Help with medals

[Marc verstraete]

Thank you VERY much for this fast response to my questions. Here another picture of the back op picture #1

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Is there a GOOD book on values of medals from all nations?? (Especially British!!)

Marc

[coastie]

The Guide I use is Vernon's Collectors' Guide to Orders, Medals. & Decorations. Fouth edition.

It's pretty good for listings of medals and all and a general price guide. The thing is that the prices for a lot of medals do not reflect prices on the internet. But once you've ID'd the medals you can do your on research. It helps to have many books to assist in identifying Orders,medals It took me six books to find most of what you had.

There is a companion guide to Vernons book which give basic guides for Orders/medals like ribbon styles, mottos, inscriptions,themes it was very helpful

[Marc verstraete]

Thank you Coastie. Will try to find this book.

Marc

[VerKuilen Ager]

The very first badge (blue enamel cross) was Polish cavalry: 8th Prince J. Poniatowski's Lancers Regiment (the center monogram of the badge looks to be "J.P."). The cavalry units were called, as they were in a few other countries, "Ulans", hence the letter U. Eagles between the arms are Polish as is the Warsaw maker's mark. Ref.: Rosignoli Army Badges and Insignia of World War 2 (volume 1, plate 27/text p. 139).

[McCulloh]

8th Ulans

The 8th Ulans -named after one of Napoleon's Marshalls who was killed at Leipzig in 1813, was an elite unit-socially and on the battlefield. A 1939 version of this badge is very, very rare-perhaps the rarest thing in the group above. Serious polish collectors will love that badge.
Unfortuntly, 99% of all of these badges are post war fakes. The vast majority were destroyed or buried in Katyn.

[Billy B]

The 8th Ulans -named after one of Napoleon's Marshalls who was killed at Leipzig in 1813, was an elite unit-socially and on the battlefield. A 1939 version of this badge is very, very rare-perhaps the rarest thing in the group above. Serious polish collectors will love that badge.
Unfortuntly, 99% of all of these badges are post war fakes. The vast majority were destroyed or buried in Katyn.

8th lacers badge is a fake sorry

[Marc verstraete]

Thank you again for the information.

Marc

[dannybou]

Very nice collection indeed. For British medals, another book would be the Medal yearbook 2005. It lists British medals and some Commonwealth countries as well.

[oli4vercammen]

3/3

hello Mark, The third medal in the third picture is the medal for 80 blood donations of the Belgian Red Cross. The medal is for 40 and then you can place a silver or a golden pelican on it (60 and 80 donations). Price in belgium aprox 8 -> 12 euro.

[Gary Jucha]

8th Lancers..

8th lacers badge is a fake sorry

Agreed ... another "A.Panasiuk" item ...



Gary J.