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Battara · 13th June 2007, 01:23 AM

Charles, you are soooo subtle....

New info: I have taken another look at the inscription and must rewrite it (I hate Gothic - can't read it whether it be in English, Spanish, German, or Tagalog

).

The corrected form is this:

"Alay ng Ramaganakan ng Rgg. Gral. 'Lukban' sa mga Pamunuan ng kaniang hokbo. Dito sa lukban ika 25 ng Agosto ng 1898."

With correction from the Gothic lettering (

), I think it now says this:

"A presentation of Ramaganakan of General Lukban from the officers of his army. Here at Lukban on August 25, 1898."

Is my translation correct? Who is Ramaganakan? Could this be the great Vincente Lukban of later PI-American war fame? Will Charles ever leave me alone about selling my Moro collection to him?

13th June 2007, 01:23 AM	#3
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,139	Charles, you are soooo subtle.... New info: I have taken another look at the inscription and must rewrite it (I hate Gothic - can't read it whether it be in English, Spanish, German, or Tagalog ). The corrected form is this: "Alay ng Ramaganakan ng Rgg. Gral. 'Lukban' sa mga Pamunuan ng kaniang hokbo. Dito sa lukban ika 25 ng Agosto ng 1898." With correction from the Gothic lettering ( ), I think it now says this: "A presentation of Ramaganakan of General Lukban from the officers of his army. Here at Lukban on August 25, 1898." Is my translation correct? Who is Ramaganakan? Could this be the great Vincente Lukban of later PI-American war fame? Will Charles ever leave me alone about selling my Moro collection to him?