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chrisvenus

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Dec 16, 2008 16:18

So, my dad mentioned as part of his christmas wishlist the following:

"My Great Grandfathe was in the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) and at the end of his twenty years service he received a "Long Service and Good Conduct Medal" in 1891. I thought it would be nice to have a replica medal with ribbon if they weren't too expensive. I should think ( Read more... )

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taimatsu December 16 2008, 16:37:43 UTC

http://www.bigburymint.com/ looks possible?

chrisvenus December 16 2008, 16:42:15 UTC

Its not one of the ones listed on the site but it does look like a good site so I@m going to e-mail them to ask...

cheers

taimatsu December 16 2008, 16:48:49 UTC

Yes, they seem to have the Long/Meritorious Service ones back to George V but not before.

taimatsu December 16 2008, 16:50:18 UTC

Oh, Google 'Victorian Medals' too.

riksowden December 16 2008, 16:42:23 UTC

Define "too expensive"? I shall ask my chum who knows such things...

chrisvenus December 16 2008, 16:43:38 UTC

That was my dad's words. I'm personally thinking its a cool present. The ones on the site that taimatsu listed above were 35 quid and I don't consider that to be beyond the realms of possibility. If you can get me a ballpark cost though then I can worry about whether its too much later. :)

mi_guida December 16 2008, 16:45:31 UTC

http://www.medals.org.uk/united-kingdom/united-kingdom181.htm - shows the different medals for different sovereigns.

Can't find one for Victoria on sale anywhere though...

bateleur December 16 2008, 16:56:33 UTC

You can get miniature replicas (eg. here), but I can't find any full sized ones.

delvy December 16 2008, 17:47:10 UTC

Regimental history here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabiniers_(6th_Dragoon_Guards)

More detail and you can probably get his service record too, or I can.

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/MILESTONE-MILITARIA

Do excellent replica medals at good prices