LCC would stand for London County Coucil, and was around from 1889 ie, the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901). They possibly approved and...
Quite recent modern copy I am afraid. A sword like this with a cup as a guard would normally have the extra guard for the hand. If the guard were...
Probably a lump of magnetite that has been knocking around for some time, hence the rounded edges and the colour. Though it is full of iron ore,...
Owning the items is one thing, but it is the research that really brings these items to life. It can also significantly increase their monetary...
Only a short while back the Vatican donated a fragment , or two, supposedly from the 'True Cross', to the church in England, to help celebrate the...
:D:rolleyes: yep, not just native craftsmen either. Myself and most of my friends have workshops full of half finished projects! I hate to think...
Speaking as a craftsman, albeit an incapable one, the next piece can, and will always be better, at least that is my goal, and for that reason, if...
No, possibly not Komo. That said even a mark or initial of some sort, as he would have been justifiably proud of this piece. I wonder how much it...
@Boland Here are few pictures of the tobacco box that I mentioned, made by a Russian POW in a German POW camp here in Norway. The box is some 3...
Excellent! Well done. That certainly gives the OP something to go on.
A tragic event where one of the three cruisers, HMS Crecy, Hogue and Aboukir, having been torpedoed by the U9 under the command of Otto Wedigen,...
You will probably have to contact the Mumbai police to get details of this man, as they will almost certainly have the information that you...
yes.it seems like that! WWI MM's fetch a premium these days, as do the DCM's. And the South Africa campaigns are extremely interesting. For my...
The Independance medal is hardly likely to have the King's head on it is it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Police_Medal The medal on the...
Well medals are made of metal aren't they! :smuggrin: When the Victoria Cross was first designed and proposed in 1854-55, the Times called it...
The war medals were not engraved with the recipients name, something that after five years of fighting incensed my father so much that he threw...
In the last picture the left one is the MBE (Member of the British Empire), the third from left is the 1939-45 Star, next is the Burma Star, then...
That is a nice outcome. Thank you for sharing it.
Amazing story to that box! I think that some camps were easier, if such a place can be, than others. The Russian POW's here were used to work the...
If it is gilded, it should clean up with ammonia and a toothbrush. Awesome find!:happy:
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