Christophe

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Hi again, Jim. Please, have laso a look at this thread : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9297 Cheers. Ch.

Hi Jim, I share your feeling. It is commonly agreed among us in this Forum, or others, that a number of awards are not real ones. Some piocs have been already posted with regards to this question. i'll try to post some of them later... Cheers. Ch.

Hi Jim, Looks like your second option... Cheers. Ch.

I share all your points!!!!! Meanwhile, let's see what Marc will propose us... Marc, your turn, now!!! Ch.

Hi Jim, Don't forget that not everyone, here, uses to go frequently to museums in Russia (and specifically in Moscow...)... Cheers. Ch.

Hi to all, I have one of these stars. it is unofficial and presented as a veteran association badge. I have never seen (in Moscow) any doc corresponding to this star, even if it exists of course. Cheers. Ch.

Nice one, Jim!!! Well done !!! And bravo (and welcome ) to Marc for his first good answer!!! I'm happy to see this new Quiz taking off nicely. About Gary Powers' U2, I'm just wondering if there is not some parts of it in the former Museum of the Revolution, the present Contemporary History Museum ? I can't be sure, as photographs there are forbidden. I have succeeded to take some, but not any showing it... Cheers. Ch.

Excellent, Jim !!!! Welcome back !!!! We are waiting for your question with impatience... Cheers. Ch.

Hi Christian, The 5th rivet has been added in 1974. Cheers. Ch.

Hi Uwe, Sorry for the very small picture. Yes, it is a similar ribbon. Cheers. Ch. PS : is it yours the one you posted ?

And, in this thread : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13730&st=20 Please, look at post #40 and #45 : the ribbon is sometimes "changing"... Cheers. Ch.

This medal is frequently / often for sale in Moscow flea market of Izmailovo, for - let's say - around 4-500 RR, so 12-15 euros... Cheers. Ch.

Hi Carol I and others, many thanks for the expanations and comments. Cheers. Ch.

Hi Mike, Good points. I think you are right on these points. It's an interesting subject; for my information, do you know other official orders of royal houses, that are not official order of the government of states? Cheers. Ch.

Thanks Carol I for the info. Interesting. But three questions : 1. How do you qualify this un-official order ? Who is supposed to award and receive it ? 2.Is this the 1st Order the former Monarchy of Romania has re-instituted ? 3. Why did he wait so long (3 years) before reistating this Order. It is said it was decided on 5th January 2005, but doc in force only today ? Cheers. Ch.

Hi Frank, I can fully understand. Nice green car BTW... Cheers. Ch.

Frank, Very interesting pictures !!!! Where did you take them ? Cheers. Ch.

Hi, Far from being an expert in these sorts of items, I have to say I am quite "happy" (should I say this ? ) fo the comments on the other Forum. When I saw this card in April, I was very much concerned by the card and much more by the comments... I had my opinion, but as many of us probably, was too "shy" to express it. Today, this is part of making this day good to me... Cheers. Ch.

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I agree that "at the moment", it would be more useful... But don't forget the Quiz 2008 will grow, and our search engine is already ready !!! For the "old" quiz ? It already exists since several months in its post #1... Please, see here : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3144 Cheers. Ch.

Hi Christian, It works, but until now you can't type more than the figure "4", as there are very few posts in the 2008 Quiz... It is not tomorrow that we will be able to type "1498".... Cheers. Ch.

And now, time for Jim (JimZ) to ask for the 172nd question, the 1st one of this new Quiz... Jim, your turn, when you want... Cheers. Ch.

