Medal Expert Opinion Required

[RussT]

Can any medal experts out there please provide their view on the authenticity as to the naming on the Victory Medal shown in the images posted in the thread linked below. There is a discussion on going trying to reconcile an apparent anomaly

 

Thanks for your help in advance

 

Regards

 

Russ

 

 

 

[Kimberley John Lindsay]

Dear Russ,

I collect to "Officers Only", but nevertheless the Victory naming looks spurious to me. Sort of 'Unofficial' (I doubt if officialdom would have impressed '3RD' in that way).

Kindest regards,

Kim.

[hmsk212]

Hi

 

I can honestly say that I have never seen a medal to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers named in the manner of the one shown on the other thread. They do not normally have a Battalion Number and they are normally stamped R. Dub. Fus. looks like a self award.

 

Steve

 

Edited 17 April , 2020 by hmsk212

[RussT]

Thanks Chaps - that's the conclusion we were coming to for other reasons but I didn't want to pre-judge it.

 

Regards

 

Russ

[Andrew Upton]

Spurious is a good word - eg there are a couple of different ways Private tends to be rendered on the BWM or VM in particular and that doesn't match either:

 

 

 

Edited 17 April , 2020 by Andrew Upton

[RaySearching]

25 minutes ago, hmsk212 said:

They do not normally have a Battalion Number and they are normally stamped R. Dub. Fus. looks like a self award.

[seivy]

Right thank you all very much ,I bought it from online Medal Dealer so just assumed it would be fine . Did start to worry a bit that it might not be right when I could not find any records for him. But just need to put it down to an expensive lesson learned.Thanks once again for all your help and advice.

                                                                                           Colin.

         

 

[Kath]

Colin, just in case this is of interest:

18 January 1918 - Jedburgh Gazette - Jedburgh, Roxburgh

from Find My Past

[chaz]

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1262/30850_A000805-01888?pid=3622464&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26dbid%3D1262%26h%3D3622464%26tid%3D%26pid%3D%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26_phsrc%3DfXQ4402%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fXQ4402&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true

 

wondering if he got a transfer as his battalion were decimated and had them renamed with his later regiment

according to the SWB card, he didnt serve overseas, so probably knocks that idea on the head

Edited 17 April , 2020 by chaz

[seivy]

Hi Chaz ,thank you for that. I was told yesterday that number belonged to the man you have just posted. Looks like I have bought a Self award. Thank you once again.

                                                                                                   Colin.

[seivy]

Hi Kath, thanks for post,is there something I am missing regarding your post.Thanks Colin.

[chaz]

Colin, pm sent

[Jim Strawbridge]

Just one caveat. I have seen WW1 medals issued in the 1960s which although officially named were all to pot in that the person who impressed them did not know the protocol used in the 1920s. It is quite possible, if reissued late, for there to be variations.

Edited 18 April , 2020 by Jim Strawbridge

[seivy]

Thanks Jim.