A medal bar here...a medal bar there...

[Bob Hunter*]

and eventually it becomes a display. I liked this one from Stogieman because it could represent a career. Interesting combination.

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1a.

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Next is a nifty little Anhalt bar from estand and the extensive collection of Tony Colson who has in a short time become a good friend and mentor.

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2a.

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This one is also from Tony via the estand and appears to belong to some sort of naval tech type.

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3a.

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There has always been something about real gold that fires the imagination...
Another one from Tony's vault.

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4a.

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More gold AND colonial service.

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5a.

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More gold this time from Baden.

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6a.

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...and something to compliment all those boring medal bars in the display.

A Prussian Observer badge from StogieO...love those ray backs!

[Bob Hunter*]

7a,

[Tony Colson]

Gratitude

7a,

Bob, can't tell you how good it feels to have someone say nice things about you, publicly. (They are all lies, naturally, no!, no!, I am honored, really.) It also makes me feel good that these pieces that represent each a particular story, a life, a destiny, are now in the posession of someone who knows how to savor the heady wine of military history. Tony