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Order of Military Merit Type 1.1 (Screwback; flat reverse; 5 rivets) Low = 101 High = 840 Type 1.2 (Screwback; circular indentation at center on reverse; 2 rivets) Low = 1038 High = 5873 Type 2 (Pinback) Low = 6036 High = 8722 1049: 1/10/1959 2146: 00/06/1969 2695: 1972 Kuznetsov, Nikolaj Gerasimovitsh, Fleet Admiral USSR 2777: 1971 Petrov, Vasilij Ivanovitsh, Marshal USSR 5685: 27/03/1987 6515: 4/07/1991 Daramzhav, Radnaashjn 8126: 9/08/1999 Nanzivdarn Dendev Sources: Eric and Jan http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=0 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=13 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=20

Order of Labor Red Banner Type 1 (Screwback) Low = 106 High = 3712 Type 2 (Pinback) Low = 4029 High = 6772 621: 17/11/1951 Suuigiyn Gombo 1039: 16/02/1956 Dolgor, Nasan 5826: 00/00/1987 Batsukhin, Bayasaikhan 6238: 15/04/1993 Bamyn Dojuu Sources: Eric and Jan http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=0 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=13

Order of Labor Glory / Order of the Red Banner of Industrialization Type 1.1 (МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; SN at 12 o'clock) Low = 370 High = 2325 Type 1.2 (МОНЕТНЫЙ ДВОР mintmark; SN directly below screwpost) Low = 1837 High = 2315 Sources: Eric and Jan http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=0 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=13

