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Battery Grip , USB card reader , Remote shutter , 2 Cf memory cards and a new lense ( 2nd hd ) 35mm 1.4 Sigma art
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New month, new gun, purchased a P365 X Macro. Pics to come in the firearm thread soon enough.
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Spotted this last weekend in Targu-Mures at the Collectors Fair so treated myself.
Italian WW1 Veterans lapel insignia, the enameled colored bars denote his medal awards.
Size :- 38mm x 20mm not bad for 30 Euro.
Identification of awards starting at the top proceeding down.
1. Unknown for the moment.
2. The Italian War Merit Cross (Croce al Merito di Guerra) was instituted by the King Victor Emanuel III in 1918, and was awarded to members of the armed forces with a minimum of one year’s service who had been in contact with the enemy, or to those who, when mentioned for war merit, received a promotion.
If an act of valour was deemed insufficient for the Medal of Military Valour, the War Merit Cross could be awarded instead.
From its institution until 30 May 1927, 1,034,924 Crosses were issued.
The Italian War Merit Cross Design.
The War Merit Cross is made in bronze, it measures 38mm wide (1-1/2 inches) and has a blue ribbon. A second award was indicated by a bronze star on the ribbon. The reverse side of the medal bears a 5-pointed star on a background of rays, and the obverse shows the royal cypher (“VE III” under a crown) in the upper arm, with the words “MERITO DI GVERRA” (War Merit) on the horizontal arms and a Roman sword point upwards, on oak leaves, in the lower arm.
3. The War Medal 1915-1918 (or Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918) is an Italian medal instituted on 29 July 1920 and awarded for participation in WW1 – or service during and immediately after World War I in the national territory of Italy, in the Dodecanese, in Albania, Syria, and Palestine.
The medal replaced a previous ribbon bar that had been introduced on 21 May 1916 and was awarded for one year of service in a war zone. When the medal replaced the ribbon bar, a number of new bars were attached to the ribbon according to the recipient’s service. The bars were covered in laurel leaves and could be:
1915
1916
1917
1918
Albania 1919
Albania 1920
Approximately 1,800,000 War Medal 1915-1918 medals were awarded.
The War Medal 1915-1918 Design -
The medal is circular and struck in bronze.
The obverse shows the helmeted head of King Victor Emanuel II. Around the rim is the inscription “GVERRA PER L’VNITA D’ITALIA 1915 1918” (“War for the Unity of Italy“). The reverse bears the figure of an upright Victory standing on shields born by two soldiers. Around the rim is the inscription “CONIATA ‘NEL BRONZO NEMICO” (“Made from enemy bronze“).
The ribbon has alternating thin stripes of green, white, and red.
4. Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy, 1848-1870.
After the end of the First World War with the conquest of Trentino and Trieste, King Vittorio Emanuele III considered the reunification of the peninsula under the Kingdom of Italy complete and decided to "refound" the medal. It was thus promulgated the Royal Decree 19 January 1922, n. 1229, with which he extended the authorization to bear the medal established by King Umberto I with the Royal Decree 26 April 1883, n. 1294, to all the fighters who were or would have been granted the commemorative medal of the war 1915-1918 for the accomplishment of the Unification of Italy (the one "minted in enemy bronze"), referred to in Royal Decree no. 1241 of 29 July 1920.
The new medal therefore had characteristics similar to that of 1883, also with regard to the founding concept; the effigy of King Umberto I was changed with that of King Vittorio Emanuele III, the dating of the period of the years of the unification of Italy, "1848-1918" instead of "1848-1870" and metal, bronze instead of silver.
The authorization took the form of a sort of stamp, printed by casa Benvenuto Cellini (C B C), which was sent by the Ministry of War and which, to be valid, had to be "(...) applied on the patent of the medal of the 1915-1918 campaign'.
The ribbon, for all types of medals, was composed of the Italian tricolor: in the center a green band of 13 mm with two white bands of 6 mm on the sides and then two red bands of 6 mm.
