tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post7759200156778011884..comments2024-02-19T03:27:48.448-08:00Comments on Musings from Antique Origins: Travancore and its Victoria Cross connectionMurali RamaVarmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08048053577294406031noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-21984007695089491982009-04-20T06:10:00.000-07:002009-04-20T06:10:00.000-07:00Dear Sid,
Thanks for your response. Please be ass...Dear Sid,<br /><br />Thanks for your response. Please be assured that I did not want to make fun of your dream or observation. May be, I took it with a little ease. <br /><br />The site on Victoria cross, http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/aahistor.htm, mentions the following:” Lord Panmure took the commission for the new medal to a firm of jewellers, Hancock's of Bruton Street, who had a high reputation for silver work. From the beginning, however, it had been decided that the new decoration would be made of base metal and the first proof which the Queen received was not at all to her taste. 'The Cross looks very well in form, but the metal is ugly; it is copper and not bronze and will look very heavy on a red coat'.”<br /><br />It is clear from the above that <br /><br />1. the medal makers were reputed for their silver work<br />2. Queen Victoria was not impressed with the metal used.<br /><br />Quite possibly, the Queen wanted the metal to be silver and not bronze as it appeared to you.<br /><br />Once again, thank you for giving food for thought.<br /><br />Kind regards,Murali RamaVarmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048053577294406031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-24713590364398154952009-04-18T21:29:00.000-07:002009-04-18T21:29:00.000-07:00Dear Murali, my reson for such posting was not mea...Dear Murali, my reson for such posting was not meant for amusement, even though you may have found it to be so.<br />I was actually questiong the origins attributed to the VC, not to mention that if my dream were to have some truth in it and as the bronze VC now fetches around $A200.000 at aucyion just imagine what a silver one the only one of its kind would be worth?Sid O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090982184111512581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-31285153478064797402009-04-18T04:03:00.000-07:002009-04-18T04:03:00.000-07:00Dear Sid,
I was very amused to see your comment a...Dear Sid,<br /><br />I was very amused to see your comment and about the dream you had. Possibly, there was some truth behind it. Freud might have interpreted the meaning of the dream in his own intellectual way. But the Indian spiritual masters as well might have had an answer. Anyway, thank you indeed for your interesting experience. Kind regards,Murali RamaVarmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048053577294406031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-89436574060043018572009-04-17T05:18:00.000-07:002009-04-17T05:18:00.000-07:00I actually believe that the origins attributed to ...I actually believe that the origins attributed to the VC are incorrect, this may sound strange but about thirty years ago I had strange dream about it's true origins, I dreamed that I saw Queen Victoria actually walking through a field hospital when all of a sudden she saw a seriously injured soldier and decide to talk with him.<br />She was actually impressed personally with his story and decided then and there she was going to create a medal for soldiers on the battlefied, the thing that actually made this dream unusual and unique is she decide that the original medal was to be cast in silver and not the conventional bronze, if this dream was not real then why was the dream so vivid?Sid O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090982184111512581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-61719411395542589782008-08-28T02:28:00.000-07:002008-08-28T02:28:00.000-07:00Thanks, AT Sir. It was gratifying to know that the...Thanks, AT Sir. It was gratifying to know that the article was of some interest.Murali RamaVarmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048053577294406031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-10058997978562217772008-08-27T11:27:00.000-07:002008-08-27T11:27:00.000-07:00This is an excellent piece as most of your posts a...This is an excellent piece as most of your posts are. I must also compliment you on your research skills.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13391953993560698130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-38407004993105923562008-08-17T00:08:00.000-07:002008-08-17T00:08:00.000-07:00Thanks, Kariyachan. It is heartening that a youngs...Thanks, Kariyachan. It is heartening that a youngster from Kerala sitting in far away South Africa enjoys these write-ups.Murali RamaVarmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048053577294406031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24444408.post-21895826747788911202008-08-15T08:27:00.000-07:002008-08-15T08:27:00.000-07:00Really informative and interesting .. not many peo...Really informative and interesting .. not many people know about these important yet unknown facts and figures.. especilly in a historical perspective. <BR/><BR/>Excellent posts, I have nothing else to say!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com