paddywhack

no worries on th OoF!im kinda moving on my non combat orders so although i really did love it,it was abit out of place surrounded by red stars PWs and my nevsky and lenin!!! but i got a nice few ribbon bars of noor for it,so everyone got a great deal!!hope you enjoy it as much as i did! and was that doc on the history channel? if so id say it will be repeated no worries!! :beer:

oh and going by echos of war i reckon this was awarded near-ish the end of 43! (im sure some other very nice forum member will get that down to a region and a month!!! )

will the bubble burst on soviet prices? probably not! EVERY year i see thread after thread on how third reich prices are set to crash and as of yet they haven't! same for the soviet stuff HOWEVER the current economic climate could well see alot of people selling off there orders,finding they cant get the price they want and dropping the price!it might might not happen!as for the red star!at the current rate yeah that pretty good i think!over here in dublin expect to pay E150 for 7 digit one!!!!!

iv seen that before and good documentary! havent a clue about the russian fed awards though!!! :beer:

"During period of counterattack by German forces against the 150th Guard Rifle Regiment he skillfully arranged to block any effort that would lead to the possibility of panic." you just KNOW he was one of those officers standing shooting anyone who even thought about retreating as the Germans steamrolled over these troops!

Iv picked up one two nice things over the last year but sometimes you do have to dig for em!but i mainly go for the books and meeting up with other collectors!

i was the last ower of this baby and traded with noor there today! the quality of this is just what got me i bought this as a fake and traded as a fake but i mean the detail is amazing!! thanks for the replies though!!(still amazed at how good a fake it is,very scary!!) :beer:

actually over on WAF im trying to get a few people together to go to this so if your round team canada give me a shout and im sure can show you round the place and get a few cheeky pints in to!! all good!! as for irish stuff really depends what your looking for! i can tell you the places in dublin where they sell militaria (??) if your looking for a 1916 medal youd have to wait till an auction or till another collector want to part with his and but expect to pay BBIIIIIGGGG money for it!!

thanks for that! iv always wanted to know what they were! mad how many of the chemicla badges seem to have turned up!were they a common award pre ww2? :beer:

is that yours? now that would mad ifyou owned that!!! nice one on the id though!!! :beer:

from what im told hers a general of aviation!(wish i could find his name again!!! )

is that the cross strap belt being worn on the ed harris look alike? and i must get the back of these scanned on!!!!

no worries and thanks for liking them as much as i do!!!!actully if anyone does know what the badges that would be great as i actully no NOTHING of pre-war soviet badges(well i mean apart from the red banner lening etc!!! ) thanks again! :beer:

Thanks for relies!i love these pics and have no intention of selling them either!but i always wondered who these guys were and what happened to them!sadly nothing good should i shouldn't wonder!also sadly thats all i have!pity but im happy just to have them! :-)

and the last sadly! tank and infantry brothers me thinks! one looks like he has an officers academy badge on him!! hope you like them all! :beer:

pilot!!! nothing mad interesting but still nice!!

not sure what section of service but id say infantry!!

arty guy?

brothers?

well re-found these in a folder in my archive section on my pc so i thought you might like em!! these are all my early soviet pics i picked up in Dublin around 2001/2 (aahh the good old day!!)hope you like em!!

what did he do to get it awarded?!!

yup good call on the 1985 opw! and nice one on the link i was also having trouble finding the website!! :beer:

nice badge! iv never seen a book to go with these and they(well the later ones) turn up a bit here!

well you can tell the period from the award number! i heartly recommend buying echoes of war as this will give you a good idea of when peices are awarded!very nice red star to!! :beer:

and on the boat its self! http://www.uboat.net/wwi/boats/index.html?boat=155