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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: gortonboy on Sunday 24 July 11 10:03 BST (UK)
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Hi All..I have just come home from the carboot with what looks like to me to be the British 2003 operation Telic Iraq War medal !!
After a bit of googling,i can see it has the correct ribbon,,the correct box and has the number,rank,name and regiment inscribed on the rim. So,it looks genuine to me,,but i am no expert. How can i tell 100 percent if it is a genuine medal?
I am quite astonished to have got it to be honest,,,and even as a copy it is well worth the money i paid for it. I was quite sad to see it myself,,i have my grandads WW2 medals,and wouldnt dream of parting with them.
I was thinking about maybe trying to research the name,,but i have noticed that people who are selling genuine medals on e-bay of the same type are not revealing the full details etched on the medal,as they do not want people to copy them. This is another reason i thought maybe someone had copied this one?
But as i say,,everything about it looks genuine. Apparently the details on the rim should be lasered,,,would that give me a clue?,,i dont know what a lasered medal looks like.
Finally,,if it is genuine,,i would like to find out why it ended up on a carboot? was it stolen? this would again involve trying to research it...if it is genuine and the original owner could be traced,,and it had been lost or stolen,i would dearly like him to have it back.
If i cannot do this,,i find myself in a moral dilemna,,as these medals are going for over a hundred pounds.Would a regimental museum want it?
Just my luck,,the first time i buy something for a song on a carboot that is potentially worth a few quid,i find myself wanting to do something else with it,other than make some hard cash.I guess thats the family historian in me coming out ;)
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Doubt you will get anything on the name(data protection etc unless its nicked)...what Regiment is it to? some lads ended up with a double issue so it could be one of those or as you say be a stolen/repro copy....
Then again you may have got lucky.....Does it have the clasp march-apr 2003?
If its boxed you may have a good find :)
Ady
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No, its not " the family historian.....coming out", it is the moral person. Congrats, wish we were all like that.
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Has the medal got EIIR on it for Elizabethh II
The ribbon for Iraq war I is very similar as regards the colours as the Africa star of WW2
can you tell us which regiment is marked on the medal, please?
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hi,,since posting this morning,i have done a bit more googling,,and everything i have seen leads me to believe it is a genuine medal.
The box is correct,it has the sticker on the back the same as a genuine onei saw online for sale.
The ribbon is the correct one.
The medal is correct.
The lettering is as described i.e. as described by the North East medal auction site.
The regiment is the Royal Engineers.
I think i am going to try and find an official R.E. site,,then e-mail them to see if they can help me regarding the provenance of the medal.Maybe they could try and find the man in question and find out if the medal was sold,or lost or stolen. If i do find out it was lost or stolen,i will endeavour to return it to its rightful owner. ;)
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http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html
Good on you mate....Maybe an idea to get in touch with Glasgow and explain situation as they are pretty on the ball with admin.
Ady :)
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Or try the British Legion.
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a couple of bad photos,,,im in work on my camera phone ;)
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Yes deffo the Iraq medal for Telic.....Its got the box as well so I think you have a real one not a copy/repro
Ady
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just a quick update,,i had a reply from the secretary of the Royal Engineers association,,,,,she is making some enquiries on my behalf ;)