I cannot answer for this medal, but many medals were produced by several different firms, so there may well be slight differences in the finished...
A trained blacksmith would probably have made it slightly different to this piece. Not necessarilly so, but probably. The crook would often have...
Made by a poor or amateur blacksmith simply to hang something from a beam in the workshop. You can see on the outside bend the slight flat spot,...
Yes , it is marked 830S, so , silver. I will polish it. I remember that mum always kept it polished! Mind you, she also always had sherry in it...
Thank you Davey, I will try that! The silver top is marked M.SK. 830S. My apologies for the very poor snap shot, it was taken very quickly. The...
Hello folks, A question if I may...... I have a cut glass sherry decanter that I inherited from my mother. I have had it many years, but never...
Here is a Mineé ball recovered from a Victorian firing range in North England. The first image shows the plug in the base of the bullet designed...
The Mineé ball had a plug in the rear of the bullet which helped force the bullet into the rifling, thus increasing the velocity greatly. This...
An interesting item indeed! There are a number of battle scared trees form various battle around. The Battle field at Waterloo in Belgium still...
I was told by a member of the UK special forces, that they always carried a bottle of tobasco, it makes snake and lizard and whatever a little...
I must agree with evelyb, yep, scallops are ok, but the sauce again like snails, is wonderful. Scallops in bacon Komo? Sounds interesting too! I...
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