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Here's a photograph of the recepient with his family. He's wearing some awards - would it be possible to identify some?

Thank you! Where did this info come from? William

That's correct, this time it will come from different person. But I bought some very nice pieces from Tang Si in the past and always been happy to deal with him. William

You are lucky to have separate room just for your collection!

Christophe, your frames are nice, the only problem is the light which will do some serios damage to the documents!!! Take a look at what happens to the documents held in the frames. William

... and he wants GBP 295 for this????!!!

What are these militia boys so happy about?

Christian, thank you! I already searched the web for info about him, I hope military archives will provide more interesting data. William

The fact that some of us bought Soviet awards does not simply mean they have criminal background. There are many legal ways to obtain awards, ie if they were sold from other 14 former Soviet republics. if award is taken from say Georgia or Baltics - in no way this violates laws of Russian Federation. BTW, the Hermitage trial is over. Husband of the museum lady has been convicted and will spend yeras in jail, as well as will be peying for monetary damage. William

Excellent collection! Do you also collect Russian Soviet period boards? There are some great examples from that era and they look similar to Imperial boards. William

My Order of Labor is on the way! I can't wait... William

Thank you! How do I request data from Austrian military archives? William

I like how you put the album together!!!

I am looking for any information and photographs on Archduke Peter Ferdinand from royal Habsburgh dynasty. Born: 12 MAY 1874 Salzburg, AUSTRIA Died: 8 NOV 1948 Sankt Gilgen, AUSTRIA He was also a General in Austrian Army during WWI. Thank you, William

It looks like IV class with replaced ribbon to me. It's definitely goldplated. William

Francois, You collection is simply amazing, the best I've seen! It's such a pity that you decided to focus your interest elsewhere. William

I love your dagger's display! William

Main reason I collect Yugoslavian awards - they arevery nicely made and are of top quality. Their design is on par with Soviet and Mongolian stuff. And they were priced reasonably until recently. William

This site appears to be outdated - it was updated back in Nov 2006. I wrote them several times and they never responded. William

I remember seing them on for sale, I always assumed they were copies. William

... except Flag Order 3rd class screwbacks. There seems to be endless suplly of them on eBay.

Matt, Congratulations on excellent 2nd class set. I was offered this set a year ago . I am glad it found good home! William

Matt, Well done, I think you did great - low price for a Mondvor piece where repairs are not noticeable at all. I agree about Korean made pieces - the prices actually went down from few years ago. I remember about 5 yrs ago when I developed interest in N Korean awards - even 3rd classes would sell on eBay for decent money - about $20-30. Now there are tons of them in the market for lower price and very few buys. What do you think about Chech made pieces? Their quality seems to be on par with Soviet made awards. William

Matthijs, Great award!!! How much would it cost today? You mentioned the condition wasn't top, by how much are Korean awards discounted in presence of repairs/ damage? William

Friends, let's clarify something here before we get too excited. Yes, it's true that Bulgarian Order of labor Glory was setup in such way that higher classes were given to folks who were previosly awarded lower classes. However, I am not aware of any special Cavalier designation like one in Soviet Union, where the recepients of all three clases of Labor Glory were given Cavalier Booklet. In many years collecting Bulgarian awards I've never seen Bulgarian Cavalier documents. I also never read anythig about existence of such documents. Best regards, William