Order of Sukhe Bator Type 1 (Screwback) Low = 158 High = 788 Type 2 (pinback) Low = 839 High = 2006 1 1941 I.V. Stalin 10/07/1941 Choibalsan, Khorloo (with HS MPR) 20/09/1945 Choibalsan, Khorloo (with 2nd HS MPR) 26/09/1945 Dampil, Samgijn (with HS MPR) 26/09/1945 Danzanvanchig, Dashijn (with HS MPR) 24 1946 Voroshilov, Kliment Efremovitsh, Marshal USSR 17/12/1949 Stalin, I.V. (with HS MPR) 31 1949 Berija, Lavrentij Pavlovitsh, Marshal USSR 158 24/10/1957 Suuigiyn Gombo 166 29/05/1957 Voroshilov, Kliment Efremovitsh, Marshal USSR (with HS MPR) 340 1961 Malinovskij, Rodion Jakolevitsh, Marshal USSR 341 1961 Zaharov, Matvej Vasilevitsh, Marshal USSR 342 1961 Rokossovskij, Konstantin Konstantinovitsh, Marshal USSR 343 1961 Budennyij, Semen Mihailovitsh, Marshal USSR 344 1961 Konev, Ivan Stepanovitsh, Marshal USSR 12/12/1961 Titov, Gherman Stepanovich (Pilot cosmonaut USSR) 13/07/1962 Nekhiit, Jadambiin (with HS MPR) 423 28/11/1962 Suuigiyn Gombo (with Labor Hero) 470 13/12/1963 Gombogn, Gazhuur, received also Polar Star # 3917 00/10/1964 "Revolutionary Mongolia" tank Guards Brigade 00/05/1965 Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna, Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with Labor Hero) 31/05/1965 Nikolayev, Andriyan Grigorievitch (Pilot cosmonaut USSR, with HS MPR) 16/09/1966 Tsedenbal, Y (with HS MPR) 541 1966 Bagramjan, Ivan Hristoforovitsh, Marshal USSR 542 1966 Vasilevskij, Aleksandr Mihailovitsh, Marshal USSR 558 1966 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilitsh, Marshal USSR 18/08/1967 Belyaev, Pavel Ivanovich, Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with HS MPR) 20/04/1968 Tito, Josip Broz 14/06/1968 Badam, B., Private MPA (with HS MPR) 586 1968 Gretshko, Andrei Andropovitsh, Marshal USSR 588 1968 Jakubovskij, Ivan Ignatevitsh, Marshal USSR 589 1968 Zaharov, Matvej Vasilevitsh Marshal USSR 591 1968 Zhukov, Georgij Konstantinovitsh, Marshal USSR 612 10/11/1968 Willy Stoph (DDR) 642 12/08/1969 Zhukov, Georgij Konstantinovitsh, Marshal USSR (with HS MPR) 18/08/1969 Dugarjav, Ch., Lt Colonel MPA (with HS MPR) 18/08/1969 Kayankhyarvaa, D. (with HS MPR) 692 1969 Tshujkov, Vasilij Ivanovitsh, Marshal USSR 12/03/1971 Chogdon, P. Lt Colonel MPA (with HS MPR) 12/03/1971 Nyantaisuren, D., Colonel MPA (with HS MPR) 1/07/1971 Gobatko, V.V., Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with HS MPR) 803 5/07/1971 Konev, Ivan Stepanovitsh, Marshal USSR 1971 (with HS MPR) 5/07/1971 Pliev, I.A., Army General USSR (with HS MPR) 5/07/1971 Sudets, V.A., Marshal Ait Force USSR (with HS MPR) 919 1971 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilitsh, Marshal USSR 922 1971 Vasilevskij, Aleksandr Mihailovitsh, Marshal USSR 923 1971 Gretshko, Andrei Antonovitsh, Marshal USSR 924 1971 Jakubovskij, Ivan Ignatevitsh, Marshal USSR 925 1971 Zaharov, Matvej Vasilevitsh Marshal USSR 927 1971 Sokolov, Sergei Leonidovitsh, Marshal USSR 928 1971 Moskalenko, Kirill Semenovitsh, Marshal USSR 931 1971 Krylov, Nikolaj Ivanovitsh Marshal USSR 932 1971 Batitskij, Pavel Fedorovitsh, Marshal USSR 933 1971 Gorshkov, Sergej Georgievitsh, Fleet Admiral USSR 937 1971 Zhukov, Georgij Konstantinovitsh, Marshal USSR 10/10/1972 Rukavishnikov, N.N., Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with HS MPR) 12/09/1973 Guulin, D., Private MPA (with HS MPR) 989 1973 Budennyij, Semen Mihailovitsh, Marshal USSR 16/09/1974 Dorj, B., Army General MPA (with HS MPR) 15/07/1975 Fedyuninskii, I.I., General USSR (with HS MPR) 2/09/1975 Janchiv, M. (with HS MPR) 1123 1975 Ustinov, Dimitrij Fedorovitsh, Marshal USSR 1255 14/12/1975 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilitsh, Marshal USSR (with HS MPR) 1335 1978 Ustinov, Dimitrij Fedorovitsh, Marshal USSR 19/02/1979 Kosygin, A.N. (with HS MPR) 18/08/1979 Jambaa, N. Sergeant MPA (with HS MPR) 18/08/1979 Tumurbaatar, S., Lt Colonel MPA (with HS MPR) 18/08/1979 Ekey, M., Lieutenant MPA (with HS MPR) 1404 22/10/1980 on eBay 13/03/1981 Tsog, B., Colonel General MPA (with HS MPR) 31/03/1981 Gurragchaa, J., Cosmonaut MPA (with HS MPR) 31/03/1981 Dzhanibekov, Vladimir Alexandrovich, Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with HS MPR) 1462 8/06/1981 Ustinov, Dimitrij Fedorovitsh, Marshal USSR (with HS MPR) 1463 1981 Ogarkov, Nikolaj Vasilevitsh, Marshal USSR 1465 1981 Petrov, Vasilij Ivanovitsh, Marshal USSR 1491 9/07/1981 Gongor Haltar 22/10/1981 Kovalenko, Vladimir Vasilievich, Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with HS MPR) 22/10/1981 Savinykh, V.P., Pilot cosmonaut USSR (with HS MPR) 1530 1981 Kulikov, Viktor Giorgievitsh, Marshal USSR 1532 1981 Ahromeev, Sergej Fedorovitsh, Marshal USSR 1548 1981 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilitsh, Marshal USSR 1562 1981 Kurkotkin, Semen Konstantinovitsh Marshal USSR 15/08/1984 Shiileg, E. (with HS MPR) 1984 Nyam-Osoryn Tsultem, Artist 1985 Duudei, T., (with HS MPR) 1715 1986 Sokolov, Sergei Leonidovitsh, Marshal USSR 198x Kizim, Leonid Denisovich, Pilot cosmonaut USSR 198x Lyakhov, Vladimir Afanasyevich, Pilot cosmonaut USSR 1991 Bazarvaani, Choidon, Artist 1996 Nyam-Osoryn Tsultem, Artist 2000 Nyam-Osoryn Tsultem, Artist (with Labor Hero) 18/03/2005 Molomjamts, L., Director Strategy Institute of the Ministry of Defense 8/07/2005 Lkhagvadorj, N., Controller of the "Ganguur" Company (with Labor Hero) Sources: Eric, Rick, and Jan http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=0 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=3 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=13 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=17

