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Forgot to add that the remnants are on display at the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow. Marc

Jim, Wouldn't this be Gary Powers' U2 that was shot down on 01 May 1960 while on a spying flight from Pakistan to Norway? As far as I remember, Powers parachuted out when his plane was shot down over Sverdlovsk by a SAM-2 ground-air missile while being trailed by a Mig-21 and was captured upon landing. He was captured, and then tried publicly before being exchanged for Colonel Rudolf Abel. Marc

Bob, I confirm that the black-covered document is for the Halkin Gol badge; I have a similar one. Marc

Wild Card, These new photos don't help. I need to see original hi-res on which details are sharp. Marc

Wild Card, Your looks more like what it should be, especially the screwplate. Any chance you can post some hi-res scans of the front, back and edges. Marc

Uwe, The ribbon is definitely the right one. As to the suspension itself, I have some serious doubts, as yours seem to be cast. To make the Navy Guard badge, the Mint used suspensions for the Order of Nevsky, which were struck. If you could post some higher resolution, individual scans of your badge, it would be great. Marc

Hi christophe, Good to be here too Marc

Christophe, From which Museum is this one? Marc

Bryan, That is the original Navy Guards badge; it is pretty rare as it was used only for a couple of years before they swiched to the regular oval type. This guy has a nice set of awards, with both the Defense of Odessa and Defense of Sevastopol medals Marc

Bryan, It is one of the "Honored" series .... at least that is what it purports to be I am afraid that this is not quite the real deal, unfortunately. Marc

Vince, I concur with the previous opinions that were voiced. This is NOT a Mongolian uniform, but a M43 Soviet one. Just a few details: . Buttons should not have the hammer and sickle . Shoulder boards should be 5-sided, and should have Mongolian grid-like patterns instead of stars . Collar devices should be only cloth tabs, no metallic ones Do not waste your money purchasing a Mongolian belt for this uniform, that is not what is needed here. Marc

Bob, Each passing second simply conforts me in my opinion as previously stated Marc

Chuck, Unfortunately, this one is NOT what it purports to be Marc

Chuck, That is potentially a very scarce Moscow Mint production you have there. Could you please post some better quality scans of the order itself. Marc

Jim, Can you please post hi-res scans of the medallion. Marc

Dave, I wouldn't be overly surprized if it turned out to be a collector rather than an established dealer. Sometimes, silence speaks louder than many words, if you get my drift... Marc

Thanks Bryan! There sure is a lot of known faces around Marc

My pleasure Marc

Dan, I forgot to mention that yours looks like possibly coming from the Scherbinski Zavod Metallicheskoy Galanterey ("ЩЗ"). Marc

Dan, That suspension is from the Lenin's 100th Anniversary of Birth medal. These (suspensions) were made by different manufacturers, some of which stamped their production. As of today, there has not yet been a complete inventory of all the existing variations. Marc

JimZ, Here's what I can contribute. Marc

Oh, and I just wanted also to vent my anger at whoever came up with this "creative" idea of "improving" a single researched order. I have a hard time believing that Alex would do such things (business sense would advise not to, obviously). If so, that points the finger to the collector who acquired the order from Dave. I find it disturbing that one of us can think of nothing better than to try and screw fellow collectors Marc

Guys, That is a sad-looking story! Rick says that he focused too much on the research document to detect the problem with the order book photocopy. IMHO, the research itself highlights the existing problem: the Uchotnaya Kartochka clearly indicates that only ONE award was received, that is the OSM 3rd. Nowhere is a Red Star indicated. I tend to believe that the Russian scribes were quite ordered and accurate people; as such, the lame explanation "they simply forgot to write it up" cannot stand. I have seen examples of UK that had entries scribbled in every conceivable way, but in every case, all of the awards were indicated. Etienne pointed out at the Order Book number. That one struck me also straight on. Those who know me (and there are quite a few on this and other forums) know that I am an outspoken, long-time advocate of the "fake until proven otherwise approach". It is the, unfortunately, the sad state of Soviet collecting today, and not only in the field of OMD (eg: cloth, badges, paper, etc) Marc