The founding decree was repealed in 2010
5. The Allied Victory Medal Italian Design.
The Victory Medal measures 36 millimeters (1.4 in) in diameter and its obverse was designed by William McMillan. The design and ribbon was adopted by Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Siam, Union of South Africa and the USA.
The Italian medal’s design was done via public competition, which was won by Gaetano Orsolini. His design features the ‘Victory on a triumphal chariot, with the torch of liberty, drawn by four yoked lions’.
The obverse of the medal shows the winged, full-length, full-front, figure of ‘Victory‘ with her left arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand.
The 39 millimeters (1.5 in) wide watered ribbon has an iridescent color scheme, (aka Rainbow ribbon) with the violet moving through to a central red stripe where both schemes meet. It attaches to the medal through a ring suspender.
Italian WW1 Veterans lapel insignia, the enameled colored bars denote his medal awards.
Size :- 38mm x 20mm not bad for 30 Euro.
Identification of awards starting at the top proceeding down.
1. Unknown for the moment.
2. The Italian War Merit Cross (Croce al Merito di Guerra) was instituted by the King Victor Emanuel III in 1918, and was awarded to members of the armed forces with a minimum of one year’s service who had been in contact with the enemy, or to those who, when mentioned for war merit, received a promotion.
If an act of valour was deemed insufficient for the Medal of Military Valour, the War Merit Cross could be awarded instead.
From its institution until 30 May 1927, 1,034,924 Crosses were issued.
The Italian War Merit Cross Design.
The War Merit Cross is made in bronze, it measures 38mm wide (1-1/2 inches) and has a blue ribbon. A second award was indicated by a bronze star on the ribbon. The reverse side of the medal bears a 5-pointed star on a background of rays, and the obverse shows the royal cypher (“VE III” under a crown) in the upper arm, with the words “MERITO DI GVERRA” (War Merit) on the horizontal arms and a Roman sword point upwards, on oak leaves, in the lower arm.
3. The War Medal 1915-1918 (or Commemorative Medal for the Italo-Austrian War 1915–1918) is an Italian medal instituted on 29 July 1920 and awarded for participation in WW1 – or service during and immediately after World War I in the national territory of Italy, in the Dodecanese, in Albania, Syria, and Palestine.
The medal replaced a previous ribbon bar that had been introduced on 21 May 1916 and was awarded for one year of service in a war zone. When the medal replaced the ribbon bar, a number of new bars were attached to the ribbon according to the recipient’s service. The bars were covered in laurel leaves and could be:
1915
1916
1917
1918
Albania 1919
Albania 1920
Approximately 1,800,000 War Medal 1915-1918 medals were awarded.
The War Medal 1915-1918 Design -
The medal is circular and struck in bronze.
The obverse shows the helmeted head of King Victor Emanuel II. Around the rim is the inscription “GVERRA PER L’VNITA D’ITALIA 1915 1918” (“War for the Unity of Italy“). The reverse bears the figure of an upright Victory standing on shields born by two soldiers. Around the rim is the inscription “CONIATA ‘NEL BRONZO NEMICO” (“Made from enemy bronze“).
The ribbon has alternating thin stripes of green, white, and red.
4. Commemorative Medal of the Unity of Italy, 1848-1870.
After the end of the First World War with the conquest of Trentino and Trieste, King Vittorio Emanuele III considered the reunification of the peninsula under the Kingdom of Italy complete and decided to "refound" the medal. It was thus promulgated the Royal Decree 19 January 1922, n. 1229, with which he extended the authorization to bear the medal established by King Umberto I with the Royal Decree 26 April 1883, n. 1294, to all the fighters who were or would have been granted the commemorative medal of the war 1915-1918 for the accomplishment of the Unification of Italy (the one "minted in enemy bronze"), referred to in Royal Decree no. 1241 of 29 July 1920.
The new medal therefore had characteristics similar to that of 1883, also with regard to the founding concept; the effigy of King Umberto I was changed with that of King Vittorio Emanuele III, the dating of the period of the years of the unification of Italy, "1848-1918" instead of "1848-1870" and metal, bronze instead of silver.
