#1198846 - Mon Jun 18 2018 08:42 AM
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Mainstay
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 Earlier today I was preparing and cleaning my medals and badges for next weekend's Armed Forces Day celebrations, when this little gem turned up. Presented to members of the Society of Archers, of which I am one, in 2008 to commemorate the 300th recorded occasion of the 'Scorton Silver Arrow', this solid silver badge is one of only 300 in the world and, as the die from which it was struck was destroyed immediately after production, the likelihood of obtaining another is so remote as to be impossible. The rose in the centre is a representation of the White Rose of Yorkshire; it was in the small village of Scorton in the county that the Silver Arrow competition took place in 1673. The Society of Archers, the holders of this unique event, claim that the 'Scorton Silver Arrow' is the oldest recorded organised sporting event in the world.
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#1198869 - Mon Jun 18 2018 01:42 PM
Re: June 2018 - Photo-a-day
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Multiloquent
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Thanks for the history, sisterseagull! Have you added the silver arrow to your other accomplishments?
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#1198946 - Tue Jun 19 2018 03:21 PM
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P1000725_v1Google thinks this is a thistle. I think it's a salsify, but I'm not sure. It's neither of those things. I have been scratching my head over what it was for ages and then I fell over one in my garden yesterday. I would have ripped it out because over here they're regarded as weeds but bees and hoverflies love them so I left it where it is. Anyway, I remembered the name... it's a knapweed, a black knapweed, Latin name Centaurea nigra.
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#1198975 - Wed Jun 20 2018 05:39 AM
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Thanks, flopsy! Here's a fresco from St. Minas cathedral in Irakleon, Crete. 
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#1198992 - Wed Jun 20 2018 09:52 AM
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Multiloquent
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Nice! Which one is which?
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#1198994 - Wed Jun 20 2018 10:19 AM
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Registered: Tue Aug 16 2011
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 I hope Flopsymopsy doesn't mind, but as I was posting my partners Great War medals, I thought I might post this image of those that I was awarded during my service. On the left is the familiar GSM 1962, the General Service Medal with the 'Northern Ireland' clasp, that was awarded for operational service in the province during the period known as 'The Troubles'. I completed a total of 8 tours in the province over a period of 15 years with my own regiments, the Devon and Dorsets (3) and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (1), and as an attached member of the Black Watch, the King's Own Royal Border Regiment, the Staffordshire Regiment and the Light Infantry (1 with each) which then qualified me a number of years later for the award seen on the right. The medal on the right is the ACSM, the Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, which was awarded for long campaign service. My award was instituted in 1994 (after I had left the services) and differs from the later version by having the single orange stripe on the ribbon; the later 2011 award has two orange stripes and differing qualifying criteria. The badge underneath is the official Armed Forces Veteran's Badge which was awarded to all veterans by the Secretary of State for Defence.
Edited by sisterseagull (Wed Jun 20 2018 10:21 AM)
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#1198995 - Wed Jun 20 2018 10:42 AM
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Heh, I shall have to speak to you, Sisterseagull. Tsk! Consider it done.
I wish I could take a photo of my dad's medals, given that he served throughout WWI (Gallipoli, Jutland, to name two biggies), then he was at Archangel, Palestine... Apart from the usual WWI Navy medals, he also had the Meritorious Service Medal, awarded for gallantry when the British rescued some White Russians during the Revolution.
Sadly, after Dad died, my brother put on his pompous "I'm the only manchild" act and his "I was in the Navy too" act and took Dad's medals away with him. And naturally as my mother's favourite (only) son, he got away with it. After my brother died, I asked his widow what had happened to Dad's medals. Turned out that shortly after my brother "rescued" them from the rest of us, their house was burgled and the medals disappeared. Naturally he didn't bother to tell us or try to get replacements. Gah!
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#1199032 - Wed Jun 20 2018 07:19 PM
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My grandfather was in the army in WWI - but I know nothing about his service. We don't have any decorations to show for it, though. (We did have an empty grenade and a gas mask. Both of which probably got lost when my parents retired.)
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#1199646 - Mon Jun 25 2018 07:35 PM
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Amazing sunset! The waterslide at Stourbridge leisure centre. 
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#1199651 - Mon Jun 25 2018 08:54 PM
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Thank you, satguru. CmdrK, I much prefer being above that cloud than below it...
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