Ed_Haynes

Type 1, var 2? Engraved numbering on reverse (not an integral part of the badge). This #396. So, may we now propose for these badges: Type 1.1 (Mongol legend, crude construction, mirror reverse, integral number) - Low 9/High 399 Type 1.2 (Mongol legend, crude construction, mirror reverse, engraved number) - Low 396/High 3?? Type 2.1.1 (Mongol legend, mirror reverse, serial number at 7 o'clock) - Low 32/High 4100 Type 2.1.2 (Mongol legend, mirror reverse, serial number at 10 o'clock) - Low 484/High 496 Type 2.2.1 (Mongol legend, flat revrse, silvered brass) - Low 1128/High 1958 Type 2.2.2 (Mongol legend, flat revrse, silver) - Low 4586/High ??? Type 3 (Cyrillic Legend, unnumbered) Much to do, as usual? Bad image of 1.2, sorry.

Short version: supply and demand. Limited number of awards to begin with, a good book to work with (now out of print/stock and near-"collectible" in its own right), some dangerous (and some not-dangerous) fakes, institutions in Ulanbaatar have disgorged about all there is to give, and a large number of deep-pockets collectors are coming south to feed. Much has what has come of late is from a single source, and you do not need a PhD in economics to figuire that one out. More to come . . . .

Several years back, a type 1 Hero was sold by Igor. Does anyone remember (1) when and (2) for how much? I think Liverpool Medals also had one (same one?) once upon an age? Help for failing memory, please.

Has been confirmed at the source. Sit back, cross fingers, and pray to whatever gods you worship.

Not to mention Ulanbaatar . . .

Not here. Sorry. Wish I knew, as I have a flock of new questions to post.

John has pretty much summed it up. Designs -- never manufactured beyond the prototype stage -- looked just like the 1939-45 Star but had "1939-43" as the legend. Only those two stars were announced before the very end of the war and only those two would have been worn (as ribbons only) during the war years. The evolution of the British WWII stars and medals is a fascinating tale and one I plan to write up for the JOMSA or OMRS journal when I can find the time.

Good guess. Christophe's answer is as good as mine. I assume that is all they had. The (very) attractive young lady leading me through the collection had few answers (and found my interest in medals very odd) though, otherwise, she knew her stuff. Almost no groups of any kind to be seen in Ulanbaatar (so far), but some very nice singles. (But museum photos elusive, so far.) Ed

Absolutely. Churchill wanted it worn the other way around (light blue first) by the RAF. How silly.

That was my thought.

Oh, one final one, for any Third Reich collectoirs who may stray over here . . .

And one more general shot. Need to sort through my notes, but the results of a Moscow-Ulanbaatar trip on Aeroflot do not permit this at present Off to meet

And . . .

Another . . .

What is this medal???

The victory, by the way, was in a free-standing case just by itself, displayed next to

A few more, before I run off to meet one of our number . . .

Let me know if you want more . . . .

And, finally, a general view, just to let you know it isn't all medals (but, frankly, that is about all I saw!).

The only Victory on display, unattributed.

And I knew you'd want to see these, but they were the single worst-mounted awards there, and the Victory was missing, as were almost all (?!)

And . . .

Or . . .

Sometimes your eyes just glaze over - something simpler?

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