Chris S

The back with all screwback pieces...

This is another hard to find railway badge...Honoured Railwayman in Silver...

Hi Chuck...I was down town and this guy just pulls it out of his pocket...eyes popped out...er yes please I said...

Chris

Two of the normal type

One more...

I think these were locally produced badges..

Two earlier Border Guard Badges..one marked MVD....

The back...

You don't see these often so I would like to share it with you, a type 1 Border Guard Medal in Silver...must be a 50ties issue...

Chris

On the sunject of Turkmenistan, here is an early Turkmenistan-Siberian Railway badge.....

Also I wonder... were there any monetary prizes given with these awards? I know this was the case in the DDR with the Banner der Arbeit Orders with each grade getting more money....

I think in the early days if you got the gold medal you got a car which was a major deal then!

Doc open awarded in 1967 to Myyra Heljm Alexandrovna

Chris

Dan

I found this some years ago for 3 dollars....the price tag is still on the plastic bag...!

Chris

The gold doc....the medal was 10 K Gold. Completely under rated....very hard to find but I got this whole group for 150 US.

Chris

Here are the documents for the two medals...1957 in alloy 1958 in Gold...I think this was the last year they awarded this type in Gold.

Alloy first...

Chris

This is the complete group...I have all the docs...one of the medals is gold one alloy!

Chris

Dan

Books are incomplete especially when concerning these medals...here is one with a document which is numbered but the medal is not...this is a later variation of a small Gol Medal

Chris

The samll Gold Back

Large Gold Back...notice they are numbered...

Chris

The smaller Gold

Large front

I have to admit there is not to much on these Agricultural achievement medals and are quite common and at great prices!..but I found these once and at first glance thought the seller was trying to take some one to the cleaners ...on closer inspection they are made out of 10K gold and the first issue Gold medals were made of just that!

Chris

While a novice newbie with this stuff, I share some of the dobuts previously expressed, especially when I saw the award booklet. That is why I asked about research. Getting "Paul Papers" might be wise too?

Ed you are not a newbie...Cheers anyway!

Chris

The remainder of the group....

In no particular order....with docs...

Chris

The Doc

The backs of Red Banner and Red Star