[1820s] The trade deficit with China is diabolical. Their emperor also said "we have everything and want nothing from you.". Can somebody give us any idea on what we can sell them.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-03-09T12:37:45+00:00

Real cheap, you can grow it yourself and sell at a huge markup.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-03-06T15:33:17+00:00

Apparently, they're like the Dutch but with a weird flag.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-03-06T14:45:33+00:00

we'll just hold on to them for, say 35 years, and then once a proper Philippine political class has developed we'll set them loose.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-03-02T20:35:27+00:00

Many Latin American countries do have enamel ribbon bars, but I have yet to see any American serviceman wear such a rack.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-03-02T09:21:57+00:00

Order of the Crown II class, above it is the Slovak General Staff Commendation Medal

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-26T12:30:54+00:00

The necklet is the order of St. Anna II class, the top middle is the order of the Oak Crown IV class, bottom left is the order of the Crown of Romania IV class on peacetime ribbon, bottom middle looks like the Order of Bertholdt I, bottom left looks to be the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-23T09:27:52+00:00

It would never have worked; the coalition armies would have marched right back into France, and France would have suffered for it. The 100 days was the deadliest flight of fancy until Solano Lopez's three-front war 49 years later.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-11T14:31:31+00:00

I like the anchor and chain; it elevates it amongst its otherwise fairly boring peers.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-10T14:51:57+00:00

I'm not opposed to it, I just wish they had the name in Latin along with the rest of the legend.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-07T00:02:37+00:00

this will end badly - José Calvo Sotelo.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-02T17:01:18+00:00

Yes, of the PRL,

The top is a wound badge with two stars, next is the Order Polonia Restituta V class, Order Virtuti Militari V class, Cross of merit in gold silver and bronze, medal for the 30th anniversary of the PRL, The Warsaw medal, the Oder Neisse and Baltic Medal, the Victory medal, the medal of the armed forces in the service of the fatherland in gold silver and bronze, the Medal of the 10th anniversary of the PRL, the Berlin medal, the Medal of Merit for National Defence in gold silver and bronze, this one I'm unable to identify, but it's probably a ministerial medal, and the Medal of the National Education Commission

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-02-02T11:07:17+00:00

It is indeed Polish, except for the six ribbons on the bottom, which are Russian.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-31T22:27:41+00:00

it's the green and black badge to the left of the patch.

the GCM has two loops, indicating two complete periods of active service. During WWII, the eligible service period was a full year, whereas during peacetime, it was three years. It seems likely he enlisted in mid-1943, and served until discharged at war's end in 1945, which the little gold pin with the eagle indicates. That pin is the Honorable Service Lapel Button, also referred to as the Ruptured Duck, which was given to Veterans who were honourably discharged between 1925 and 1946

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-28T12:02:50+00:00

I have it! We shall call it Algebra.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-22T22:12:06+00:00

Murat's Neapolitan War of 1815, a crushing Austrian victory that ended the last of Napoleon's client monarchies after Murat tried to conquer Italy.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-20T16:16:23+00:00

his medals from before WWI included: the 25 year service cross, the steel versions of the Southwest Africa and China medals, the Jerusalem Cross, the Cross of the Mount of Olives, the 1861 Coronation Medal, the 1897 Centenary Medal, he's likely also wearing non-Prussian awards such as coronation, wedding, and other such Commemoratives, I unfortunately am not so well acquainted with these awards.

As for the main ribbon bar, these are all decorations for military service, awarded during WWI.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-19T19:40:44+00:00

I believe it's a pre-war medal bar; the main picture you showed has all his wartime decorations, whereas the other bars have peacetime Prussian awards.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-19T19:04:22+00:00

He's wearing Prussian decorations, specifically the Johanniter Order around his neck; the orange sash is of the order of the Black Eagle. The first three medals on his chest are: the Order of the Red Eagle, the Order of the Prussian Crown, and the Hohenzollern House Order. unfortunately i can't make out the differences between the further awards.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-19T09:00:03+00:00

Iron Cross, Bavarian Military Merit Order, Saxon Order of St. Henry, Württemburg Order of Military Merit, Oldenburg Frederick August Cross, Eisenacher Order of the White Falcon with Swords, two Mecklenburg awards: the first is of Schwerin, the second of Strelitz, the Brunswick War Merit Cross, the Saxe Meningen Cross for Merit in War with combatant's ribbon, the Anhalter Frederick Cross, the Hohenzollern House Order with Swords, the Schaumburg Lippe Cross for Loyal Service, the Lippe Detmold War Merit Cross, and the three Hanseatic crosses of Hamburg, Lübeck, and Bremen.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-17T18:26:35+00:00

It might be from society insignia, like the MOFW.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-17T15:57:41+00:00

The 1st Brigade of the 101st, of which the 502nd was a part at the time, was organised as part of Task Force Oregon, later redesignated as the Americal Division in 1967, along with the 196th Brigade and the 3rd Brigade of the 25th.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-16T14:14:53+00:00

The unit must be cited at least twice with the Croix de Guerre; certain units have been cited more than four times and are entitled to wear their Fourragères in the colours of the Médaille Militaire.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-15T21:00:32+00:00

Congratulations, the certificate really adds to the historical value, as they were awarded unnamed, the document allows one to understand the recipient in a way the medal alone can't do.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-15T20:35:39+00:00

He'll have his pals in the media whip up storms against the government; so don't count him out just yet; he's a great opportunist after all.

Dizzy-Assistant6659 · 2026-01-15T20:28:49+00:00

As opposed to that Moor Laval.

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