Ed_Haynes

R 10 -- The Outstanding Teacher

R 43 -- Pupil's Pin A nice little thing, just 19 x 16 mm.

R 19 -- The Outstanding Lector

R 26 -- The Best Scientific Work of the Student

R 25 -- The Pupil with the Best Results

R 24 -- The Outstanding Pupil

R 29 -- High School No. 2 "Sukhbaatar" Surprisingly large, 53 x 33 mm.

R 20 -- The "White Laval" Teacher Pin

R 30 -- Mongolian State University

R 31 --Mongolian State University

Nice early one. R 46 -- Mongolian State University

L 04 -- Outstanding Miner

L 22 -- 40 Years of Geology

L 17 -- Outstanding Worker of the Energy Sector

A few more, just in. L 19 -- Outstanding Worker of Geology

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More up over at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12313

More up over at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12313

If I have time and energy before these go back into off-site storage I may post a few more.

PDRA: Unknown Totally unknown. Help? Anyone??

PDRA: Meritorious Public Service (???) Honestly, I have no clue. The legend is something like what I have given above. I'd guess it is an Afghan parallel to the Soviet Medal for Distinguished Service in the Preservation of the Public Order. Help???

Bahut accha. Is ke liye, mai aap ko shukriya bolte hai.

Nope. It would only interest Chris if the "tricky operation" were described in . . . well . . . er . . . uum . . . "full" detail.

Before these return to their usual home, a few more (at the risk of polluting with things that aren't German wound badges ). PDRA: Medal for Distinguished Frontier Service Established 24 December 1980. Awarded to members of the border forces and to civilians (especially frontier-based tribal leaders) for the protection of the frontier, bravery and the selflessness shown in operations with violators of the border, and for active assistance to the armies in protection Afghanistan's borders. The medal could be also awarded to foreign citizens. Generally parallal to the Soviet border medal. The correct ribbon is that shown on the left (obverse). The medal is, however, odten encountered on teh Afghan tricolor ribbon (right, reverse). Presumably, Soviet friends used whatever ribbon they could find?

No, I have several proper groups this way. As a general pattern, it seems to reflect those who entered into shooting areas really late in their military careers or the war and were allowed to qualify for an area star without the usual first qualification for the 39-43 (or 39-45) star. For example, the group to 388463 Major (QGO) Rukman Limbu, MBE, 1/7th Gurkha Rifles, that dwells with me, has but a single Burma Star and is very much on its original mounting (and period photos show him wearing this group). See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2331&st=33