The authorization took the form of a sort of stamp, printed by casa Benvenuto Cellini (C B C), which was sent by the Ministry of War and which, to be valid, had to be "(...) applied on the patent of the medal of the 1915-1918 campaign'.
The ribbon, for all types of medals, was composed of the Italian tricolor: in the center a green band of 13 mm with two white bands of 6 mm on the sides and then two red bands of 6 mm.
The founding decree was repealed in 2010
5. The Allied Victory Medal Italian Design.
The Victory Medal measures 36 millimeters (1.4 in) in diameter and its obverse was designed by William McMillan. The design and ribbon was adopted by Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Siam, Union of South Africa and the USA.
The Italian medal’s design was done via public competition, which was won by Gaetano Orsolini. His design features the ‘Victory on a triumphal chariot, with the torch of liberty, drawn by four yoked lions’.
The obverse of the medal shows the winged, full-length, full-front, figure of ‘Victory‘ with her left arm extended and holding a palm branch in her right hand.
The 39 millimeters (1.5 in) wide watered ribbon has an iridescent color scheme, (aka Rainbow ribbon) with the violet moving through to a central red stripe where both schemes meet. It attaches to the medal through a ring suspender.
Ready to print and it hasn't even shipped.
Has logos. Incscape, Fussion 360, Tinkercad, Prusa slicer. Trickiest thing was in the Prusa slicer raising parts in the z axis (perpendicular). Took several hours of googling to find out, had the add the part by right clicking on the object then select the file. Several videos all selected the part from the add the part icon in the top bar and they seemed to do it just fine. Otherwise it is pretty simple for any noob. There is always one little thing though.
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Two pads for the Black Hunter bows from China that have made traditional archery/hunting bows cheap for everyone. But they come out with these stick on felt pads that somehow creep along the surface and form a clump of felt between the limb and riser planar..not good.
The Tinkercad is so easy I feel dirty using it. I imagine after the next AI infusion this stuff will get simpler though it is pretty simple now. Just make it on tinker and export an STL file ..money.
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the slogan was all the rage back in the 1970's & 80's.
Now to get a bit of Velcro on it.
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New tripod ...this morning before work ..
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Picked this Israeli Orlite kevlar M76 helmet for the collection was on offer on Facebook Market place here in Romania for 40 Euro.
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Seen this in WHS ,
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I don't do much buying, only thing note worthy for me is another LED small flash light because I dropped my other one and it pretty much crumbled up internally due to the plastic being very porous. Not like real plastic but a fake plastic and of course it came from china. It worked well and the battery life is super long due to the low power LED and the reflector bulb holder. I need one due to the constant power outs here in La. Just normal rains and the power could go off for hours. I have never understood why they can't enact a law that forbid trees close enough to power lines they can take down hundreds of thousands of homes during bad weather. They were spending 14 million a year here about 10 years ago to keep the trees trimmed. I suspect they have smooched the goose the past few years and illegally spent it on something else.
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Bought a new bag as one of the straps on my other bag ..scoobied.
Saved near 200 on it
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This mornings buys before work .
2 batteries , 3 memory cards , 3 flashdrives , battery / card holder , phone charger, portable charger and new peeler
2 batteries , 3 memory cards , 3 flashdrives , battery / card holder , phone charger, portable charger and new peeler
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I recently got a new pack myself, for plane carryon and traveling use only. Haley Strategic FlatPack in disruptive grey to be the grey man.
FlatPack
The FlatPack is a purpose-built assaulter pack with over 8-years of direct-action experience in the hands of U.S. and NATO Special Operations Forces. The distinctive zippered expansion system enables the FlatPack to convert from nearly flat when compressed to an additional 150% of storage volume...
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The JAWA 250cc 1955 has been in the family in cardboard boxes or in an otherwise undriveable state for a while and since my father didn't want it in his name, I did the paperwork and became the first official owner since the 1960's
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