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      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

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      hi dave

      let me know then you ready to sell some of your groups i will be interested

      thank you

      alex

      Very well said!

      I think the "end of the road" has come for some of us older collectors, such as myself in the very near future. I still enjoy Soviet awards, but I find that I cannot afford many of them anymore. I can now only buy the items that I once turned up my nose at 10 years ago as "the little stuff". Unfortunately for me, I didn't have much interest in lower items then (or bought so many that I eventually lost interest in them!) nor do I have interest in the items that I can afford anymore. I have moved into collecting WW1 US Army uniforms (my old love) and have established a very large quality collection (30+ uniforms, all documented) for less money than a single HSU group would cost!!!

      At the same time, very little new stock has come out of the FSU. I used to get two to four groups PER MONTH from Russia/Ukraine/etc. and many of these groups were direct from veteran's families. Those groups started trickling off in mid-2004, and as of about 2005, I haven't bought a single group directly from the FSU.

      I still love the research aspect of Soviet awards, but even at that, I am getting tired. I have seen too many "killed up to a squad of Hitlerite soldiers with his gun" citations!

      I plan to still maintain my "nitche" collections - posthumous Soviet awards and Soviet awards to foreigners because there is still the excitement of finding that rare award, and I have yet to encounter much competition (especially with what I am willing to pay) from collectors in the FSU.

      Shortly, I will be parting with my last groups, and will put my two last groups (very well documented straight-from-the-veteran heroism groups) in storage. I have contemplated selling my Soviet reference collection, but have been too tapped at work to spend the time coming up with a list of the 200+ books in it! Maybe one of these days.

      Although it's the end of the road (for the most part) in Soviet collecting for me, I am glad to see that there are still many new collectors out there who have the excitement that I once did. I think that's awesome. I hope that other collectors will be able to experience the fun I have had with Soviet award collecting over the past 15 years - it's been a great ride!

      Dave

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      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

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      Jim, of course the order converted by recipient to match current statute and regulations is more original, than the one re-converted by a dealer. More changes you make to the order, more damage you bring to it. So it is better not to change anything. It is just my opinion, maybe other people have different point of view.

      NICE RED BANNER

      VERY INTERESTING CONVERTION

      VERY RERE AND INTERESTING EXAMPLE

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