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C 03 -- Mongolian People's Revolutionary Military, "The Best" (1921-55)

G 08 -- Firefighter's Badge

F 22 -- The Outstanding Member of the People's Volunteer Security

F 18 -- 75 Years of Police

G 07 -- The Honorary Badge Awarded for what??

O 09 -- Railway Police A whopping 49 x 39 mm.

G 06 -- 20 Years of Firefighting

G 12 -- Firefighter's Badge

E 09 -- The Chief of the Border Guard Large (50 x 38 mm), but low quality.

E18 -- 70 Years of Border Guard College

D 12 -- 80 Years of the Central Intelligency Agency, 1922-2002

F 19 -- Mongolia, Police Officer OK, Battushig's picture on p. 90 indicated this was big, but, wow, 74 x 63 mm!!

Yes, I know well the market bias against civilian awards and toward military awards (two overlapping processes). But -- and I ought not raise this when I am away from my reference sources -- how much rarer than the Glory 1 is the Labor Glory 1?!

Just ONE year?! Wow. Thanks, Christophe. A fun idea!

I have the accents and symbols I commonly use set in a MS word document with I open in another window when I need it. I then copy and paste from that document to my postings here (and elsewhere). Font limitations of Windows restrict what I can do (no Hindi, no Urdu, no Arabic, no Pashto, no real Mongolian either in Cyrillic or bichig , etc.).

And a nice early Nevsky, nice photo, thanks!

Nice pair. I, too, await further details. Thanks for posting!

Risking overstaying my welcome, one more, others can come if desired or needed. People's Democratic Republic Order of the Star Directly parallel to the Soviet Order of Glory. One would be awarded the third class, and then successively promoted to second or first classes. The award was founded 24 December 1980 in these three classes. This order was awarded to military men, includinng volunteers, exclusively for personal bravery, courage and fearlessness in combat conditions, for excellent organization and realization of combat operations, for enticing the opponent into a defeat, for outstanding activity in increasing the fighting capacity of the armed forces. The medal could also be awarded to foreign citizens. The first class is all gold, the second class gold and silver, and the third class all silver. All are numbered on the reverse with the number of the class. I have never seen a numbered award, including some that friends showed me mounted in their own groups. Two varieties exist: -- 1980-87 -- with book below the national arms on the obverse -- 1987-92 -- with no book below the national arms on the obverse. Here's what lives with me with, obviously, a "hole" .

Hairdressing?? Seriously: Nice group, though, with considerable research possibility. But the price. Oy!!

Lovely. At $14.9K it'd better be.

Just noticed one at EUR 1600 (probably the same one Bob referenced just above?). Did not memtion screwback/pinback or number, but didn't seem to be the current nasty type.

Some of the Afghan awards that live with me have been put up over at: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12313&hl=

At the risk of administering an Afghan overdose, I shall pause here. More to come if anyone can take it.

People's Democratic Republic Order of People's Friendship Simular to the Soviet Order of Friendship of Nations. The award " Friendship of Peoples " was founded 24 December 1980. The award was given to citizens of the PDRA, the foreign citizen, to enterprises and organizations, and to provinces and cities. The award was made for: - oustanding work in the propagation and strengthening of brotherly friendship of all tribes and nationalities of Afghanistan; - for achievements in the work directed at the growth and strengthening of the national economy; - for excellent service in state and national reconstruction; - for merit in political development, enrichment and mutual cultural exchange between tribes and nationalities of Afghanistan, for active participation in education of citizens in spirit of friendship and proletarian internationalism, and fidelity to the native land; - for merit in the strengthening of defensive power of the PDRA; - for merit in the strengthening of the the world and the friendship of peoples. The award presumably became obsolete with the collapse of the PDRA in 1992. This specimen is unnumbered and may be an unissued piece, though the evidence on the patterns here is unclear.

People's Democratic Republic Order of the Saur Revolution, first variety Roughly parallel to the Soviet Order of the October Revolution. Established 24 December 1980. The award presumably became obsolete with the collapse of the PDRA in 1992. This is the first variety, 1980-??. This one is numbered (low!) 0543.