Befehl227

I can say its NOT Romanian, Italian or Hungarian WW2.

Kevin in Deva.

It could be a Croatian ribbon. But the golden color disconcerts me!

It seems like this ribbon is a lot wider in it's original shape, the folding is clearly visible.

As for the identity, no idea.

cheers

Peter

You are right, Peter! The ribbon was folded in the red area. But it's still the gold-white-red ribbon!

It ALMOST looks like the Danzig Lebenrettungsmedaille-- but that should be YELLOW edged and not this strange brownish-mustard color.

Has the dye color altered? Are the edges the same underneath?

This could be everything!

The ribbon is from an uniform (SS) which was found in former Yugoslavia. This means that the ribbon could be from the NDH (Croatia), Romania, Hungary, Italy, and so on...

30th anniversary

I need a hint for a good book about soviet uniforms & equipment!

[Good night all]

To cite (just one) quick example:

http://www.collectrussia.com/DISPITEM.HTM?ITEM=13774

There must be others?

Okay, it seems that I have eyes like a mole...because I couldn't find anything!

The book looks really, really interesting! Are there any photos of uniforms inside the book?

This is one of those MUST-HAVE books.

Sure...but where can I find this book?

Oh sorry,

Echoes of War , Researching Soviet military decorations.

by Paul J. Schmitt 75 USD , ISBN 0-9656289-1-4

regards

Andreas

Thank you for the SUPERfast reply!

And the title of the book was...?

1. Association of "servants" or "butlers"

2. Certificate/diploma of King Petar I. for the Order of St. Sava 4^th or 5^th class

3. Certificate/diploma of King Aleksandar I. for the Albanian Retreat medal

4. Association of Princess Zorka gives this certificate/diploma to ___

5. Certificate/diploma of King Aleksandar I. for the Order of St. Sava (probably) 3^rd class

6. Certificate/diploma of King Petar II. for the Order of St. Sava (probably) 3^rd class

7. Certificate/diploma of King Petar II. for the Order of the Yugoslav Crown (probably) 3^rd class

8. Certificate/diploma of King Petar II. for the Order of the Yugoslav Crown (probably) 3^rd class

9. Certificate/diploma of King Aleksandar I. for the Order of St. Sava (probably) 3^rd class

10. Certificate/diploma of King Petar II. for the Order of St. Sava (probably) 3^rd class

11. Certificate/diploma of King Aleksandar I. (propably) for the medal of zealous service

Are some of them for sale?

Servas Stefan!

I can only guess: "No step back ..." (1942) ?

Liebe Gr??e aus M?nchen

Christian

Bingo!

Gr??e aus'm L?ndle!

Dear Stefan,

congratulations to that beautiful and rather rare YU-Medal .

I miss that item in my small collection of YU-Awards .

The USD 50,- for that medal - as Bryan noted - would be a real bargain nowadays: Igor http://www.collectrussia.com offers one, as far as I remember, for about USD 250,-.

Best regards

Christian

BTW: What's the meaning of "Befehl 227" ?

Servas Christian!

Danke f?r die Gl?ckw?nsche!

The medal is the most expensive one (Yugoslav medal) on this site - very funny! THAT price is definitely not realistic! The upper limit for the medal is (should be) 70? (without case)!

Befehl 227?! Look at your avatar...it was his "Befehl"!

Would be nice to see a picture

Kevin in Deva

Can you see it now?

Can someone identify this "German" ribbon? Thanks for your help!

I need help with this nice badge here. I believe it is a cap/hat badge from the late 60s or early 70s...but what is the meaning of C.R.R.? Gents, your opinions please!

Hi Stefan! Welcome to the forum! I would really like to have this medal in my collection. I heard that this medal was given to foreigner partisans who participated in the WWII in Yugoslavia.

Hello Bryan! The price of the medal is around 50? at the moment, but we both know that the value of Yugoslav orders & medals doubled in the past few years. And yes, as far as i know this medal was given to foreign partisans.

I don?t know much about this medal, so I would be very thankful if someone could tell me more about this nice "spomenica"!

MPZZ is the short form for: Moskau "Platinapribor" Fabrik

It is a factory located in Moscow. Due to the raising demand after Red Stars and OGPW?s a second factory started

to produce them.

MPZZ OGPW?s are a little bit rarer than OGPW?s from other mints.

best regards nach Stuttgart

Andreas

R?tsel gel?st!

What do you think, when was my/the order issued? May/June 1945?

Regards

Stefan

Hi. I think real one! Your L/11 nice

Good news for me! Cheers!

A real one, to answer your question.

Thank you for the fast reply!

Oh, an MPZZ production OGPW with 20.000 issued awards.

regards

Andreas

[Hallo Andreas!'Kennen uns ja schon aus'm anderen Forum! ]

What is the exactly meaning of MZPP? I know (L)MD stood for Leningrad, (K)MD for Krasnokamsk...but where is/was Platinapribor located?

Gents, your opinions!? Real or fake?

(The Manu.-No. is L/11)

Here is my OPW 2nd cl. I bought the order a few years ago, when soviet orders were a little bit cheaper!