Ed_Haynes

Good thoughts, comrades! It is one thing I really enjoiy about the OMSA, that the reliable dealers (dealer?) there will allow you to fondle and examine his goodies. As close as I'll ever get to wonders like a tractor Lenin. And there is no substitute for caressing real things and getting their "feel". Never been to a SOS, but went to the MAX for the first time last year (as it was but 20 miles away and I knew two dealer-researcher-friends would be there). Woo, lots of Nazis . . . and a lot of Third Reich collectors too! Even if it were still close and I knew my friends would be there, I'd probably give it a pass. OMSA!

Thank you, Nasaa. And welcome to the forum!! As you see, we need help from someone who knows the language.

Sure, fakes are about, but I am very afraid that Soviet collecting is getting infected with the "Third Reich Disease", and arguing that "Everything I have is REAL, and if your specimen differs from mine then it is FAKE FAKE FAKE!" Right . . .

Interesting. So little is known about these warlord period medals.

Yes, as I expected. Good to know my novice "gut feeling" is confirmed. Have legitimate documented sets surfaced? And can these be researched?

One other useful source: http://rulers.org/rulm2.html#mongolia (And, again, it would be nice if this thread could be pinned -- a hint to whoever holds that power!)

See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11074

10 Mar 1846 - 30 Jan 1867 - Osahito (統仁 - Komei-tenno - 孝明天皇), (b. 1831 - d. 1867) 13 Feb 1867 - 30 Jul 1912 - Mutsuhito (睦仁 - Meiji-tenno - 明治天皇,), (b. 1852 - d. 1912) 30 Jul 1912 - 25 Dec 1926 - Yoshihito (嘉仁 - Taisho-tenno - 大正天皇), (b. 1879 - d. 1926) 25 Nov 1921 - 25 Dec 1926 - Prince Hirohito (regent), (b. 1901 - d. 1989) 25 Dec 1926 - 7 Jan 1989 - Hirohito (裕仁 - Showa-tenno - 昭和天皇), (s.a.) 7 Jan 1989 -- - Akihito (明仁), (b. 1933) [to be Heisei - 平成]

Thanks to our fearless leader for setting up this category. It gives Japanese items the prominence they deserve, rather than burying them inappropriately among "Axis" items.

Background sounds of quiet weeping. Yet . . . a piece of history . . . .

Private Nikolai Aleksandrovich Popovskii See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11063

Senior Ensign Anatoli Zakharovich Basovich See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11060

Captain-Lieutenant Vladimir Vasil'evich Vas'kovsii See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11059

Yes, they are indeed the GEMS here (despite other lovelies). There were specimens, I think, in the recent ANS sale. Didn't have the heart to see what they finally went for!

Oh . . . . . . on K-424, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_III_class_submarine http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/slbm/667BDR.htm http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/wrjp1251h-ussr.html http://bellona.org/english_import_area/int...issioning/28335

Never a national flag. Just a (recurrent) red flag image, a generic?

My sense from what I was told . . . and the researcher could be wrong . . . is that he was anti-aircraft using his guns in an anti-personnel capacity (at there were no "rebel" planes to shoot at). Dunno . . . .

Agreed, but I thought the flick might have been close at hand. A shame Tim Curry (Dr. Frankenfurter) was not the KGB officer (Rick?? ) but he pays out early on. Not enough takeaway pay?

Ohhhh . . . . same-same?

I suspect that fougasse = sangaur but who knows . . . ??

I get the sense that different rules applied in Afghanistan. Then, as now? It would be nice to know . . . ????

And researcher's translation. As always, comments gratefully solictied! (Off to dinner now!)

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