down behind the medal discs. Google for images if you like.
Oz.
Oz, I fully agree. ive never really understood why people court-mount medal groups. I wouldn't even replace the ribbons.
If you look at the medal group again, you will see that the 14/15 star and Vic medals in particular are hanging by a thread! the attempts to hold them on the ribbons with a bit of amateur needlework was at the hand of my grandfather. To me that is part of the charm and history of the group and almost as important as the medals themselves.
you can tell that he wore the medals with pride. and often!
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