Ed_Haynes

Lucky Stalingrad.

Oh . . . Stalingrad Moscow and Leningrad (oops, St. Whateverburg it is supposed to be now) have pretty much disposed of theirs.

But there are many nice photos of medals on their backdrops (= uniforms).

At least "They" haven't knocked him down there.

To cite (just one) quick example: http://www.collectrussia.com/DISPITEM.HTM?ITEM=13774 There must be others?

This is one of those MUST-HAVE books.

Ah . . . yes . . . but dealers around the world know the site, and use it to "calibrate" their prices . . . even in Ulanbaatar.

Not sure the price was "reasonable", but I am very happy with it. A year from now, though, the price will seem CHEAP.

I was, last night, looking through back issues of the [OMSA and came across a nice article in the November 1982 issue by Janez Svajncer, "The Yugoslavian Commemorative Medal for the Voyage to India and Burma". Has anyone succeeded to capturing one of these lovelies? (Does anyone have -- for obvious "crossover" reasons -- a spare one of these that I might "adopt"?) (There was also in this issue an interesting book review by some guy named "R. J. Lundstr?m". This issue was truly "back in the day".) -------------------- I saw this medal 3 years ago on an auction. The price was 100? at that time...which means, today you'll have to pay at least 150?! -------------------- -------------------- 1 from 1200 -------------------- Here it is, at last in my collection "Spomen medalja na put u Indiju i Burmu" 1954-55. Sorry for bad pictures: -------------------- From the same time and the same event.

Thanks, Eddie. It is good to see you -- and your wisdom -- here!

Thanks, "slava". These are groups to dream of seeing (or even to get the names and have the research pulled, just to flesh out the tale). Unfortunately, most of what we see are the "career" tyypes, and you right to remind us of the more invisible "short-timers". I assume the wearing of the St. George Cross and Medal was an exception to a more general ban on wearing the orders? Although I still think you'd have to be pretty brave, or pretty stupid, to wear even these in the 1920s or 1930s?

Yes (up to junior lieutenent), but could someone who was a Civil War veteran still have been a junior officer by 1943?

But I'd think if he'd been in WWI, he'd have become an officer by the GPW and, therefore, ineligible for the Glory. Though it is an interesting thought/dream.

To get us back on (toward) topic, let me share the group that recently came to live with me. To Jr. Sgt. Artyom Semenovitch Ivakhnenko. See http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=19792 for more.

Fascinating pictures. Makes me think about the tank commander in the fine film The Beast. "Tank Boy."

Interesting question, and interesting answer. I suspect these men and their medals weren't very popular in the years immediately following the revolution, even for those who joined the Red Army. (As far as those who were Whites, . . . well here's a little bullet for you.) Surely, by the end of the GPW, these old Tsarist medals became more public, crawled out of teh closet, as the old wounds had healed with the victory. Stalin had also led the institution of a range of medals named after old feudal Tsarist heroes (Suvorov, Ushakov, etc.) and even the reincarnation of the cross of St. George as the Order of Glory. I wish we knew more about this change in policy and attitudes over time toward the medals of the old r?gime.

Thanks Ibrahim and Megan!

Do we really WANT to encourage and reward the fakers by giving them our money?

All of these are in the thread on medals of Syria. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14267

Thanks, Gordon. Based on the evidence in the letters, it wwas suspected to be Stalingrad and this confirms it.

Many things can be found on http://www.abebooks.com/ that you never expected to find.

And, finally. Let me know if closeups are desired. Stamps stripped from the two enveolpes. See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4129&st=48

And. See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4129&st=44

And. See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4129&st=42

Way out of my "zone", on several levels, but can anyone help with the following? See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4129&st=40