Ed_Haynes

W 55 -- Chess

W 02 -- Meritorious Sport Trainer

W 59 -- The Champion of the Army Also cross-listed as C 40.

W 40 -- Spartakad of the City Handicrafts

W 41 -- Industrial Spartakad, 1961

W 35 -- Spartikad of the Pupil, 1968

W 60 -- 1st Spartakad of the Aldar Club, 1961

While I can't say that I am personally "drawn" to sports badges, there are clearly a lot of them and they are, therefore, an important part of the Mongolian system. W 62 -- Aldar Club

Brief e-mail from researcher: "The group is a fake." More to come.

J 51 -- The Honored Worker of the Wood Sector

To partner with Dolf's J 47, shown above: J 48 -- Irrigation Sector

Sorry . . . "updates" . . . in what sense? Serial number ranges? I don't think so, but shall check. To me, the flatbacks seem merely to be a manufacturing variety "sub-cluster" within a single-class serial numbered backs ranging from an observed 206 to 5009. Those who need more varieties to exist may disagree. Have discussed this with Battushig, and he agrees, by the way; so, if I am wrong, I am wrong in good company.

And how many awards by the Federal Republic? Do you have that number, Dave?

Why am I remembering that Bismark got both??

I have only seen one, with my thesis advisor's father in India. While there were other things he had been awarded, seeing a Bharat Ratna, an Order of Merit (Civil), and a civil PLM all at once somehow made me ignore his other awards.

Could it have been . . .

And we do have good and ample evidence of Jews and non-Whites in German forces in WWI . . . and he WAS a teacher (rabbi) . . .

Nice ones. And a good place to start. Oddly, these are the medals that seem to come out in quantity.

And we all knew that whenever "Chingisron" started bidding, just to step away. If "Chingisron" won the lot, it would soon be relisted. Amazing how easy it is to compromise a reputation. And this guy was (and still is) a major source of Mongolian items for many of us.

Look in the recent catalogues (all online) of the major UK dealers (Phil Burman, Chris Dixon, Liverpool Medals) and it should be easy enough to turn up a MVO of the right era.

Super! Let me know if it is any good? Cyrillic, bichig, or both??

My guess is that "Laval" has something to do with conch (shell) as a conch is shown and is a central item in (Mongolian and Tibetan) Buddhist ritual. Need a better Mongolian dictionary.

L01 -- The Miner Has an "early" feel and very small, 20 x 18 mm.

S 06 -- The Outstanding Inteligentsia

R 09 -- The Outstanding Teacher