Ed_Haynes

Excellent, thanks!

Thanks. A shame no price is quoted. A priceless book, literally? How much space is devoted to the socialist period as opposed to royalist stuff?

Great to see these. Thanks! We really need a good book! (Hint . . . ???)

And Mongolia has a horde of badges.

Very very disturbing. Yes, another dealer crossed off the list, I fear . . . .

Wow!!!

Thanks, Rick. Ed

While the repetitive "political" labels are grossly off-base, it seems surely a modern fake. Standard e$cam garbage.

And . . . could this (by the way) be moved into the "researched" section? It may not be "MUCH researched", but it may be as much as we'll see, especially for a KGB group, for a while . . . ??

And . . . Have at me.

Somewhat reluctant to get back into this abusive environment . . . Limited research in:

From what I have just recently heard, research is now quite unwell. Not due to the rumors of an archival shutdown, but from a general melt-down of source access. Those who have previously sent photographed full-color images, now request that if they are posted (on places like this) they now be converted to monochrome images. A sure sign that things are chilling? One of my frequent research wholesalers has just given up on the business. (For those who know, initials "AF".) Count the seconds for future research?

Lovely stuff. Many thanks.

Thanks for this! It is worth seeing http://www.bundespraesident.de/Anlage/orig...Deutschland.pdf and, of course, http://www.bundesverdienstorden.de/

It is a general award for merit, not by any means rerstricted to the military. Somewhere there is, I recall, a website with lists of recipients.

True, but this isn't an abnormal amount of time to wait for research anyway. From what I hear, the rumors of the archives' demise may be exaggerated.

I can't imagine you'd ever go wrong in researching a screwback RB.

The type 1 ended around #400 and then the (current) type 2 commenced. Apparently, type 2s have been "escaping" from government custody and into the market. I havea good one with a quite fraudulent #223. Medal is good, number is bad, price was low. I am also given to understand that fake type 2s are also being made in Mongolia and in both their northern and southern neighbors. From what I have seen, these fakes are thinner and more insubstantial than the real ones. When working only from images, one need to be very, very careful with these type 2 hero stars. I'll raise some of these issues with Bat when I see him this summer.

Thanks. I still await mine. The postal "service" .

Personally, I'm not sure I like that award at all. The number is way too low and way too odd.

Lovely. Thanks for showing the set.

And she still is (was? is she still alive? soon, they'll all be gone).

I am sorry if this sounds like a commercial plug (me not being a great fan of capitalism), but I am finding http://shop.promt.com/store/promt/DisplayP...ductID.98713500 to be a joy and lifesaver (and a source of great humor) for the Mondvor and Sammler websites, among others. Please delete if deemed nasty/commercial.

While way out of my "core", a bar. The closest I can get is http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4129&st=70 but I am not sure it is even close. :envy:

As I recall (being at work away from sources) dating commenced something like 1938. No George V MC would have been dated. Official naming, of course, only dates from the recent reorganisation and extension of the MC to all ranks.