Guest Rick Research Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Small silver non "X" tractor screwback. The medal, soldered ring, and suspension all appear to be silver while the snugly fitting screw disk is not.[attachmentid=40755]Closeups[attachmentid=40756](Thanks to carelessly drawn drapery, he appears to be playing the flute on her offside armpit ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted May 25, 2006 Author Share Posted May 25, 2006 Hi Rick,Seems to have a pleasing patina... nice piece! I still haven't managed to get this type yet... with the green ribbon, etc., but hoping to soon.Love the scans... hopefully there's an Epson in our not too distant future too. Am working on it as fast as my little dollars will carry me. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 We know these medals . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 And their document . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . interior. (I am using those from the Lidias Vasilovna Shapovalona group here -- see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2735 for all.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 (edited) But what about the place, the Vystavka Dostizheny Narodnogo Khozyaystva (VDNKh) SSSR, or USSR Economic Achievements Exhibition?When I went there (with a guide much bemused as to why anyone would want to visit the place, she had last been there as a school kid in the 1960s), it was an interesting experience. The famous sculpture (shown on the medals) had been removed "for cleaning", but most thought it was gone for good. Edited October 1, 2006 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 But some inspiration was still to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Inside . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 The central exhibition hall . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . still presided over by Lenin outside . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . and reminders of the old days . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . but with cheap imported (mainly Chinese) electronics for sale inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 The fountain of friendship among the republics is still there . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . newly re-gilded . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . and many of the old republic pavilions still stand . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . seeming rather strange and nostalgic (at least to my guide), as reminders of what the USSR once included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 There were occasional displays of the old iconography of power . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . and of the old socialist realism . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . but, mostly, it was just a place for Moscow residents to go, be in the sun, shop, and only occasionally be reminded of the past . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 . . . a past that only a now-aging generation now seemed to recall, and with what mixed memories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Very interesting thread! I must confess these medals are new to me....or rather I am new to them! I will re-read and study this thread again with great interest.....Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted October 1, 2006 Author Share Posted October 1, 2006 Hi Ed,Excellent presentation! Thanks so much for sharing all these great pics! Really adds alot to those little medals some of us collect. Sure would love some of those statues for my collection. Very cool!Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 Hi all,Well, this threads been quiet for a bit. I've a couple more new additions to pop on. Not in yet... hopefully by the first of this coming week if not sooner. Photos are by Vitaly Kudinov who I've dealt with for quite some time now and who has been most helpful to me.Been wanting an example of the green and blue ribboned types and finally I've managed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hauptmann Posted January 11, 2007 Author Share Posted January 11, 2007 (edited) Just found out the green one is the small type and the blue is the larger type. Can't wait till they get here. I don't have many so far but these are, I think, a nice addition to the small set I have so far. I'm just totally hooked on these medals and hope I'm able to expand the collection down the road as well as continuing to learn more about them. Dan Edited January 11, 2007 by Hauptman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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