https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:52:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those who have read my "Battlefield Remnants" series of stories on the Kokoda Historical Website (www.kokodahistorical.com)  you have learned that a trekker with a keen eye - may be fortunate enough to spot an artefact or two on the Kokoda track as they walk along.  Alternatively -  attention to detail in ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=371 There is an age old question; "What cost - is the price for freedom?"  And when that cost is written into the ledger - how much should each country?....How much should each State?....And how much should each little country town be made to pay?  Loose just ONE man from that little country town in a ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=176 Ask the average Australian to name just one - single battle of the First World War; undoubtably the name 'Gallipoli' will be amongst the top three answers. Ask for an example of a Second World War battle and I would suggest that possibly 8 out of 10 people will mention ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=49 Often, the hardest part about conducting research on any particular subject - is knowing where to start.  For the novice researcher, the World Wide Web is daunting enough - but the in's and out's of Military Record keeping can be both baffling and confusing.  Especially if the 'researcher' has never even served in ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=25 A piece of Militaria surfaced on ebay a little while ago - but nobody seems to know exactly what it is.....Can you help? Ebayer Cynthia Kelly; who hails from Seattle in Washington State U.S.A - found this badge at a thrift shop in Bellevue, Washington. She listed the item on ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=19 This short story is a classic example of how items of 'kit' were issued, and then re-issued within the Australian Army before and during the Second World War. In the modern era, this 'kit is now classed as MILITARIA and is collected world wide by keen enthusiasts. The story evolves around ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=15 HMAS SYDNEY - what was considered to be one of Australia's greatest mysteries of World War Two - has been found and is a mystery no longer.  But what of her ship's company and their missing war medals?  It is well documented that 645 men died when H.M.A.S Sydney was sunk off ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=14 Perhaps the most significant and shameful theft within the Militaria world - of all time has occurred in New Zealand. The Army Museum in Waiouru on the North Island has fallen victim to what can only be described as a "target specific" and "professional" operation which saw these unscrupulous ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=11 For those of you who pour over the ebay auction site - searching for War Medals;  you may have noticed at least TWO recent instances where the seller has mentioned in their listing - that the medals on sale in fact belong to their deceased relative.  On one occasion, the medals ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=10                             If you have a broken set of medals that you have lost hope of "re-uniting" -  then do not dispair.  Miracles do happen!!! It is not uncommon for an ancestor's medals to be split up.  If you have read my previous entry titled "Why War Medals Go Missing" you might ... https://medalsgonemissing.com/military-medal-blog/?p=9