Collectors’ Marketplace March-April 2007

OMSA tnetnbers can place a classified advertisetnent for $10.00

per each six-line unit or fraction thereof with a lbnit of twelve

lines. Ads over twelve lines will be computed at display ad rates.

Send advertising copy directly to the Advertising Manager no

later than 45 days prior to the first day of the month of the two-

month date of the issue. For example, advertising for the May-

June issue is due at the Advertising Manager by the 15th of

March. The Journal is mailed on the 15th day of the first month

of each bimonthly issue, i.e. on 15 January for the January-

February issue, etc. Please consider this mailing schedule when

placing any time-sensitive advertising.

NOTICE: OMSA policy states that it is unethical to reproduce

or knowingly sell or trade reproductions, copies, or fakes of orders,

decorations, or medals unless they are clearly identified as such.

Moreover, any person who purchases an order, decoration, or

medal in response to an advertisement in the Journal may return

it for a full refund within 45 days from the date of purchase

upon presentation to the advertiser of a reasonable claim that

the itetn was not as stated in the advertisement.

POLISH BOOKS AND MILITARIA BOOKS FOR SALE, POLISH ORDERS, MEDALS, BADGES AND INSIGNIA, 1705-1985, $50 Postage US, $5, foreign $25. ORDER OF THE VIRTUTI MILITARI AND ITS CAVALIERS, 1792- 1992, soft cover $50, hard cover $75, US postage $5, foreign

$25. www.wwdir.com/polishbk.html

POLISH MILITARIA COLLECTION FOR SALE. Orders,

Medals, badges and insignia from 1914-2000. Originals and

replicas, 2,000 item collection. All guaranteed as described or

money refunded minus postage, www.polishmilitaria.com

email, zwesolowsk@aol.com. Prof. Dr. Zdzislaw P.

Wesolowski, OMSA 2910, Colonel, South Carolina State Guard

Reserve Captain, U.S. Air Force Reserve, Retired, PO Box

291465, Davie, FL 33329. Paypal payments are also accepted,

please use email address, zwesolowsk@aol.com

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WANTED: U.S. World War 1 Distinguished Service Cross

Groups, DSC’S Documents, Cases, ETC. Please contact

John Korompilas, Post Office Box 2004, Folsom, CA 95763

Telephone: (916)761-5851, email: jkorompilas@abcglobal.net

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WANTED: Eagle Scout medals that you would like to donate or sell. I am the Eagle Scout Candidate counselor looking to make a display of the medal from 1913 to 2006 to show the potential Eagle Scouts the difference in the medal over time. Alvin Friedman, Post Office Box 28670, San Diego, CA

92198-0670; Phone (858) 487-4900, Cell # (858) 775-0426 [58:2]

FOR SALE: Complete Collection of: "The Medal Collector"

& "JOMSA" from 1949 to date. Bulletins plus many extras

incl. indexes, convention programs, & convention give-a-ways,

etc. Years 1951-71 are hard bound. 1972 to date are all loose

copies in Perfect Condition. Probably the nicest collection in

the Society. Taking offers, best offer takes all. I promise you"

be happy with collection. Call Roger, (619) 280-8089.

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Join online at www.money.org.

Call 800-514-COIN to join or request an application.

AMERICAN NUMISMATIC ASSOCIATION 818 N. Cascade Ave. o Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3279

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OMRS PUBLICATIONS

The Air Efficiency Award 1942-2005-A History and a Nominal Roll of British and Commonwealth Recipients by Christopher Brooks (2006). 434 pages, 155mm x 234mm, casebound with a colour jacket. ISBN 0-9539207-3-9.

This new illustrated work includes full details of the initial design debate, criteria for award, colour plates of some famous medal groups, and rolls listing over 10,500 recipients.

French Campaign Medals of The Great War 1914-1918 by Chris Rippingale (2005). 89 pages,

155mm X 234mm, casebound with a colour jacket. ISBN 0-9539207-2-0.

This work in English has numerous colour medal illustrations, narratives of the French battles that generated a commemorative medal, pictures of battle sites, and colour maps.

NO’~~ COMPLAINT

OR FAILURE

No Complaint or Failure - The Commissariat and Transport Services in Egypt and The Soudan, 1882-89 by MarkA. Reid (2004). 186 pages, 155ram x 234mm, casebound with a colour jacket. ISBN 0-9539207-1-2.

This book has campaign narratives, some recipient portraits, a map, a central colour section and the two relevant annotated medal rolls.

To order any of the above limited editions, each at £ 19.95 including postage world-wide, send either a sterling cheque payable to ’OMRS’ and drawn on a UK bank, or full credit/debit or Amex card details, to:

The General Secretary, OMRS, PO Box 1904, SOUTHAM, CV47 2ZX, England

OMRS members may also order and pay using credit and debit cards via ’Society Sales’ in the ’Members Only’ area of the

Society website: www.omrs.org.uk

~ M E D~,’L-M EDAILLE WWW. M EDAL-M EDAILLE.COM

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Chelsea, London

SW3 4PW Tel/fax: +44 (0)207 352 0308

email: richard @ chelseamilitaria.com website: www.chelseamilitaria.com

Quarterly lists available. Send $2 for complimentary copy.

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