Medal "Gold Soyembo" of Hero of Labor of MPR Type 1 (two piece riveted construction) Low = 13 High = 242 Type 2 (one piece construction) Low = 420 High = ? 1: 1956 Davaajav, D., Coal Miner 52: 28/11/1962 Suuigiyn Gombo 00/05/1965 Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna (Pilot cosmonaut USSR) Tsedenbal, Yumjaa 250: 1981 Brezhnev, Leonid Ilitsh, Marshal USSR 2000 Nyam-Osoryn Tsultem, Artist 8/07/2005 Lkhagvadorj, N., Controller of the "Ganguur" Company Sources: Eric and Jan http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=0 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=22

Just to do some 'housecleaning' by linking up other information here . . . . Hero of MPR / Medal "Gold Star" of Hero of MPR Type 1 (Resembles Order of Sukhe Bator but w/Uighur inscription and different rays) No SN data Type 2 (Ribboned screwback suspension, hand engraved SN) No SN data Sources: Eric http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3249&st=0

The C.M.G. (and C.B., and other "C"-level orders) were switched from breast wear to round-the-neck wear in 1917, so Wedding would, presumably, not have worn his C.M.G. any other way (although the whole ssue of whether and how to near "enemy" awards is interesting).

A quick look in the handy-dandy (but immensely flawed and cranky) online London Gazette shows an honorary C.M.G. to "Lieutenant Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Karl Wedding" in the Birthday Honours List for 3 June 1902. There would surely be a recommendation in the National Archives (nee Public Record Office) in Kew. See: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/archiveVi...&selHonourType= I am amazed that he contued to wear an enemy award, though. Very naughty.

Reverse. Can post documents if desired, or you can see it here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2746

Not discussed, but I'll add the image: Hero of Labor "Gold Soyombo" Medal #52, documented 1962 issue

Reverse:

Red Banner of Labor Valor The T1 as listed above, ref Battushig A.27.

Order of Industrialization Valor Not sure how this fits into your scheme. It is Battushig's A.26. The 1940-45 variety.

Good idea. Or do we need a Mongolian sub-forum?? Here's an A.20 [T.1].

Thanks much. Is this expansion on Battushig published anywhere?

Sorry for the terseness. Dealing with insanity of pending foreign trip PLUS likely looming major computer failure which I DO NOT NEED. I associate -- am I wrong -- the enemel ribbon and pinback on these awards with the later varieties. Ref. Battushig p. 61. A.37.1 - real ribbon, screwback, engraved number - he shows #7693 (or something like that) A.37.2 - pinback, pinback, engraved number - he shows #18549 A.37.3 - enamel ribbon, pinback, engraved number - he shows #11556 (??) A.37.4 - enamed ribbon, pinback, no number, patterned reverse So this seems to be a A.37.3. The orders went pinbacked in 1970, so I mispoke by saying post-socialist (typing without Battushig in hand and thinking only in fragments), but this'd be a post-1970 award by analogy?

And the current (post-socialist) variety?

Even though I reject Santa and All His Works, an early Holiday Goody just arrived. Order of Industrialization Valor (1940-45) #1077 And visions of what danced in their heads?!

Agreed, Sal. I'm very interested in these, but I find all the focus on the "victors" to disguise the other side of the coin. Only with the international volunteers can much be found. I suspect the oppression of the Franco years drove anyone with republican connections (or items) into silence or exile (at best). Hope to learn otherwise .... Ed

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To clarify, ". . . the Spanish nationalist/fascist ex-combattants . . . ." Obviously not for the republican/loyalist forces.

Without the research and historical interpretation, this would be a lovely group. With it, the "man behind the medals", his time and his history, all come alive. It is the effort at understanding the individual bits of paper, at piecing these together into the story of a life, that makes this such a powerful slice of history. And all of this comes together to make these medals more than just pretty pieces of metal, enamel, and cloth. Bravo! Thank you Rick!

Nice stuff, thanks for sharing!

Yes, Chris, there is probably a guy somewhere who understands it, a, one!

Yes, please, can anyone explain this medal. There was an effort, only partially successful, in the JOMSA some time back and while it sparked my interest it untimately just confused me more. We need more on French medals! Please....