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    1. The biggest give away on these not being right are the numbers as pointed out by another member - they always look wrong like this on the copies as opposed to the clearly stamped imperial ones ( even if the medals are worn down) - this is also why you see so-called 'rare' versions with different sized numbers used (purely for the fact that the fakers aren't able to get hold of the corect size & style ones). A lot of 1st & 2nd class St.George crosses appeared on the market about 20 years ago, the funniest thing was that they had all been cast from the same originals & therefore all had the same numbers :speechless:
    2. Just in case anyone looks back at this, the photo is of some Cossack 'djigits' or trick-riders. The badges are Lemnos crosses as most of the cossacks (particularly Kuban) were dumped there after the Civil War. The djigit groups were very popular between the wars & enabled many of the cossacks to get gainful employment. I hope this helps!
    3. Personally I wouldn't touch these with the proverbial bargepole! :D
    4. Looks fine to me, just not standard issue - look at the cloak on St.George, more typical of the type used in the Civil War.
    5. Very nice pictures & some different ones to the memorial album that was printed of his funeral!
    6. I think you possibly missed the point Kustik is making - the Don army crosses have a completely different style of St.George on the front if you take a look at the link to the images he posted for you to see. The White Armies just used up old stocks of WWI crosses & then went on to the re-designed ones starting again with new numbering & no numbering at all on many. I hate to say it but the version you have is not right at all, I have handled hundreds of these over the years, from early Imperial Russian ones in museums & private collections to Civil War ones. I inherited many from my own family too, when they get tarnished they have a deep shiny colour, not a dull finish - this is the effect of 'ageing' that was common on the copies coming out of Russia & Poland in the last 20 years. Sorry!
    7. Very nice images, particularly of the Kononov crosses. The one comparing to the 1970's is interesting as somewhere I have tucked away with my bits n pieces one like this with the curly '9' but of much better quality & more like the originals, again with a steel pin. I've always taken it to be a copy but the quality is so much better than the other ones you see. I have also been fortunate to have handled one of the ROA Officers School badges (in a private museum) & also seen one of those & an original Kononov cross with the swastikas removed! In regard to the Young Cossack School badge, I have noticed quite a few recently appearing with the vertical pin on them & of a slightly larger dimension than the one shown in the first post, also the bulava (mace at the top) appears to be fretted out as opposed to being solid on all the old ones I've seen prior - any thoughts?
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