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Hey Mike, Was this on another thread by chance? And if not, any chance to see both groups up close and personal? Cheers Jim

Nice collection of toys guys! What a far cry from todays electronic robots and modern stuff!! My dad was only a child during the war and he sometimes tells how he and his pals would play in the ruins of bombed buildings with bits of wood and debris .... in fact he still bears a 2 inch scar on one of his knees where he cut himself on debris!! But bits of wood would become swords or guns and these kids would be really happy! His lead soldiers were the top toy a young boy could have at the time!!! Again, thanks for posting cars and soldiers! Jim

Hope you did not pay an arm and a leg for it. Jim

Or if u cannot have them all .... at least upgrade it Jim

And I bet there still are! Done scuba diving on a rock used for target practice by british artillery and airforce! The stuff you see down there........!!! Jim

Most lovingly restored if the display gun is the same as the "pipe" Well done!!! Is it common to find such 'memorials' on russian battlefields? Jim

Very nice! We do not get to see enough of such items! Jim

Very interesting similarities between the badges!!! Jim!

I never new Australia had an SAS regiment....... Jim

Lets all get real please! Russian collectors and dealers talk Dollars better than the rest of us - As for Russian dealers they can also go slightly out of their way to quote you prices in Euros should you really want!!! The only places you'll probably be buying orders and medals in roubles is in a flea market! When even the new Russian wave of repatriation of ODMs is based on the dollar price, I feel comfortable saying that currency talked is dollars and is there to stay! And with the sort of russians buying back ODMs from the West. movements in exchange rates are just a small nuisance .... nothing more! Jim

Great items guys! Keep them coming! I guess conservation only came top of many people's agenda's in the last decades. I have seen many museums start to try to do something about it of late. But some dmage is sady irreversible! Jim

Very interesting! Including the fact that they all have shrapnel/bullet damage! Just gives you an idea..... Jim

On pricing currencies Dollars or Euros..... there is a rates of exchange that will actually convert Euros to Dollars .... and vice versa!! On spiraling prices What beats me is that some actually rejoice in spiralling prices that is good for nobody.... except those who think of their collections as an investment! On market realities I recently replaced a Nevsky in my collection and only today, I've seen one in close to similar condition sell higher than what I paid. I was not happy that I bought mine "cheap" ..... I was sorry that somebody overpaid. But there you have it...... two Nevskies....same variation..... similar conditions and a few hundred dollars apart in price!!! Similarly, I can say the same has happened with screwback ORBs - I have seen some Type 2's sell at over US$1,200. I have also seen other original ones sell at US$600 - Again...both original, both same variation and both in similar condition. Same thing with something as simple as the 1985 OGPWs...... Some people pay $15.....others pay $45 What can I say to all that ?? Maybe each time the pricey order was sought by 2 people trying to reunite the same group? Possible but unlikely!!! I have long since concluded ..... and will not be swayed on this point, that there is no such thing as a market reality ..... and each order, each medal commands its own individual market reality! Jim

Might actually be ok! Pity my caps are no where near me! Any pics of the iside label? Jim

Is that when the conversions were actually made?

Order of honour 1574131 was awarded in June 1989 (PMD). Anyone got any more data as to the quantity of these specific orders issued after that until the collapse of the Soviet Union? Jim

That's a typo mean to give first time visitors a bit of a shock Jim

Make it nice and shiny before you sell it Good thing is that the tarnish will eventually, one day, return!

As a result of comments in another thread I thought that this could be an interesting area of dicussion. For those medal collectors who also collect uniforms, and I think there are quite a few out there, what is your usual practice for display? Do you leave original groups mounted on the uniforms or do you remove and frame seperatly creating a "repro" group to replace on the display? When exhibiting your uniforms to the public, do you do so with their original medal groups or with their repros (for safety)? When you have uniforms that you bought without medals, have you even dressed them with orders and medals for display purposes? What else do you do? Tell us more! Cheers Jim

Hi Slava, Whereas I personally believe that the current market price of Glory groups is, to some extent or other overstated, I do not deny that there is indeed a market out there where such groups are changing hands. Given the "trio" prices, I am therefore not suprised to see Glory 1s also commanding sufficiently higher (and still in my opinion inflated) prices. But as demand drives "trios" prices up, the price of seperate Glory 1's primarily, as well as documented 2nd and 3rds pertaining to trios will also increase (althogh the latter to a lesser extent). For those who would buy the 1st class with the aim of finding the remaining components of the group, then they might still manage to complete the group at a sufficiently lower price than a complete "Trio" at the current market price! However, given the rather slim chances of this happening, I would say that the Glory 1 is indeed to be considered and valued in isolation. When all is said and done, I agree that the underlying argument remains that indeed, there are only so many Glory 1s and even less Glory trios!! And indeed to own either (especially a trio) remains, as you very well said a feat indeed!! Jim

Wow! Cannot say I have ever come across that before! I suppose its not te most comfortable thin to wear....and judging from the holes, mebbe not the most effective either! Still.... ifit savedyou a bullet hole or two to the chest that was already a start! Jim

Lovely item Brian! ALthough not the quality of the earlier samurai swords, its still a truly lovely item to have! My facination for Japanese swords is a childhood one, although it has never progressed to anything more than that! Jim

Hi Dan, Are you really that surprised? As long as the stuff sells as "repro" that is fine! Its when sellers forget that little abberviation that there is trouble .... at least for some buyers!! As I always say..... It will only get worse! Jim

Apart from the Glory hype, it is a gamble in many a way! Pay more for the first class, get the research done and then hope and pray that the 2nd and 3rd class eventually turn up! The sum of the parts will probably still be less than the value of the group. Of course that's one heck of an ambitious re-unting project to take on! If only money grew on trees...... Jim

Very nce mounting Imperial Quest! Convenient storage Brian! Its a good idea to keep a vast collection in one large cabinet like that! Come on guys - show us and tell us what you are doing!