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    Thanks to all for the confirmation of these pieces - any explinations for the production of the 'starback' and the 'displaced ring'?

    They are just variations, Charles, different makers, slightly different production methods, i suppose. Yours is btw, (congrats :beer: ) the new lowest observed number. Former lowest observed was 180.195 :jumping:

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    QUOTE(Gerd Becker @ Jul 11 2007, 14:52 ) Come on, guys, there must be more out there.

    Be careful, when you stick them together in a box, they breed speechless1.gif

    Hi all,

    As Gerd says... they tend to breed. Here's a group shot which includes my 1st's (hope ya'll don't mind):

    I actually did a few of these in reverse order by accident but basically the top three from left to right are 85 issues, then a WWII 1st.

    Next row is a WWII 2nd followed by an original/fake. It's been posted before as it was previously owned by Order of Victory who was gracious enough to make a gift of it to me along with other pieces over time (Thanks my friend! cheers.gif ). It's a WWII issue but has been "converted" to a type 1 variation 3. A shame as we'll now never know the original history. But all in all a very nice display piece until I can get an original (knock on wood).

    Next row are my 2nd class 85's and last but not least a couple of rows of Umalatova 2nds.

    And I figured I'd pop in a couple of shots of the converted 2nd in it's case that I made for it. It was a case I got along with several Bulgarian cases, all with blank exteriors (no incriptions). I'd seen pics of an original 2nd t 1 v 3 cased in what looked like an identical case so decided to copy it. So with a bit of felt, white ribbon for the pull tab, light cardboard and a few minutes to cut it all out and fit it this is what I ended up with:

    Not half bad if I say so myself. I really think it looks great cased. And for those purists out there, not to worry. In about a 10th of a second I pull out the base and the case is just as it was... nothing ruined or permanently altered. biggrin.gif

    So there's the family... ever growing... breeding like rabbits. tongue.gifbeer.gif

    Dan cheers.gif

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    Gentlemen,

    I am a bit reluctant to post this piece because it has a replacement suspension and the prong on the reverse is missing. Perhaps it is one of those unfortunates that were converted to a screw back and then back to suspension. Yes, there is also some enamel repair.

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