Gardenerbill Posted 6 April , 2020 Share Posted 6 April , 2020 Thought I would start a new thread on Great War items on the Antiques roadshow. Sunday 3rd of April there was a really nice box made by a German civilian while interned on the Isle of Man and it was signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 6 April , 2020 Share Posted 6 April , 2020 There have been many over the years. Was the intention of the thread to highlight recent (when posted) or anything that was on in the past? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 6 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 6 April , 2020 I have posted a few separately recently, like the 'honour goblet' one and thought it would make sense to have a topic for posting new items. There was an old topic but no one had contributed since 2014. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 12 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 12 April , 2020 (edited) Tonight's program - Captain Douglas Renolds Henry Reynolds V.C M.C and triple plus memorabilia. Valued at £250,000. Edited 15 April , 2020 by Gardenerbill Factual error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 12 April , 2020 Share Posted 12 April , 2020 1 hour ago, Gardenerbill said: Tonight's program - Captain Douglas Renolds V.C M.C and triple plus memorabilia. Valued at £250,000. I wondered if the miniature VC is cast from the same block of cannon metal as the full size one. Unlikely I know but anyone have a definitive on it? Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepoy Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, depaor01 said: I wondered if the miniature VC is cast from the same block of cannon metal as the full size one. Unlikely I know but anyone have a definitive on it? Dave I am afraid not. The actual Victoria Crosses have always been manufactured by Hancocks & Co, from bronze taken from canons captured from the Russians and the Chinese. Miniature Victoria Crosses have been made by a wide number of manufacturers, in bronze or bronzed alloys, and are unofficial. Miniature medals have never been officially awarded by the Government with the full size awards/medals, but were/are privately purchased by the recipients to be worn on Mess Dress etc. They also vary considerably in quality. Older miniature Campaign medals were struck in silver, whereas today, current miniatures (including some older examples) are produced in plated base metals. As Victorian Miniature medals tended to be nicely produced, (some Orders can be found in gold with top quality enamel work) and are very collectable, especially the earlier ones or if they have engraved naming. Miniature Medal Groups, to confirmed owners, are also widely collected, being a cheaper option to collecting the full size Medal Groups. Miniature VC medal groups, with a confirmed provenance, are extremely collectable and expensive. However, it is possible to purchase individual miniature medals to re-created such groups, at a fraction of the cost, so be careful if buying such groups on line. Sepoy Edited 13 April , 2020 by Sepoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithfazzani Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 What he actually valued at £250,000 was the VC, which is in the regimental museum. I don’t recollect what he valued the miniatures at, but not a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 6 minutes ago, keithfazzani said: What he actually valued at £250,000 was the VC, which is in the regimental museum. I don’t recollect what he valued the miniatures at, but not a lot. It was £3,500-£4000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithfazzani Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 Thanks. I am no expert but that seems rather high for miniatures. Perhaps someone with better knowledge could comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 There were also some drawings by Bruce Bairnsfather in the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 (edited) Captain Renolds miniature medals The lid of the case was marked with his name and 'East Haddon', which is just down the road from us. Mike. Edit to say that 'REYNOLDS', was indeed a local man. A report in the Northampton Echo for Dec. 10th 1917, reports that 'the enthusiastic population of East Haddon turned out en masse at a reception for the Captain, who was recently awarded the Victoria Cross'. Edited 13 April , 2020 by MikeyH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 I very rarely watch the programme but saw the blurb beforehand. It was a pleasant surprise not to see the 'expert' crying. Every previous time I've seen him, he seems to start sobbing. Strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coldstreamer Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 thanks - Ill have a look on catchup minis are valued rather steep but depends whats with the VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxi Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 Most of the valuations in this programme seem to be in the thousands of pounds, which was quite a rarity when I used to watch it. I used to like the curios and family memorabilia which, although worth very little, were more interesting to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Kilkenny Posted 13 April , 2020 Share Posted 13 April , 2020 Neither Douglas nor Renolds but Henry Reynolds I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303man Posted 14 April , 2020 Share Posted 14 April , 2020 On 13/04/2020 at 10:30, keithfazzani said: Thanks. I am no expert but that seems rather high for miniatures. Perhaps someone with better knowledge could comment. Your paying for the story not the miniatures in this case! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithfazzani Posted 14 April , 2020 Share Posted 14 April , 2020 Yes, I see that. But still seems a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 15 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 15 April , 2020 On 13/04/2020 at 22:56, Tom Kilkenny said: Neither Douglas nor Renolds but Henry Reynolds I think. Hi Tom, You are quite correct ,I will edit my original post; in defence I was skype called during the program and only caught the name Reynolds (seem I got that wrong as well) so googled Captain Reynolds and came up with Captain Douglas Reynolds who coincidentally also won a VC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Kilkenny Posted 15 April , 2020 Share Posted 15 April , 2020 5 hours ago, Gardenerbill said: Hi Tom, You are quite correct ,I will edit my original post; in defence I was skype called during the program and only caught the name Reynolds (seem I got that wrong as well) so googled Captain Reynolds and came up with Captain Douglas Reynolds who coincidentally also won a VC. Thanks Mark. I was intrigued by one of the photos the chap had brought along that showed his grandfather (?) alongside 3 other officers and I'd wondered which regiment they were. Douglas Reynolds was Royal Artillery while they were clearly Scots of some sort (Royal Scots in fact) so I thought it couldn't be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 22 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 June , 2020 (edited) On last nights program two items of interest: an Army Cook's memorabilia from the Great War that included his hand written recipe book and something (not Great War) I had never seen before an Army Gold Medal valued at £40,000. Edited 22 June , 2020 by Gardenerbill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeignGong Posted 22 June , 2020 Share Posted 22 June , 2020 1 minute ago, Gardenerbill said: On last nights program two items of interest: an Army Cook's memorabilia from the Great War that included his hand written recipe book and something I had never seen before an Army Gold Medal valued at £40,000. That would have to be a Peninsula War Officers Gold Medal surely???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 22 June , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 June , 2020 2 minutes ago, ForeignGong said: That would have to be a Peninsula War Officers Gold Medal surely???? Yes sorry should have made it clear that it was not Great War but still interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depaor01 Posted 1 March , 2021 Share Posted 1 March , 2021 A sad one last Sunday. A lady brought in a model "teddy" in the form of a Great War German soldier. Complete with tornister, pickelhaube, portepee and hobnail boots made of Stieff buttons. The story was her grandfather in WWI was passing some German corpses and noticed one man still moving. He took the German to a field hospital and there he thought it ended. A year later a box containing the toy was delivered to the man in England with a note attached. The German soldier he saved had been returned home to his family but died of his injuries some months later. The dead soldier's father had packed up his son's favourite childhood toy and sent it to the man who had saved his son's life and gave the family a short time with him they wouldn't otherwise have had. I found the story very moving and did some screen grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan24 Posted 1 March , 2021 Share Posted 1 March , 2021 Same episode also featured items which belonged to a nurse who served in salonika. There was a 14/15 Star with a WW2 ribbon but no BWM or VM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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