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    Belaruski

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    1. Gaston, Ebay is probably the best place, but you need to be clever in your searches! Most people do NOT want modern Belarusian awards, and thus most people don't sell them as such. And will put Russian or Soviet in the title. It is illegal to sell issued pieces, and the unissued ones are a bit of a legal loophole which probably will be tightened up.

      The un-enamelled ones are simply unfinished and as such I wouldn't really want one, but again ebay!

      The beauty of Belarusian awards is their direct Soviet heritage, they commemorate Soviet dates, and feature red stars, and even Soviet flags. Also they are relatively cheap and of good quality.

      The history isn't there yet, but if Mcain becomes President it may be ;)

    2. I'm not sure how that got so grubby unless someone was trying to make it look like a Soviet era award.

      There also exists a version without enamel, which some claim to be a second class version. This is not the case and is simply a design variant, probably due to the fact that so many of these awards available on the market are unissued.

      I have an issued one with a number, which is nice and rare, but I probably ought not to post the number as it's illegal to sell them. I'm not sure how it works for gifts.

      Anyway, here's mine!

      p.s. the number is below 5000. With a total population of only 10,000,000 and recent negative birth rates that would tally.

    3. Some units applied a red star, some just the outline (a skeletal star), but they were not universal. And yes, many are appplied 'retrospectively'.

      To answer the question about collector following, I think all Soviet pre war and wartime helmets have a very good following. The 1936 pattern is particularly desirable.

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