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This is a badge of the Imperial Soldier's Relief League (and no obscene suggestions from Chris please !). It is either an ordinary member or a supporting member, I would need to see the inscription on the reverse to know. Looks like you need a copy of my book
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Moving away from the Bolshoi for a slight change of direction, in fact about 500 metres away ! This is the badge awarded for 25 years working in the State Kremlin Palace Hall. This was the hall where the KPSS held many of their conventions. Now it is used as a concert hall and the Kremlin Ballet perform here regularly, as do the Bolshoi from time to time. This version is a nice heavy brass badge.
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The next few certificates all belong to this young lady, Susanna Zvyagina who was an Honoured Artist of Russia and was born in July 1918. She was awarded the Order of the Red Star for her service on the "concert front" as a ballerina with the Bolshoi Theatre during the war. One of these photos shows her in 1945 wearing her Red Star, the other is taken a few years later and shows her in her stage dress for one of her roles.
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Soviet What Comes Around Goes Around
Paul L Murphy replied to slava1stclass's topic in USSR: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
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Soviet What Comes Around Goes Around
Paul L Murphy replied to slava1stclass's topic in USSR: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
That's the sort of price growth you see in the Moscow property market at the moment ! The interesting thing to note with all these highly priced items is how long they stay in the dealer's list. There are a number of items out there that have been in lists for months now, a sure sign that prices have outstripped demand. The only question is whether the prices will correct, or whether demand will pick up as the Russian economy continues to improve. -
Hi James, Welcome aboard ! What type of medical items interest you ? Do you mean the uniforms & equipment etc. or badges and medals with a medical connection (of which there are very few) ? I am sure your knowledge will be helpful to all in here. Cheers, Paul
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These have been made up. The chincords are not original, it should be a plain black fake leather (ie. plastic) chincord. Also the small badges either side of the cap badge should not be there. They are shoulderboard arm-of-service devices. The cap badges are standard Soviet other ranks badges. The red cap would be a motorised infantry cap if all the false bits were removed and the blue cap is for aviation.
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I was showing a Russian friend of mine some of the badges that I recently bought and when she saw the different Druizhinik badges I had she just snorted and commented "interfering busybodies !". She still has not confessed exactly what type of hooliganism or anti-social behaviour she was involved in all those years ago !
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Unfortunately I do not believe it is possible to tell the difference between Meiji and Taisho pieces, certainly I do not know the difference for certain. Also I do not have a breakdown per class between the two eras, however overall the Meiji awards are more common.
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This is a Meiji or Taisho era piece. It has some nice honest wear to it, a good catch.
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Here is a badge from the Belorussian Ballet from the mid 1980's. This came in a group of documents and photos that I recently purchased to a ballerina in the Bolshoi Theatre who was an Honoured Artist of Russia and got the Order of the Red Star for her services in the "Concert Front" during the war. Once I have scanned and scaled down some of the certificates etc. I will post them here.
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Dilema....
Paul L Murphy replied to Chris Boonzaier's topic in Great Britain: Orders, Gallantry, Campaign Medals
Chris, Would you prefer to regret something that you did, or something that you didn't do ? Personally I prefer to regret things I do (I hate the idea of regretting nor having done something). Hence, I gave up on the concept of medal budgets a long time ago (along with sobriety, morality, catholic guilt etc). If it was me, I'd buy it. Paul -
The symbol is the same for the Taisho period, up to 1924, as the Meiji period. For Showa it changes so look at the pictures and text in the first post within this thread and it will explain it to you. Best regards, Paul