Looking for identification and value on these British medals

[Eddie Parks]

You also need to be aware that some of these medals may have been awarded to the same man. A "group" will usually add a premium over the value of the individual items.
Eddie

[StrkAliteN]

Originally Posted by Eddie Parks

The naming on British medals does not "add to the value" it determines the value. ALL British medals with very few exceptions, WW2 campaign medal for example, are named and it is the name/unit that determines the value.

You also need to be aware that medals are a minefield, there are thousands of fakes in circulation. Buy a copy of the latest Medals Year Book and follow what it says in there.

Eddie

I picked up a jewelers loupe so I can read the small engravings - enscriptions on the individual medals

I will update with the info as quickly as possible ( expect 1 week to get them all done and entered here )

[Phil2M]

I paid 10 quid for my special constabulary medal, btw.

[StrkAliteN]

Originally Posted by Jelly Terror

It is possible to post pics of reasonably decent size on the forum. One method is to take close up photos of your items, upload them to a forum album, and then copy/paste the BB Codes, straight into your post (as I have done with the example below).

Hope this helps.

All the best,

JT

Yea I can post bigger pics when needed if a serious buyer is interested

Victorian Medal1 #36.jpg

Victorian Medal2 #36.jpg

[Phillip Herring]

Yea I can post bigger pics when needed if a serious buyer is interested

Really? Looking for information and not wanting to show decent pictures until somebody satisfies him that they are a "serious buyer"?

[StrkAliteN]

Originally Posted by Phillip Herring

Really? Looking for information and not wanting to show decent pictures until somebody satisfies him that they are a "serious buyer"?

Hey

I am sorry you had such a bad day ... and I am sorry the pics I posted don't meet your high standards.

This appears to be a great website and everyone else has been very helpful and supportive and patient while I worked on: working at my job the past couple days and learning my way around navigating on this new site and learning to post pics here AND taking the pics.

If you don't click on this thread again you won't have to deal with my sub standard pics I posted.

it will be OK

[Phil2M]

I thought this was an ID thread, with the intention to sell later. Now it is a sales thread?

You only want to show clearer pictures to a buyer, not to somebody trying to help ID/value them for you?

Something doesn't quite add up.

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by Phil2M

I thought this was an ID thread, with the intention to sell later. Now it is a sales thread?

You only want to show clearer pictures to a buyer, not to somebody trying to help ID/value them for you?

Something doesn't quite add up.

It always was a sales thread. The original poster seems to think that the British & Commonwealth Military Badge Forum offers a free medal valuation service.

[49lassiepen]

Just purchase a book for identification , with values in it . This will stop you wasting peoples time
David

[peter monahan]

In the top row here you have a Russian medal [I think] with the triangular ribbon, a Crimea Medal, a modern Indian Army medal and a WWII British medal. A very mixed bag indeed.

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by peter monahan

In the top row here you have a Russian medal [I think] with the triangular ribbon, a Crimea Medal, a modern Indian Army medal and a WWII British medal. A very mixed bag indeed.

It is the Medal for the Defence of Moscow. 1,028,600 were awarded.

[Phillip Herring]

Originally Posted by StrkAliteN

Hey

I am sorry you had such a bad day ... and I am sorry the pics I posted don't meet your high standards.

This appears to be a great website and everyone else has been very helpful and supportive and patient while I worked on: working at my job the past couple days and learning my way around navigating on this new site and learning to post pics here AND taking the pics.

If you don't click on this thread again you won't have to deal with my sub standard pics I posted.

it will be OK

I always find it interesting when somebody exhibits anti-social behaviour and then gets in a snit when I call them on it. You came in here with no knowledge of medals and a sense of entitlement, expecting to get something for nothing - other people's expertise - so you can sell them.
Be proud, take ownership of what you are doing!

[Eddie Parks]

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This is the 1937 Coronation Medal - it's not named and in 2012 was valued at £25-£39.
Eddie

[Arthur R]

You've got medals from seven countries here, though most of them are UK.

Attachment 157368
Top : (1 - 3) UK : Victory Medal 1914-19*; (4) Khedive of Egypt's Star; (5) USSR : Medal for the Defence of Moscow; (6) UK : Crimean War Medal; (7) South Africa : Pro Patria Medal (1980s); (8) UK : War Medal 1939-45; (9) UK : Defence Medal 1939-45.

