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Unknown medal

  • 20-01-2024 5:51pm
    #1
    greyman48
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    Can anyone tell me what this medal is for , and maybe some history , silver hallmark but no engraved lettering , thank you .

    medal unknown.jpg




Comments

  • #2
    lucalux
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,255 ✭✭✭lucalux


    Might be good to put up a photo of the other side also, along with detail of the hallmarks if you can get them



  • #3
    greyman48
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭greyman48


    lucalux, thanks for trying to help. Here are more photos x 4

    enlarged back.jpg
    enlarged hallmark.jpg
    medal unknown.jpg
    reverse side.jpg




  • #4
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,624 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    It was hallmarked at the Birmingham assay office (indicated by the anchor) in 1905. The third element of the hallmark is the letter 'f' which is a 'date letter' and gives the year it was hallmarked, see the table of letters for Birmingham at the link below. The lion in the centre indicates sterling silver.

    http://www.thebigworld.co.uk/dating_english_hallmarks_silver_and_gold.htm

    It was made by Daniel George Collins.

    https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Makers/Birmingham-DE-DM.html#DG


    Beyond that, I cannot help you. The silversmith who made it and the ribbon suggests it's a British military medal but it's too early to have been awarded for service in WWI.

    Post edited by coylemj on


  • #5
    greyman48
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭greyman48


    coylemj , thank you for the info regarding the medal, maybe one day some one will recognise the medal. Thanks anyway.Greyman48



  • #6
    bobster453
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 860 ✭✭✭bobster453


    Looks like Masonic Royal Antideluvian Order of Buffaloes (RAOB) service medal



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