Gerd Becker

Nothing special, just a fairly high numbered Polarstar, but its my first Mongolian Order, so i thought, i post it here. They are really nice and its for sure not my last mongolian order.

Thanks for looking

Gerd

I Have a question.. the gilding looks very odd to me on the 2. klasse??

To me too. It looks, like the Owner may have replated the center of the Glory 2nd class. The wear of the gilt doesn?t fit to the patina of the rest IMO.

OK, now I'm done with this one. No, really.

Chuck

I hope, not!

Great stuff, Chuck. Also the groups, you posted in the other thread

Please go ahead...

Gerd

more:

Yours for only 76.000 Dollar

To all:

A well-known NYC-area dealer currently has one listed for $76,000.00. Serial # 28.

Regards,

slava1stclass

Its useful to post the pictures of the Ushakov, as this thread won?t have any relevance anymore, once its sold.

Here are the pics:

Great story, Mike. Its good, that he knows, someone is actually interested and cares for his goodies. Please Let him know, that there are still (also younger) germans out there, who appreciate, that these men risked their life for freedom.

all the best,

Gerd

Hi Gerd,

I saw HH's catalogue and I wasn't impressed by the choice of their medal bars and Imperial medals. This trapezoidal bar, IMHO, it's a baaaaad fake... pretty much everything seems to be wrong: order of the decorations, low quality devices, etc.

Ciao,

Claudio

Very interesting, Claudio. Shows, what i know about ribbonbars.

You are right, the german imperial stuff isn?t too impressing, but there are some intersting lots though. I was surprised to see many of the TR-awards with Niemann-expertise. I think, at least that is a step forward

Gerd

Hi everyone

i don?t know, if you already checked out the new auction from HH. Lots of nice stuff for sale:

(I thought, Rick R. and the Ribbonbar-gang might enjoy to see this one: )

Yes I'm planning to research it, but it would be in a few months because I'll be away from home for few months.

I don't know if you can see it on the next picture, but the screwback has been shortened. There isn't much place to screw the nut. To you have any idea if it could have broken or it was shortened by somebody?

It has been shortened for easier wear. The screwpost is often very pointy and stung at times, i guess.

These early screwbacks seem to hide lovely stories, each and every one of them. We have a duty to history to reveal their tales.

I agree completely, Ed. Ok, i am not collecting soviet stuff for very long, but i have yet to seen a "boring" citation for a screwback-ORB.

This number should date around October 1942, btw.

I love it, Bryan . That one screams for research

Isn't Enak Pocheta the Badge of Honor?

If that is the case, he DID get the Badge of Honor!

Very nice Order of Lenin yoy got Darrell. he think you where looking for a complete set like this for a long time. Now you got it.

Thats just a misunderstanding, Bryan. Rick said, he got a Badge of Honor, but not in the wave of awards in 1966/67, but only in 1971.

Darrel, fantastic stuff all around. Love the documented Partisan-Medals Thanks for sharing

Tom,

i have had a Police Medalbar (with 25 years service cross), which came directly from the vet and that one also did not have the embroidery on the ribbon.

Gerd

Beautiful Breaststar

Great stuff, Ron. Thanks for sharing

Thats a yugoslavian cap-star, Andy.

best,

Gerd

As a radio detection finder, he would have been in an anti-aircraft RADAR unit...

waiting to shoot down United Nations planes

when World War THREE started.

Thats exactly, what i was hoping for

Lets see, if research brings even more to light

Thanks so much again, Rick.

Gerd

I really use to equate Soviet with crude. But the attention to detail on even things as inconsequential as a rank brick, or a unit device is just unbelievable......... I am very much enjoying learning about this rather exciting new area!

Rick, i really enjoy it too very much. I can?t believe, i haven?t started immediately with Soviet Stuff and would have skipped the Mini-Collecting Altough, they were nice too.

Maybe he is a collector

2. 60 years MPR

Here are two common books to

1. 50 years MPR

I completely forgot to add the document for the SSFM. So, here it is:

For me, that this SSFM is in a DOCUMENTED group is a first, and of special interest is the legal fiction that the Sergeant "resigned" from the Soviet Army...

went on a little "sightseeing" tour...

and then came right "back" to the very unit he had left. That is a FIRST.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Well, thats great. I wasn?t aware, that this is such a special case. Any idea, how many soviets were "on vacation" in Korea? And how did this work usually? Were any of them openly there or where they all kind of "undercover"?

So, if i speculate, this guy was a Radio-Specialist or something similar and went to Korea to train Korean Soldiers on radios or whatever!? They were only Advisors, right?

Do you can see, when he was drafted? The unnumbered MMM is (a little delayed) for Long-Service, right?

Should i try to get both citations for the MMM?s though?

Thanks, man

IMHO the odd green is actually a nice blue, with a thick layer of old "yellowed" varnish

I would agree with Jan on this one. Looks like blue to me.