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Old 16th Dec 2017, 10:15
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Interesting Teeters, I met an old chum called Tim Jones from my rockape days at a black tie reunion. I was sporting my single GSM miniature from Aden where Tim and I both served, but was rather outshone by his row of 6 or 7 which included the two you mention, as well as several other blingy looking things from the same sandy region.

Re coronation and jubilee medals, anyone who watched this year's Cenotaph parade will have seen Bill Speakman wearing his VC group, which includes the "full set" of 1953 Coronation Medal, QSJM, QGSM and QDJM.

Re Payne VC's group, I think I counted 24. I used to do medal mounting but always "sub contracted" court mounting to a mate, as I found it such a fiddle. Obviously Payne's have been mounted for display, but trying to mount a group of 24 with sufficient overlap to enable them to be worn without looking like Kenny Everett's US general would be a bit of a nightmare!

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