Spud Trevor Posted 1 January , 2005 Share Posted 1 January , 2005 I was wondering if anybody had any ideas about the inscription on the little medal below ? I think the initials are the key, but unfortunately I don't know what they mean. I don't have any accompanying medals or any other clues as to why the medal may have been given. This is my first picture attachment, which I hope will be clear. Any suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, with best wishes for 2005. Spud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteS Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Have you tried at the =http://www.britishmedalforum.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Difficult to judge the size, but it looks as if this specially-made medallion was made to fit into a commercial gold sovereign watch-chain fob. It looks as if the medallion part is gold, too. Very nice, and I hope you uncover the story behind it. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 KLMCH could be the initials of the recipient or donor? (Can`t be too many of those!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pte1643 Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 What about the... 1816. Could that be the date? 1816 --- Loos trenches...? Looks like a tricky project to me. Nice item though. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 What about the... 1816. Could that be the date? 1816 --- Loos trenches...? It's "1916" - the hand-engraving is not as machine-perfect as we've come to expect these days. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pte1643 Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Ah, yes. I see it now Tom. Better get to specsavers Eh...!!! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 I have an unfair advantage Mark because my Great Grandfather was an engraver and I still have lots of the stuff that he did on watches, rings etc so I'm used to looking at that kind of thing. Here is my pocket-watch and if you look at the date "1922" this is the type of "9" the engraver was aiming at. Also - spot the non-deliberate error. (Clue - my Great Grandfather did a lot of engraving on brass printing-plates, where everything had to be backwards.........) Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Reed Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 The 'Loos Trenches' were in Blackpool, and dug so the public in England could see what the trench systems in France looked like. I think they were completed in 1916; so perhaps this was a thank you for help with this? If I remember correctly there was an article about the Loos Trenches in a back issue of 'Stand To!' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Trevor Posted 2 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Thanks everybody for the suggestions. The medal is just over 1 inch in diameter and is indeed nicely engraved, although it doesn't look to be in Tom's Great Grandfather's league. The hallmarks are for Chester for one of the war years. My first thought on the initials were that the H could possibly have stood for hospital and that the medal may have been given to a nurse. Following that similar to m13pgb I wondered if the initials were of an officer and had the medal been given to his batman, although I don't know how common this would have been. I enjoy a puzzle, but this one may not have an answer. Thanks again, Spud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promenade Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Hello. KLMCH was the Kings Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital which was in Squires Gate, Blackpool. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 ...... and didn't convalescent soldiers from a local hospital show tourists/visitors around the Blackpool trenches, pointing out the significance of the various features? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Would the trenches have been on the site of the present Blackpool airport, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 2 January , 2005 Share Posted 2 January , 2005 Also - spot the non-deliberate error. (Clue - my Great Grandfather did a lot of engraving on brass printing-plates, where everything had to be backwards.........) Tom "Fed"? Guessing it should be "Feb", and he put the "d" backwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Trevor Posted 2 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 2 January , 2005 With everybodies help I think we've got there. Thank you. I don't think I'd have ever got the King's Lancashire Military Convalescent Hospital without Joe's help. Its certainly good to understand the medal's history and I've learnt something. Thanks to everybody, Spud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 3 January , 2005 Share Posted 3 January , 2005 Also - spot the non-deliberate error. (Clue - my Great Grandfather did a lot of engraving on brass printing-plates, where everything had to be backwards.........) Tom "Fed"? Guessing it should be "Feb", and he put the "d" backwards? Correct! It was some years before I noticed it, Andrew! Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pte1643 Posted 3 January , 2005 Share Posted 3 January , 2005 I think we all learnt something there. Paul and Joe really came up with the goods. Well done guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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