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      Bulgarian Order of 9 September 1944

      in Central & Eastern European States

      Posted

      Here is a 2nd Class that came in today. This Order seems to mirror the old Tsarist Bulgarian Bravery Order, having 4 classes and 2 colors of enamel just like the old royal Orders:

      1st Class (pinback white enamel),

      2nd Class (ribboned--white enamel),

      3rd Class (pinback red enamel),

      4th Class (ribboned red enamel)

      The swords seem to indicate that it was a MILITARY award, but it also seems to have been awarded long after Bulgaria changed sides in 1944.

      Rick,

      The Order of 9th September comes only in 3 classes. There has been however different types and variations:

      1st class: 66mm white-enameled star on both obverse and reverse

      2nd class: 60mm white-enameled star on obverse only, reverse blank

      3rd class: 60mm red-enameled star on obverse only, reverse blank

      There exist both a military (with swords) and a civilian (no swords) versions.

      Vithout going into the detail of all the subvariations, early 1st classes were neck orders, while 2nd and 3rd were screwback. Then, all went on 5-sided suspension.

      Marc

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      Medal Storage

      in Preservation & Restoration of Military Artifacts

      Posted

      ED! Please tell your wife I said:

      TAXONOMY RULES!!

      Guys,

      I think it is best to refer to numismatists, as they have now more than 2000 years of experience storing metals :rolleyes:

      Anyway, here are a few links that I have collected over the years, as this seems to be a sempiternal problem:

      . Some general information about different types of storage solutions

      . Viking Cabinets

      . Mahogany Cabinets by P. Nichols

      . Plan for DIY

      Marc

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      ORDER OF THE POLAR STAR

      in People's Republic Mongolia

      Posted

      Interesting early Polar Star was selling at the auction in Russia.

      Serial number 1** (not disclosed by seller).

      Seller asking price - $22,000 :speechless1:

      Highest offer - $17,000 :speechless:

      William

      William,

      I actually had the chance to hold this one in my hands and to examine it upclose a couple of months ago in Moscow. These are simply incredible!!!

      Marc

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      Dear Marc,

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: As far, as I remember, I already asked a question here at Christophe's quiz about Ruth Werner's first RB :unsure: .

      Right, guys, let's get the ball rolling again.

      As usual, this should not be overly difficult :rolleyes:

      1. What happened on 24 May 1940?

      2. Where did it happen?

      3. Who was involved? (here, you need to give me at least the names of the two main participants)

      Marc

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      Dear Marc,

      2. Of course, she had been Jewish :D . First she had been married to the architect Rolf Hamburger :unsure: .

      5. No glue .... :blush:

      6. Also no glue :blush: , but I already listed 3 prominent person :D .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Christian,

      Here is some glue then:

      2. Ursula (also known as Ruth) Kuczynski / Hamburger / Beurton / Werner

      5. Swiss communist Pierre Nicolle nicknamed her "Petite Souris" (small mouse) to celebrate her success in penetrating and setting up a reliable spying network in Western governments.

      6. She was personally involved with Roger Hollis who, later on, headed MI5.

      Marc

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      New question #186

      Gentlemen,

      to stay on the "fast track", another simple & easy question.

      New question:

      The HSL had been during (and before) the GPW an ultra-rare Soviet award and much rarer, than a HSU.

      Despite the extremly low number of awardings till 1945, there had been one occaision during the GPW of a "HSL-mass-awarding".

      Which group of people received their HSLs :unsure: ?

      One simple question - one simple answer ;) .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Christian,

      On 5 November 1943, 127 civilian and military railroad workers received the title of HSL :rolleyes:

      Marc

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      Dear Marc,

      I hope, I have the correct answer:

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Congratulations Christian, you got most of it. I'll definitely give you this victory, but please complete a bit your answer:

      1. Who is Sonia?

      Colonel of the Soviet Army Ruth Werner aka. Ursula Beurton http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Werner TRUE

      2. What was her full name (given/family) and nationality?

      Ursula Ruth Kuczynski, German (sister of marxist economist J?rgen Kuczynski http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCrgen_Kuczynski ) INCOMPLETE give me all of the different Family name under which she was known; I was thinking of 'Nationality' in the Russian sense of the term

      3. Where and when was she born / die?

      * 15th of may 1907 in Sch?neberg; ? 7th of july 2000 in Berlin TRUE

      4. Who was her employer? What was her occupation?

      GRU - she had been one of the top-spies for the CCCP TRUE

      5. What was her French sounding nickname? Who gave it to her?

      It was the surname of her husband :unsure:WRONG

      6. Name at least 2 (famous) people with which she associated

      Richard Sorge, Sandor Rado, Klaus Fuchs etc. etc. TRUE could you name one more (a specific one...) who got in lots of trouble when it was revealed who she really was

      Marc

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz - 2008

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      OK, Guys, let's try for an easy one. As usual, a multipart question that require full details :rolleyes:

      1. Who is Sonia?

      2. What was her full name (given/family) and nationality?

      3. Where and when was she born / die?

      4. Who was her employer? What was her occupation?

      5. What was her French sounding nickname? Who gave it to her?

      6. Name at least 2 (famous) people with which she associated

      Marc

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      Excellent Sniper Badge

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      ...As I already mentioned, that badge come to the West BEFORE the big wave of fakes arraived at the collectors market.

      Christian,

      Living in the former Evil Empire since many years (and having travelled there since the early 1970's), that bit of "common Western wisdom" is, IMHO, nothing more than an attempt at self-reassurance - what the French call "Methode Cou?".

      Fakes - of quality varying from laughable to very high - were produced in many fields (OMDs, uniforms, collectables, etc) as early as the 1980's, if not earlier.

      One must always keep in mind that Russians have their own understanding of what an original, a copy, a replica, etc, are. I addition, the Soviet Union promoted what I nickname a culture of the "real fake": copies of the original made by specialized masters to be as close to the original as possible. An example of this is the cap Lenin wore when Nelly Kaplan shot him; I have personally seen at least 3 or 4 "originals" in various museums, each one with, among other things, the bullet hole and Lenin's spilled blood looking as they should :rolleyes:

      Marc

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      Excellent Submariner Badge

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted · Edited by Lapa

      Gentlemen,

      the av. and quality of enamel of my "Submariner" in question is rather ident to the one at that website for "Excellent Badges": <a href="http://www.znakisssr.h15.ru/pod.htm" target="_blank">http://www.znakisssr.h15.ru/pod.htm</a> - also the fixing of the screwpost.

      BUT what is missing, is the clear and deep relief at the rv. :( .

      So it might be either a fake, or a rather "cheap" produced version of the 1950s :unsure: ?

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Christian,

      Here also, some clear, good quality pictures would go a long way helping to assess your beauty :rolleyes:

      Marc

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      Nevsky T 2 - s/n. 9534

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      Nevsky T 2 - collapsed:

      Christian,

      I somehow did not read this thread before, so sorry for chiming in late. I am not going to talk value, as this exercise has already been made at great length.

      Your order is actually more damaged that anyone mentioned. The underlying star should simply be the silver one. The upper piece (with the medallion and the axes) should actually have all 5 enameled arms attached. In effect, the top enameled arm was somehow severed, an has been affixed to the underlying star as a convenient way to repair it.

      Now, I know that some bothersome minds will ask "But how do you know, you have barely posted anything on this forum". I once held such a "matrioshka" order in my hands and could study it upclose and in details, as well as several "regular" T2. All of them were as I described.

      Marc

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