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      Order of St Catherine reinstated!

      in Russian Federation

      Posted

      Reading the statutes, the Order of St Catherine seems to be in a single class worn as a sash or on a bow. No mention if it's only for ladies. Or where the neck badge Frank posted fits in...

      Apologies Megs, I erred in my excitement... :blush:

      Single class Order for both men and women. Star with full size badge on sash, or reduced size badge on ladies' bow.

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      Firefighter's medal for special distinction

      in France

      Posted

      I picked up this puppy this afternoon at a local gun show. I must admit at not knowing that much about it...

      Am I correct in my thinking it is a "silver medal for special distinction" as denoted by the rosette on the ribbon and the ladder behind the axes...??

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      Order of St Catherine reinstated!

      in Russian Federation

      Posted · Edited by TacHel

      President Medvedev signed the decree on May 3, 2012. It ranks just after the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", just above the Order of Alexander Nevsky.

      Statute: the Order of St. Catherine will be awarded to persons well-known for their high moral and spiritual attitude and compassion, to citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign citizens for outstanding contributions to peacekeeping, humanitarian and charitable activities, for the preservation of our cultural heritage.

      Breast star of the Order of St Catherine

      Sash badge of the Order of St Catherine

      Badge of the Order on ladies bow

      More to come ASAP.

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      Cap. Archibald Haddock's visor cap

      in Northern European & Baltic States

      Posted

      More reading for you, again in French, just select cut and paste into Google translate.

      This picture of a French merchant seaman's cap might answer a few questions for you: http://pmm-metz.skyrock.com/2857007594-Casquette-marmar.html

      The French Navy caps had (dunno if this is still true today) the ranks around the base of the cap. Have a look at this web sight about the history of French naval uniforms, scroll down, you'll see the cap of a commander with 5 bars. Scroll down further, you'll see a belt buckle quite ressembling Haddock's cap badge. http://historic-marine-france.com/uniforme/uniforme.htm

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      My tribute to the crew of K-141 "Kursk"

      in Russian Federation

      Posted

      Dear Frank,

      Thank you for this valuable insight. I've been collectiing Russian and Soviet items for almost twenty-five years and i could never make sense of the multitude of znachki souvenir pins that I see nor of the beautifully made unofficial pieces that did not seem to have any true purpose. Frankly, I thought that most were being produced to fleece collectors - particularly foreign collectors. I had no idea that some of this output was driven by Russian collectors who actually enjoy forming collections of these pins.

      Bol'shoi spasibo!

      Regards

      I've seen very few dealers that were outright lying to potential buyers about the nature of their items for sale, what I did see in droves though, especially since 1991, are dealers without a clue about what they were selling. With the number of unofficial pieces being produced, I can't really blame them.

      Пусть покупатель будет бдителен! :shame:

      If you're interested in a modern Russian medal or badge but are unsure about its validity, check out my personnal collector galleries on this forum, or check OMSA's database, 90% of all modern Russian official items are there.

      Cheers!

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      My tribute to the crew of K-141 "Kursk"

      in Russian Federation

      Posted

      No, Paul, it wasn't. Club Faleristika is a russian website forum, and sometimes they order the manufacture of badges on many occasions and topics. The project for a new badge is presented on a topic, and the members can order how many badges they want to buy. You easily understand that under such conditions, not a lot of badges are manufactured!

      Here is the back of my badge:

      if7rz9.jpg

      You can see the "Faleristika" logo and the number of the badge: 134 (150 issued).

      I'm not sure any commemorative item was issued for the next of kin. But maybe someone here knows?..

      The commemoratives given to the families were non governmental (Russian Committee for Public Awards, Russian Awards Committee, and so on). The families initially received awards for the deceased (Hero of Russia, Medals "For Courage", etc) from the governent, it stopped there (for quite understandable reasons)...

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      My tribute to the crew of K-141 "Kursk"

      in Russian Federation

      Posted · Edited by TacHel

      Paul, I think I mentioned this in a previous post somewhere... Many Russians build their entire collections around a central, quite specific theme such as the navy, submarines, air force units, customs, etc., whether a piece is official (governmental) or not makes no difference whatsoever. This practice isn't unique to Russia, but from what I've seen in many Russian forums, the percentage of collectors aiming at this over there far outnumbers western collectors. The Russian market is aimed directly at these collectors. Millions of pieces are produced by makers (even by the Moscow mnit!) simply to meet this incredible demand for what are most often, pieces of the highest quality that far outshine their official counterparts. Phil's item in post #13 is a perfect example, no official piece looks that good, and it's nice enough for even non collectors to want to buy it!

      This Russian forum (of which I'm also a member of) producing these limited pieces is literally a gold mine for such collectors (forum members)! They are quite good at it too, I receive an e-mail detailing new releases on a monthly (sometimes more) basis.

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      Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory... + 1/3...

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      My understanding of the Order of Glory was that you could only get three, one of each class.

      But here's a veteran with four! :unsure:

      Khristenko, Vasily Timofeevich.

      Order of Glory 1st class # 1794 dated 15 May, 1946

      Order of Glory 2nd class # 8964 dated January 24, 1945

      Order of Glory 3rd class # 165203 dated November 4, 1944

      Order of Glory 3rd class unnumbered dated February 22, 1944.

      Sorry if the article is in Russian CLICK HERE

      Is this actually possible?

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      Drawings

      in Military Art

      Posted

      Wow... Wow... And if I may add... Wow...

      An incredible talent! You are a professional graphic artist right? You just don't doodle these works of art for fun do you?

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      Russian FSB medals "For Distinction"

      in Russian Federation

      Posted

      I managed to get all 6 medals "For Distinction" of the Russian Federal Security Service! :jumping:

      They are, top left to bottom center...

      Medal for Distinction in Intelligence

      Medal for Distinction in Safeguarding Economic Security

      Medal for Distinction in Counterintelligence

      Medal for Distinction in Information Security

      Medal for Distinction in the Fight Against Terrorism

      Medal for Distinction in Border Management

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      FSB medals for merit

      in Russian Federation

      Posted

      I managed to get the whole set of the medals "For Distinction". :jumping:

      They are, top left to bottom center...

      Medal for Distinction in Intelligence

      Medal for Distinction in Safeguarding Economic Security

      Medal for Distinction in Counterintelligence

      Medal for Distinction in Information Security

      Medal for Distinction in the Fight Against Terrorism

      Medal for Distinction in Border Management

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