Mongolia Border Guard Badges

[Ed_Haynes]

There hasn't been much focused discussion of these (to me at least) very confusing badges.

Could we start some? Please??

Just to start it off, here is what my notes have on types and such details. I am sure these need MUCH help.

Type 1 (E01, numbered) - Low = 203/High = 945 - 1940s?

Type 2 (E02) - Low = ??/High = 1054 - 1950s?

Type 3 (E03) - 1960s?

Type 4 (heavy construction, reliev reverse, Soviet-made?)

Type 5 (E04) - 1970s?

Type 6 (E05) - 1980s?

Type 7.1 (E06, unnumbered) - 1990s?

Type 7.2 (E06, numbered) - Low = B-5/High = B-1266 - 1990s?

Edited August 7, 2006 by Ed_Haynes

[Dolf]

Ed,

These Border Guards awards is one of those subjects that I guess I really like, among other Mongolian awards, so for a while I tried to get as many different ones as I could find. Only a few missing on this category from those listed on Dr. Battushig's book. As I believe other members have some of those I'm missing (such as E 02 and/or E 03) I guess we could have almost a complete data base here. Not mentioning the NIBs, for which I also have a couple of pieces.

Starting with my E 01, S/N 927.

Dolf

[Dolf]

Now what I think it's a E 04. I could be wrong of course.

This one is serial numbered, B-491 (or what seems to be a "B").

Dolf

[Dolf]

Not sure if this is a E 05! Unlike the pic on Dr. Battushig's book, this one has a more "golden" color than a "silver" one on those four "arms"!

No S/N on this one, but just a kind of mint mark I guess.

Dolf

Edited August 7, 2006 by Dolf

[Dolf]

Another one. No S/N or mint mark. And a pinback "variation", opposed to the screwbacks posted above!

No idea if it could be a E 06. Again, unlike the pic of the E 06 on Dr. Battushig's book, this one has a "golden" look, not a "silver" one!

Dolf

[Dolf]

E 07b. MPR, for the success in the guarding, II.

Obverse:

Dolf

[Dolf]

Same, reverse.

Dolf

[Dolf]

E 07c. MPR, for the success in the guarding, III.

Obverse:

Dolf

[Dolf]

Same, reverse.

I'm missing the E 07a, never found one for sale

Dolf

[Dolf]

E 08. The Honored Border Guard. I like this one quite a lot!

Dolf

Pics replaced ? Obverse here, Reverse below.

Edited August 8, 2006 by Dolf

[Dolf]

The Doc for this one.

Inside.

Dolf

[Dolf]

Doc, cover.

Dolf

[Ed_Haynes]

Nice things, Dolf! You have launched this very nicely!!

[Dolf]

Close up of the cover.

Unfortunately my old scanner really don't like gold or silver colors!!!

Actually the letters in the real Doc are perfectly visible and very golden color!

The real color of the cover is a kind of dark brown.

Dolf

[Dolf]

Nice things, Dolf! You have launched this very nicely!!

Thanks Ed.

In fact re-reading your initial Post I was wondering if you wanted a thread containing only the first few Border Badges, kind of from E 01 to E 06, or if it's ok to post every (available) Border Badge on the E section of Dr. Battushig's book!

Please let me know. I have a few more and if it's ok I can post them later. (Dinner time now )

Dolf

[Ed_Haynes]

All border guard related stuff, please, though I do find E1-E6 to be especially interesting/confusing.

Why not call this a "Category E" thread? (Maybe we need other "category" threads too??)

[Ed_Haynes]

To give Dolf a break, here are a few others . . . .

E 14 -- 50 Years of State Security, Border and Interior Forces

[Ed_Haynes]

E 17 - 60 Years of Border Forces

[Ed_Haynes]

E 13 -- 40 Years of the Border Army

A hard one to scan!

[Ed_Haynes]

E 16-- 70 Years of Border Forces

Saw a few folks at the UB airport still wearing this one.

[Dolf]

These are some of the next ones I intended to post after dinner

I have a couple of "variations" of E 14, will post later + a few others

Dolf

[Dolf]

Reverse of E 08 posted above on Post #10.

Dolf

[Dolf]

E 09. The Chief of the Border Guard.

Dolf

[Dolf]

Another E 09.

Where the previous one has a "silver" color, this one has a yellow "golden" color, including the reverse of the Badge.

Dolf

[Dolf]

Reverse of this 2nd one posted.

Dolf