As a reminder, a few stats of the Quiz #1, that will be continued in terms of good answers or "victories" : This small game has now been launched more than 2 years ago (on 1 Nov. 2005), and since : * 171 questions asked, * with 2,145 answers, * This quiz has been viewed more than 22,200 times. * 36 Members of the Forum played, and 27 correctly answered at least 1 question : Nb of good answers : * 35 : Christian (Zulus) * 31 : Christophe * 12 : Frank (Knarf) & Jim (JimZ) * 11 : Bryan (Soviet) * 8 : Simon (Red Threat) * 6 : Auke (Ferdinand), Belaruski, Carol I & Ed (Haynes) * 5 : Dan (Hauptman) * 4 : Wild Card. * 3 : Andreas (Alfred), Ivan (Piramida) & Kim (Kimj). * 2 : Chuck (in Oregon), Gerd (Becker), Jan (vatjan) & Order of Victory. * 1 : Charles (Hunyadi), Darrell, Daredevil, Dave (Navy FCO), Dudeman, Filip (Drugo), Rick (Stogieman) & Steen (Ammentorp). This is a great achievement. Thanks to all for your participation in the first Quiz, and I hope it will be the same in the new one. Cheers. Ch.

Summary Here are all the topics dealt through our questions and answers of this Quiz. To find easily a post, please use the following link, in replacing the last figure 1 by the number of the post you are looking for : <a href="http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24290&st=1" target="_blank">http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24290&st=1</a> Example : <a href="http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24290&st=1498" target="_blank">http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24290&st=1498</a> will drive you to post #1498. Are shown below : * Subject / question dealt - Number of the post where has been asked the question. Awards / Orders & Medals * Imperial Russia - St George Cross - #290 * USSR - Hero of the Socialist Labour - #267 * USSR - The two latest Soviet awards instituted by the USSR - #149 * USSR - Only man awarded the Title "Mother Heroine" - #628 Personalities (Awards) * USSR - Oleg Antonov - #382 Personalities (Identification) * Hungary - Kun Bela - #462 * Italy - Palmiro Togliatti - #546 * USSR - Rostislav Alexeev - #373 * USSR - Mykola Bazhan - #361 * USSR - Timur Frunze - #612 * USSR - Marshal Sergey Khudyakov - #492 * USSR - Ursula Kuczynski aka Ursula Beurton - #260 * USSR - Marshal Alexander Golovanov - #199 * USSR - Yuri Levitan - #462 * USSR - Sergey Vladimirovich Mikhalkov - #573 * USSR - Marshal Aleksandr Pokryshkin - #326 * USSR - Rozalia Zemlyachka - #52 Historical events * 1907 - Raid against Bank of Tiflis, ordered by Lenin - #278 * 1940 - Attack against Leon Trotsky in Mexico - #274 * 1942-43 - Battle of Nevsky Pyatachok - #100 * 1943 - German defensive Blue Line - #450 * 1960 - Gary power's U2 - #12 * 1961 - Big Ivan / Tsar Bomba nuclear weapon - #399 * 1970 - Soviet return Apollo capsule to the USA - #368 * 1981 - Plane crash of Admiral Psotnikov and entire commanding staff of the Pacific Fleet - #30 Architecture / sites * Kirkenes (Norway) - Victory monument - #422 * Moscow - Metro - #601 * Moscow - Moskva Hotel - #516 Aircraft, weapons, military equipment... * Rostislav Alexeev and Ekranoplans - #373 * Foxtrot class submarine - #623 * HMS L55 / Bezbozhnik submarine - #338 * Lavochkin La-7 fighter - #247 * Sukhoi-34 fighter - #447 * 1947 Soviet Aviation Day - #298 Other topics * Chief Marshal Amazasp Babadzhanyan and Vasily Grossman - #184 * The Berliner train in DDR - #79 * Choibalsan's boots offered to Zhujov - #225 * Soviet Cosmonauts - #538 * Lenin chessboard offered to France - #549 * Soviet Lunar exploration - #407 * 1980 Olympic Games mascot - #502 * Soviet People's Commissariats during GPW - #71 * 1965 "Plan of the 'Easterners' First Massive Nuclear Strike" Wargame - #329 * Poland Battlefield Chaplains - #589 * Vladimir Posner and Peter Jennings "Space Bridges" - #432 * First and last Presidents of the USSR - #203 * Propiska - USSR Internal Passport system - #165 * Traktor / Traktir - #506 * Carl Zeiss Jena's multispectral camera for space-missions MKF 6 - #281