Bottom : (10) UK : General Service Medal 1962 + 'Northern Ireland' clasp (1969-2007); (11) UK : British War Medal (WW I); (12) UK : King's South Africa Medal 1901-02; (13) UK : Special Constabulary Medal; (14) UK : Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902; (15) Australian Service Medal 1939-45; (16) South Africa : Africa Service Medal 1939-45; (17) UK : Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (pre-1901); (18) UK : Efficiency Medal.**

* if the wording on the reverse is in English only, then it's UK, if it's in English and Dutch then it's South African.
** if the wording on the suspender reads 'Territorial' or 'Militia' then it's UK, otherwise it's from whichever country's name is on it.

Attachment 157375
Top : (19) UK : 1939-45 Star; (20) UK : Italy Star 1943-45); (21) UK : Atlantic Star 1939-45; (22) UK : Africa Star 1940-43; (23) UK : Service Medal of the Order of St John; (24) UK : General Service Medal 1918 + 'Arabian Peninsula' clasp (1957-60); (25) UK : War Medal 1939-45; (26 - 27) UK : 1914-15 Star; (28) UK : India General Service Medal + 'Waziristan 1901-02' clasp.

Bottom : (29) India : Independence Medal 1947; (30) India : India Service Medal 1939-45; (31) Canada : Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45; (32) UK : Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; (33) UK : Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902; (34) UK : General Service Medal 1918 + 'Palestine 1945-48' clasp; (35) UK : War Medal 1939-45; (36) UK : King George VI Coronation Medal 1937; (37) UK : Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (some time between 1937 and 1948); (38) UK : Imperial Service Medal.

Re the WW II medals and stars : UK issued them without the recipients' names, but Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa put the names on them.

It'd be a good idea to check the names on the medals, to see if you have any groups, i.e. two or more medals that were awarded to the same person. As others have said, a group is worth more than the individual medals.

[StrkAliteN]

Originally Posted by Arthur R

You've got medals from seven countries here, though most of them are UK.

Attachment 157368
Top : (1 - 3) UK : Victory Medal 1914-19*; (4) Khedive of Egypt's Star; (5) USSR : Medal for the Defence of Moscow; (6) UK : Crimean War Medal; (7) South Africa : Pro Patria Medal (1980s); (8) UK : War Medal 1939-45; (9) UK : Defence Medal 1939-45.

Bottom : (10) UK : General Service Medal 1962 + 'Northern Ireland' clasp (1969-2007); (11) UK : British War Medal (WW I); (12) UK : King's South Africa Medal 1901-02; (13) UK : Special Constabulary Medal; (14) UK : Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902; (15) Australian Service Medal 1939-45; (16) South Africa : Africa Service Medal 1939-45; (17) UK : Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (pre-1901); (18) UK : Efficiency Medal.**

* if the wording on the reverse is in English only, then it's UK, if it's in English and Dutch then it's South African.
** if the wording on the suspender reads 'Territorial' or 'Militia' then it's UK, otherwise it's from whichever country's name is on it.

Attachment 157375
Top : (19) UK : 1939-45 Star; (20) UK : Italy Star 1943-45); (21) UK : Atlantic Star 1939-45; (22) UK : Africa Star 1940-43; (23) UK : Service Medal of the Order of St John; (24) UK : General Service Medal 1918 + 'Arabian Peninsula' clasp (1957-60); (25) UK : War Medal 1939-45; (26 - 27) UK : 1914-15 Star; (28) UK : India General Service Medal + 'Waziristan 1901-02' clasp.

Bottom : (29) India : Independence Medal 1947; (30) India : India Service Medal 1939-45; (31) Canada : Canadian Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45; (32) UK : Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal; (33) UK : Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902; (34) UK : General Service Medal 1918 + 'Palestine 1945-48' clasp; (35) UK : War Medal 1939-45; (36) UK : King George VI Coronation Medal 1937; (37) UK : Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (some time between 1937 and 1948); (38) UK : Imperial Service Medal.

Re the WW II medals and stars : UK issued them without the recipients' names, but Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa put the names on them.

It'd be a good idea to check the names on the medals, to see if you have any groups, i.e. two or more medals that were awarded to the same person. As others have said, a group is worth more than the individual medals.

Arthur

You really knocked it out of the park mate !
I appreciate the info as well as the time it took to compose that reply.

I may have some names / units identified starting in the next couple days with medal #1 and work my way to medal #38

Thanks again to everyone who has helped