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Hello stogieman, looks very nice the copy. Are the any major differences to an original. To me, it seems to be that the enamle is looking flat and cheap like paint? regards Andreas

Nice Gerd

Order of Glory 3rd class S/N: 633.159 On 13.01.1945 during the assault on the city of Busko-Zdrui, Comrade Zagorodsky supported the offensive of the 3rd Rifle Bataillon, repeatedly moving his gun forward the infantry, as a result his gun supressed two enemy maschinegun positions thus, supporting the successful advance of the infantry. In this battle he scattered the unit and destroyed as many as 10 Hitlerites. On 20.01.1945 during the capture of the city Rosenberg (polnisch Olesno), in position inconvenient for moving the gun and under heavy enemy maschinegun fire, he and his crew pushed the gun forward of the infantry and from an open firing position, supressed the fire of an enemy maschinegun position and killed as many as 10 Hitlerites. On 23.01.1945 during the forced river crossing of the Oder, Zagorodsky and his crew were the first to overcome the water and other obstacles, set up their gun, and covered the infantry crossing the river with plunging fire. During this fighting Comrade Zagorodsky was seriously wounded.

So got research today, for the group of Senior Sargent Zagorodsky: He was member of the 28th Guards Airborne Rifle Regiment which belongs to the 9th Guards Airborne Division; 5th Guards Army. He took part in crossing the river Vistula (weichsel) and the river Oder. He earned both awards in Poland.

I love this artillery school badges !! regards Andreas

This seems to be the badge

Here is my Order of Friendship s/n 12.937. The scans are not very good, tomorrow I will take better pictures with the digi cam. But you can see the two little noses at the corn ear on the left and right side. regards Andreas

Hello, I noticed an interesting detail. I always thought, that original orders have these little noses at the corn ear. Are there two versions? regards Andreas

Here is a picture of the nuclear power plant with the name "Lenin" in Tchernobyl. I thought it was the 26. April 1986 when the accident occured.

nice , a dream ... to expensive for me.

Christophe, I think the estimated value 1945 is the value of the material / producing costs. regards Andreas

Bearers Order of Victory ZHUKOV, Georgi Konstantinovich Marshal of the Soviet Union.. Awarded twice, 10 April 1944 and 30 March 1945. VASILEVSKY, Alexsander Michailovish Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded twice, 10 April 1944 and 19 April 1945. STALIN, Joseph Vissarionovich Awarded Twice, 29 July 1944 and 26 June 1945. ROKOSSOVSKY, Konstantin Konstantinovich Marshal of the Soviet Union. 30 March 1945. KONEV, Ivan Stepanovich Commander of Troops, 1st Ukrainian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded 30 March1945. TOLBUKHIN, Fedor Ivanovich Commander of Troops, 3rd Ukrainian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded 26 April 1945. MALINOVSKY, Rodion Yakovlevich Commander of Troops, 2nd Ukrainian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded 26 April 1945. GOVOROV, Leonid Aleksandrovich Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded 31 May 1945. TIMOSHENKO, Semyen Konstantinovich Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded 4 June 1945. ANTONOV, Aleksey Innokentevich Commander of General Staff of the Red Army, General of Army. Awarded 4 June 1945. MERETSKOV, Kirill Afanasevich Commander of 1st Far Eastern Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union. Awarded 8 September 1945. BREZHNEV, Leonid Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and General Secretary of the Communist Party. Awarded 20 February 1978. denied after his dead EISENHOWER, Dwight D General of the U.S. Army. Awarded 5 June 1945. MONTGOMERY, Bernard Law Field Marshal. Awarded 5 June 1945. MICHAEL I, King of Romania. Awarded 6 July 1945. ROLA-ZYMIERSKI, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army, General. Awarded 9 August 1945. TITO, Marshal Josip Broz Commander of the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army,. Awarded 9 September 1945. By the way in 1945 it had an estimated value of ?3,750. The Order of MICHAEL I, King of Romania is the only one in private hands.

and the reverse

Here is one of these widely spread fakes of NKVD badges, or at least/at best the backplate is a fake. The backplate is made of some weird metal. It?s not silver. regards Andreas

Christoph, which medal do you mean? The left picture I posted is a fake and the right one is an original, to compare the differences. One sign of a fake is, that you can?t see the rays under the enamel. Another sign is no wearig traces inside the ring. Or do you mean both pictures from me show fakes? regards Andreas

Rick, if possible you should get better pictures. There is nothing obviously wrong, but good fakes exist. Here is apicture of a 20 years RKKA medal with the difference between an original and an fake. regards Andreas

For excellent artillery training Here is the twin brother for the badge above. As the badge for excellent artillery shooting is very rare, I think the badge for excellent artillery training is much rarer. regards Andreas

and here is the worst variant (fake). I saw this one a few weeks ago on german ebay.

Here is one badge from the 50?s without serial number (original).

For excellent artillery shooting There are two different variantions of these badge. 1. The first one from the 30?s has a plain reverse with serial number. 2. The second one from the 50?s has a pattern tissue reserve an no serial number. Both variations are faked. My highest obeserved serial number for type 1 is 5.390 (original).

Sorry Dan, in my mind Rick is totally right. At least the dates and serial number of the Red Banner of Labor (October 10, 1979) and the October Revolution (January 30, 1980) doesn?t fit together. regrads Andreas

Hello Rick, they appeared a few months ago on german ebay and were offered as fakes for a lower price. In the last few weeks and months there appeared a few higher quality fakes of soviet badges, which I never obeserved on ebay. regards Andreas

Here are some pictures of fakes, which are offered on ebay.

here is a photo of a postcard which I think it shows the Air Force Academy in Moscow in the year 1929.

and the reverse