Stolen Valor.....and Wanna Be's
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Nutloose.....Some Brits think it was painted White to cover up fire damage from the War of 1812....but as usual they are wrong.
It was painted white to protect the Sandstone blocks used in construction of the building and was done so almost a Decade before your lot showed up in DC to carry out some urban redevelopment activities.
It is a good thing the British Military Weather forecasting service improved in time for D-Day...as it sure wasn't up to snuff back then.
Nice try Amigo....but no Cigar.
It was painted white to protect the Sandstone blocks used in construction of the building and was done so almost a Decade before your lot showed up in DC to carry out some urban redevelopment activities.
It is a good thing the British Military Weather forecasting service improved in time for D-Day...as it sure wasn't up to snuff back then.
Nice try Amigo....but no Cigar.
The exterior walls were constructed of sandstone quarried from Aquia Creek quarry in Stafford VA.
The presidential structure was painted white in 1798, (16 years before the White House was burned) in order to protect the sandstone from damage caused by water and winter freezes.
The name "White House" did not become official until Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order in 1901, although there are many references to "the White House" that predate the war of 1812.
The British did not burn the White house until 1814 in retaliation for some buildings burned by American troops in Canada during the war of 1812.
The presidential structure was painted white in 1798, (16 years before the White House was burned) in order to protect the sandstone from damage caused by water and winter freezes.
The name "White House" did not become official until Theodore Roosevelt issued an executive order in 1901, although there are many references to "the White House" that predate the war of 1812.
The British did not burn the White house until 1814 in retaliation for some buildings burned by American troops in Canada during the war of 1812.
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Nutloose.....Some Brits think it was painted White to cover up fire damage from the War of 1812....but as usual they are wrong.
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Wearing the Queen's uniform on the stage in the UK is not allowed so one of the easiest ways around that used to be to turn the ribbons upside down.
Had a great uncle's Siege of Mafeking medal, (not to be confused with the much wider issued Relief of Mafeking medal), Spinks in London valued it at auction at GBP350-400, fortunately two collectors wanted it and it went for GBP1250.00. (Spinks checked the provenance out and that is how I found out it had been awarded posthumously). As TTN says, the collectors get the good ones!
"We used to dream of six or nine years" - eighteen years in my time, nothing less!
In the price list of medals no mention of of the GSM'62 with clasp Radfan, won't be selling it, just curious.
Had a great uncle's Siege of Mafeking medal, (not to be confused with the much wider issued Relief of Mafeking medal), Spinks in London valued it at auction at GBP350-400, fortunately two collectors wanted it and it went for GBP1250.00. (Spinks checked the provenance out and that is how I found out it had been awarded posthumously). As TTN says, the collectors get the good ones!
Sort of devalues it for those that did the full 9 to find it's now 6 years
In the price list of medals no mention of of the GSM'62 with clasp Radfan, won't be selling it, just curious.
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In the price list of medals no mention of of the GSM'62 with clasp Radfan, won't be selling it, just curious.
The complete list prices for the GSM clasps is:
GSM 62
£70-80 Borneo
£90-120 Radfan
£60-100 South Arabia
£65-90 Malaya Peninsula
"Rare" South Vietnam
£60-85 NI
£170-225 Dhofar
£800-900 Lebanon
£1600-1800 Mine Clearance Gulf of Suez
£240-280 Gulf
£400-450 Kuwait
£350-450 N Iraq & S Turkey
£350-450 Air Ops Iraq
2 Clasps £80-120
3 Clasps £150-180
4 Clasps £220-280 (Guess these prices depend on the actual clasp combinations)
