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Soviet Prices on lenin order
new world posted a topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
Igor is selling "Order of Lenin, Type 6, Var 1 (Leningrad Mint), #266371, with a document, 1954 issue." for $2,300! What's going on? Is there anything I am missing about this particular award? This is just common Lenin order, there's nothing rare about it. William -
Soviet Opinions about early group
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
Friends, thank you very much to all who contributed to analysis of this group. :thumbsup I had my own doubts, just wanted to hear broader opinion. In addition to the questions about the award book there are questions about awards themelves. I decided not to keep the group and will return it to the seller. William -
Soviet Opinions about early group
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
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Soviet Opinions about early group
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
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Soviet Opinions about early group
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
Guys, you are tough! Here's first page of the book - Major wearing all awards in the book except Red Banner. -
Soviet Opinions about early group
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
True 100%, but research will take months and I need to make a decision on this group now. William -
Soviet Opinions about early group
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
Some stamps look pale, so here's the list of awards as they are entered in the book: Red Star - sn 18992 Red Star - sn 33239 OPW 1 cl - sn 184474 OPW 2 cl - sn 173709 OPW 2 cl - sn 180854 Red Banner - sn 515134 William -
Soviet Opinions about early group
new world posted a topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
Colleagues, Please post your opinions about award book for this early group (1940 Red Star!). Does the book look legit and does the combination of awards make sense? Thank you, William -
I am not saying it's not possible, just not that common. This book/group raise lots of questions. Why Khmelnitsky & Red Banner are filled in after non-numbered (long service?) post-war Military Merit medal? Why the color of the book is so uneven - very dark on the bottom and bright white on the top? Could this be indication of bleaching? I guess to answer all this questions once and for all research is necessary. William
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I am going to stop by for auction preview. I'll ask Dmitry for his opinion, but I doubt he can predict.
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On high-priced items I'd rather deal with Igor. Knowing him personally helps and his reputation is top.
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Based on Bob's logs seller on eBay has been selling SB for three months and now he increases the price. I also love his accepted payment methods - cash, bank transfer or Western Union to China... William
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Soviet Opinions about research options
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
Christian, the recepient got NEW Ukrainian order of Khmelnitsky, it was issued after Ukraine became independent. William -
Soviet Opinions about research options
new world replied to new world's topic in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations
I just checked the group again and I think there's some hope. He has the following medals w docs: - Liberaion of Warsaw - Capture of Berlin - Vistory over Germany His rank at the war's end was Guards Captain. Unit name: 4th Guards Antitank Artillery Brigade, reserve of stavka. One of his badges is for veteran of 247 Roslavl Rifle Division. If he was a Captain, he must have been in the trenches for a while, so I hope he had some awards. William -
Gents, I have this neat large group to a veteran. Unfortunately there are no combat WW2 awards, but it has every jubilee and army anniversary medal. It also has Ukrainian order of B Khmelnitsky, 1985 OPW, as well as some unit specific veteran badges. Has anyone ever done research on groups like this one? What were the results? I can think of two scenarios for this group: 1) vet has participated in WW2, but never really saw any combat action or never had a chance to distinguish himself to be considered for an award 2) There were some WW2 awards (in separate order book) which were seprated from the group and the research may shed some light onto possible missing pieces. What do you think? William
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Gentlemen, Thank you very much for your input! It supports my belief that these are indeed different awards. I' m going to talk to the seller about replacing this award. It's a shame the reverse is all ruined, the award looks perfect on the observe. Best regards, William
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Friends, I have a dispute with the seller about Korean order. It looks to me that award in the original picture and the one I received are not the same. One difference is presence of multiple scratches on my award, while original photo shows smooth surface with nice patina. Please let me know if you think it's the same award. Best regards, William PS: pic of original order from the seller
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Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Partisan Stars
new world replied to Bryan's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
You bet! During years of collecting Yugoslavian awards I've seen plenty of stars for sale (all classes), but just couple of documents. If you find any - I suggest you keep them. William -
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Military Academy Badges
new world replied to a topic in Central & Eastern European States
I've never seen a booklet. I assume there wasn't any special booklet issued, just Academy diploma. I am curious as how big was the graduating class at the Academy? The highest SN in this thread is 231, I would guess the size of the class was capped at 250-300 officers? William -
Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Military Academy Badges
new world replied to a topic in Central & Eastern European States