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I know comparatively little of Soviet awards. Was this medal awarded to surviving 1917 revolutionaires only?

Interesting. I must say that in my forays into this area I have noticed 3 unswastikaed badges for every one with a swaz. As my "hunting patch" is ex- vet bringback stuff, almost all located in yard sales etc.. I wonder if this says something about wartime availability.

and a most interesting one (Chaplain Ferd. Wagner, DivisionPfarrer 14th Res. Div.):

Here's my contribution- I'll have more anon:

Great picture! I wish Tony was here to tell us more about it. That Landwehr medal -is it the Prinzen type or is it always that small?

There's an interesting discussion about this over at the GWF actually- or was once upon a time. here's alink to the 1914 thread, which I still find enlightening. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...l=1914+star+bar

Ooooh- I wonder if PK has any comments on this book. NICE bit of history there.

You mean politics? As I recall the bars were promulgated by the Admiralty but nixed by the Treasury. There was a severe recession after the war and they couldn't afford the extras. they had a lot of pensions to pay. As I recall Zara Steiner said there was a series of memos in her Foreign office studies about these medals and other awards. The REAL PHD. work will be about US awards (contemporary) -a perfect microcosm of Kafkaesque politics.

Nice- i wonder what the badge is that the Mandarin/Missionary is wearing in the front row?

Boston Mass @ 1910? These gentlemen lived in a place called Clinton, Massachusetts in @ 1910.

There have been a couple of articles on the OMRS Magazine about these/ this topic. Too bad the navy never implemented the bars. Imagine the collecting possibilities if they had!

When I was a nipper I had a Pioneer (who left me his medal bar-with bar) tell me that the rosette denoted being under fire in 1914. Not true of course, but I have seen this in other sources, so perhaps it was a British Legion Urban legend. I have a different bar with the rosette sewn in above the bar itself. Also, it's interesting to see photos taken war time with only this medal bar being worn.

Terrible. Terrible. Perhaps Putin will order the KGb or whatever they are called these days will do something.

OMG! AMB!! Now that's a photo!

hear, hear!

wooden case, velevet insert. Military academy badge

Ed- I am speechless! To think of the history those things saw.

Yes, it is recessed, but my camera skills are inadequate. I can scan though. The bottom of the case has that "tartan pattern" paper found on the bottom of so many other cases with brass front clasps. It came with an academy badge....and a whole bunch of LS medals and a centennial medal, state service medal etc.. In cases.

JOMSA article? Excellent! There was a brief mention of the Hungarian partisan badges in a JOMSA article on Partisan medals of WW2 @ 25 years ago (or more). #4148:

Ah-right you are:" SZTT". The case is a mini 1960s case red, scarlet velvet interior, white poly/silk top:nice. ...smells like cigarette smoke.

Well, I have #s: 724,1089,3159,3649,4148,4567,4668,5524,and a blank one...nothing above 7,000

A lovely little badge in a wonderful 1960s box-red velvet backing. I assume for gernade tossing: 4cm high, 3 cm across.

Hi Bob-check the GEF. there's a sturmbattalion conference coming up in the UK?

I am seeing a pattern- above 4000# seem to be "cleaner" with unpainted rays and a silvered face.

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