Bill Garvy

Here are three examples for comparison all 2nd variation (5 rivets). 83708 94090 105074 This dilettante hypothesizes differences in observable characteristics of the mint stamping are due to the utilization of different stamps.

An authentic piece would fetch many times the amount of the auction...

Document for the Medal & Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Vasiliy Nikolayevich Paskaryuk on May 22nd, 1985 by the Secretary of the Donetsk Oblast. Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Perperva on December 28th, 1977 by the Kherson Region dated January 12th, 1978. Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Valentine Kazimirovich Katarskiy on April 4th, 1986 by the Dnipropetrovsk Region dated April 10th, 1986. Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Anatoliy Vasilievich Miniaylo on May 27th, 1983 by the Chelyabinsk County Council. Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Artur Alekseevich Filippov on November 28th, 1990 by the Secretary of the Leninski Regional Council of Poltava, Ukraine, Zhurbenko. Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Nikolai Ivanovich Potapov on October 1st, 1984 by the Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (ACCP), L. Batmanov. Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Anatoliy Ivanovich Zetek (?) on January 6th, 1969 by the Secretary of the City Council, Krivoi-Rog, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, Serial #032633.

Documents & medals group of Nikolai Grigor’yervich Reznichenko Document and Medal for the Restoration of the Black Metal Enterprises of the South dated September 27th, 1950 by the Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee of Dnipropetrovs’k, Serial #106069 Order Book (#D448345) dated February 6th, 1953 for Medal for Distinguished Labor, unnumbered

Document for the Medal Rescue of a Drowning Person issued to Nikolai Ivanovich Klimchak dated February 5th, 1963 by the Vice-Chairman of the Regional Executive Council of Tulchyn (Vinnytsia Region), Kushnir, Serial #001732.

Mikuláš, many thanks for posting you treasures, save the Nakhimov. The Badges of Honor and Red Banner of Labor appear genuine.

Honored Railway Employee, #77629, 1946 Honored Railway Employee, #9920, 1940 Honored Railway Employee, #9578, 1940 Honored Railway Employee, #61218, 1946

Documents group of Mikhail Ivanovich Naida Document for the Medal Restoration of the Black Metal Enterprises of the South dated July 15th, 1950 by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kryvyi Rig Council of Labor Deputies, Kalinichenko, Serial #275422 Order Book (#G850315) dated December 27th, 1954, Order of the Red Banner of Labor, #313828, December 5th, 1954 Document for the Medal Labor Victory dated June 20th, 1946 by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kryvyi Rig Council, Fedorov, Serial #Zh0021581 Document for the Medal 30th Anniversary of Victory, Labor, dated July 25th, 1975 by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kryvyi Rig Council Document for the Medal 40th Anniversary of Victory, Labor, dated May 29th, 1985 by the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Kryvyi Rig Council Photograph back-signed “To my dear Mother, for memory, from son, March 15th, 1952, Mikhail” Official answer from the magazine "Exploration and Protection of Mineral Resources" on his article "To the question on the requirements for prospecting the iron ore deposits in relation to the development of new horizons and mine construction "- to be rejected due to absence of a specificity and large volume of the article, by Vice-Editor I. Molchanov

Honored Railway Employee, #28559, 1944

Thank you, and especially for your refinement of the translation. Here is Honored Railway Employee, #62382, 1946.

Cased "Shukhrat" Medal #130345 Cased "Shukhrat" Medal #144594 136724. . . 047642. . . Documents group of Mikhail Andreevich Khlopov Document for the Uzbek Medal, “Jasorat”, and Medal dated May 6th, 1994, Serial #037639. Document for the Medal and Medal (Uzbek/Russian) for the 50th Anniversary of Victory dated April 20th, 1995, Serial #127337. Uzbek Medal “Jasorat” #47976 Uzbek Medal “Jasorat” #016903

Honored Railway Employee, #54909, with document dated May 23rd, 1945 issued to NKVD Major G. K. Pavkin, Senior Operational Commissioner of the Department of Transportation Support of the NKVD of the Ryazan-Ural Railway (Старший Оперативный Уполномоченный Отдел Транспортного Обеспечения HKBD РУР Ж.Д. - Рязано-Уральской железной дороги), “For the successful implementation of the plan for loading and unloading.”

Thank you, Joel & Nick, the sets displayed are incomplete, missing the large certificate and boxes for the award and documents. As I have heard it said, if I have to ask how much it costs, I can't afford it, or words to that effect. Here is the documents set without the Order to Eve Iosifovna Gaychene/Gaychenya Large Certificate for the Title of Mother Heroine dated July 19th, 1979 Order Book (#A297220) for the Title & Order of Mother Heroine (#295706) dated July 19th, 1979

Thanks, Paul, it does have a lot of character and a nice patina...