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INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
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INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
Maybe not so rare, but, the way things are going, this M&E specimen of the Maha Vir Chakra (MCV, the 2nd-level military gallantry decoration) may be as close as I ever get. 1- The domed 1960s mint case. -
INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
3- And, as with the PVC, the rarest part, the unawarded undocumented AC1 bar. Much better gilding than the medal! -
INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
2- The medal. Nice (?) to see the gilt is mostly evaporated on this one, as with the USI-I specimen. -
INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
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INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
3- And the bar. Never awarded, of course. And, so far as I know, this design is nothing the MoD medal office has ever seen! -
INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
2- The medal. The same dark bronze I have seen on the mint-supplied specimen at the USI-I. So dark and rich it is hard to scan. As close as I'll ever get to The Real Thing? -
INDIA - Highest Gallantry Award Cased Specimens
Ed_Haynes replied to Ed_Haynes's topic in South Asia
The Param Vir Chakra (PVC +~ VC) specimen from the ANS III sale. Many things interesting: 1- The case, the high-domed 1960s fine black leather case I have seen before, but not named. -
From the latest Morton and Eden sale, some cased mint specimens of the three highest Indian gallantry awards. The sports of things (at least the first two) that no Normal Human will ever get. Until the early 1970s, the Calcutta Mint sold these specimen sets.
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Mongolia Order of Civil Valour and other animals
Ed_Haynes replied to Megan's topic in People's Republic Mongolia
Oh, Megan. Not easy. But what is when it comes to Mongolian awards?! Part of the problem is the sloppy and imprecise translations we are stuck with. These are the same award, but with different names in different eras. More a matter of heritage and inheritance than anything else? Very very roughly: ORDER OF LITERACY VALOR (1926-31) - A 25 -- Type 1.1 (no star at top, 3 maker?s mark, unnumbered ? is this variety marked ?I?, ?II?, ?III? by class? ? ever issued?) -- Type 1.2 (no star at top, МОНДВОР mintmark, serial number No ? is this variety marked ?I?, ?II?, ?III? by class? ? ever issued?) - Low = ??/High = ?? -- Type 1.3 (no star at top, МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark, serial number No ? is this variety marked ?I?, ?II?, ?III? by class? ? ever issued?) - Low = ??/High = ?? -- Type 2.1 (larger star at top, three maker?s marks, unnumbered) -- Type 2.2 (larger star at top, МОНДВОР, numbered No) - Low = 240/High = 260 -- Type 3 (as the Order of Civil Valor but with smaller star at top) - Low = ??/High = 165 1931-40 ORDER OF CIVIL VALOR (1931-45) - A 26 -- Type 4.1 (МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; SN at 6 o'clock) - Low = 138/High = 2325 -- Type 4.2 (МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; SN at 12 o?clockt) - Low = 1837/High = 2335 ORDER OF THE RED BANNER OF LABOUR VALOR (1945--) - A 27 & A 28 -- Type 1 (Screwback, ~ 4000 awarded) - Low = 83/High = 3913 (A 27, 1945-70) -- Type 2.1 (Pinback, silver) - Low = 4029/High = 7020 (A 28, 1970--) -- Type 2.2 (pinback bronze ? to date, not awarded, so numbered specimens probably fraudulent) - Low = 9050/High = 9060 -- Type 2.3 (pinback bronze, not numbered, unawarded escapee?) -
Netherlands Foreign awards to Belgians WWI
Ed_Haynes replied to love4history's topic in Northern European & Baltic States
LOVELY groups!! -
Soviet 9th of may 1945
Ed_Haynes replied to Christian Zulus's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
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Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
And, though already shown, here is the obverse and reverse of the NATO medal for ISAF, the International Security Assistance Force (though known on the famous Chicken Street in Kabul as the "International Shopping Assistance Force"). -
Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
And one of those "commemorative" abominations making the rounds in the US for those who need some phaleristic Viagra. -
Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
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Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
I am ignoring Afghan awards for the First Afghan War (the Order of the Durrani Empire and the Ghuznee Medal, 1839) as these are awards by the collaborationist Afghan government to foreign occuipation forces. (Again, an Afghan historical understanding here.) -
Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
And the Independence Medal, for the Afghan declaration of independence in 1309 (= 1931 C.E.) after their defeat of the British invasion in 1919. While not a medal for the war as such, it is seen as the logical outgrowth of that conflict. (And, yes, I reflect the habitual Afghan version of their history, that even since the Greek invasion, they have eventually defeated foreign invaders.) The Independence Medal. -
Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
The only ones I have seen for repulsing foreign invaders are the somewhat mysterious Medal for Kabul, 1890. I believe this a kind of victory medal for defeating the British invaders. A rather worn specimen. -
I have it on good authority that an enameled ribbon bat of that set that is split between Christer http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15730&st=22 and myself http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15730&st=51 surfaced some time back and went off to Germany. So this probably idetifiable ribbon set is now well and truly split.
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Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
I also have similar pages on the other four Afghan Wars: 1839-42, 1878-80, 1919, and 1979-89. Not just the Fifth Afghan War, 2001--. Do we want this thread to include ALL these or just the current war? I'd think that, given the ficus of the sub-forum, we'd just do the 5th here? -
Medals for service Afganistan
Ed_Haynes replied to Tiger-pie's topic in Modern Campaigns and Conflicts
Nice thread. Let me dig out some things to add. In the interim, you may wish to glance at: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/Afghan/fifth.html I have, however, stopped any online updating after large parts of my site were stolen and put verbatim into a JOMSA article. -
Yugoslavia Dealers to recommend for YU-Awards
Ed_Haynes replied to Christian Zulus's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
Thanks, Milan. I hope an e-mail in English wasn't a problem either. They have a really impressive site, even beyond the sorts of things that excite us. Ed -
Yugoslavia Dealers to recommend for YU-Awards
Ed_Haynes replied to Christian Zulus's topic in Southern European & Balkan States
I have sent a number of e-mails to the folks at http://www.singidunum-online.com/ Has anyone ever been able to contact them? Am I wasting my time?? -
Soviet Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz
Ed_Haynes replied to Christophe's topic in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria
And we are NOT talking about their election?