Belaruski

Here's an interesting brass hero of socialist labour. Not original, but interesting none the less!

North Lorea? oops!

Tang Si, what era do you think these badges are from. I presume they're not Soviet made, but they are heavy brass and nice enamel. I have also seen later pin back versions.

It looks to me to be a version of the Hindu 'Aum' smbol.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum

Interestingly, a large number of quite authentic early Mongolian awards have this construction, so it may not be as absolute as BR wants it to sound.

I don't want it to sound any particular way, just simply made the point about Chinese fake Orders of the Patriotic War, and even Belarusian Republic Red Banners having this fixing.

Interesting point about early Mongolian badges though.

I just picked this up, I still need a Cuban one though!

Very nice quality, and numbered too.

front of folder, no state seal or emblem unfortunately.

More!

An ongoing project. My attempt at superdetailing an SU100. Still not finished, maybe one day..

My T34/85 (Just a simple Tamiya, but with a metal barrel

An upgunned T35 I did a few years ago. I am not up to the standards above, but it looks nice!

And another variation of the same (30's pinback variation. Brass and enamel).

We ought to start a thread on medical badges and awards!

Here is a 'ready for the medical defence of the USSR' from the 30's

Doc, that is beautiful!

(I want one!)

Out of interest, here is a Belarusian issue of the same document.

I think anniversary badges and medals were also awarded for outstanding achievements. I thing the 20th anniversary Red Army medals for example didn't only go to civil war heroes.

Slava, that border troops mundir is beautiful.

I had one on my shopping list for a long time!

I eneded up buying a repro..

VERY crisp detail though.

Strange but true.. http://cgi.ebay.com/RUSSIAN-MEDAL-BUSH-PUT...VQQcmdZViewItem

The hero star looks odd without a 'Lenin' underneath it..

At least there isn't an order of Putin...

But comrade Kirov died in 1934 and not in the late 1930s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Kirov , dear Belaruski .

Christian

Well it was the late 1930's for him..

Sorry for the mistake!

The T100 was also in the Winter war, and survived it. The SMK had the long barreled 76mm that ended up in the KV! and T34, whilst the T100 originally mounted the short barrel version like the T35, if I remember rightly..

Carol, you are right!

The tank (only one ever made) was literally named "Sergei Mironovich Kirov" It was a double turreted KV predecessor. It was so heavily armoured and packed quite a punch that it rolled through Finnish lines and just kept going. Eventually it hit a mine, and the crew abandoned it. The Finns were unable to recover the vehicle or move it, and even were unable to destroy or dismantle it. Eventually the Soviets recovered it after the war was over.

As I said, it's a riddle!

Think of a very important and influential Bolshevik, who famously died in the late 30's and 'the penny should drop'.

Not a corpse, more a legacy

Another clue: nothing could stop him until he hit a mine, and even then he was indestructable!

Winter war= correct.

The Bolshevik in question died before 1939 though..

Ok, here's a riddle!

Which dead Bolshevik smashed through the Mannerheim Line?

(((with 'Yuri' I was thinking of the KGB man Nosenko who was pushed down a laundry chute when he defected)))