Ed_Haynes

Just received a couple of Rumanian badges, thought I'd add them here.

1- Screwback. For some sort of Rumanian-Soviet friendship whatever??

2- Pinback. Obviously for the 1974 Spartakad of ____??

Help???

My trio:

1- Marked "I" but unnumbered. Forked-pin reverse.

2- Unmarkd reverse, single pin.

3- Marked "III" and numbered "19683". Screwback "* Э. H. Б. * / КOВHИЦД".

Quite a mixture of types? We have a LONG way to go before we catch up to what we know about Mongolian or Albanian awards!

Now . . . on to documented sets . . . ha ha ha ha ha ha . . . .

Yup.

Highest/latest numbered one I've ever seen, too. THAT would be a VERY interesting research project-- late for a WW2 war invalid, or for Korea?

Wondered about that, Rick . . . a really late numbered (and high-numbered) award. Off to the researcher with this one!

Thanks, Lukasz!

Very odd and very confusing, but very interesting medal!

Wonder where I got that from...........?

Better stick to the absinthe.

Actually, it is a good point. Usually, the blue (= navy) would come first (e.g. the 1939-45 Star). There are a few exceptions (this one, the first "India Ribbon", etc.).

Churchill, by the way, actually allowed the RAF to reverse the wearing of the 1939-45 (then 1939-43) Star. He got swatted down pretty quickly on that one!

Is this a joke? Communism is going to be proclaimed as ideology against humanity. Stalin and Lenin both were amongst the utmost criminals. As much as I understand this forum must be free of ideology ( and NOT only german nazi but soviet also). Am I wrong?

History, not ideology. Of course.

Are you wrong? In your understanding of history, that is. How much space do I have . . . ???

Best wishes for May Day, Comrades!

Tell me what you need, but you know that . . . .

All my images are open for your use, on this sub-forum and anywhere.

I've only just noticed - are'nt the ribbons on these Stars in the photos all the wrong way round?

Should'nt the blue of the navy take precedence over the red of the army & be to the left as viewed from the front?

Am I just imagining this after a heavy night on the Carlsburg, Notty Ash & Tyskie?

Nope: Red shading into white shading into blue. (Red nearest the chest midline.)

And the badge -- which may not scan well, as heavily domed as it is.

The enamel is a very dark, rich, claret color. The badge is 63.35 g.

And, inside, looking almost lonesome . . . .

Is there any accepted typology/chronology of these awards? I ask because I completed by "basic set" today with a very nice cased first class.

The amazing massive case is 49 mm deep.

Just in.

Have just been sent this less than perfect but interesting image of the Czech medal for service in Iraq. Why is it in English?

It is really hard to tell about these early-nineteenth centiury embroidred breast stars.

1- They were never very standard in the best of circumstances.

2- They are so similar to the horse-blanket stars used by so many mounted units.

3- They require expert knowledge in embroidery techniques and cloth that most medal collectors do not have (at least not me).

4- They have been widely and well faked (and expertly aged) by our friends in Pakistan.

Like Leigh, I have no clue.

References from Battushig's book.

I also saw this criminal...really a shame!

Now he probabely will get less money, also because everybody can see that he destroyed a medalbar!

Solomon

One hopes so, but I fear not. Lots of people don't seem to mind these loose medals. All loose medals should bother us, but something like this should inflame us. Just watch them get bought up and reassembled into a fantasy group to adorn some uniform.

Bought that Stalinist Architecture book... VERY good!

suggest you all also look on www.abe.com

a very good site to look for long lost books

Yes, Bob! Not always cheap, but very very good! Things you never ever thought you'd find.

It's the same medal for military or labour. A hero is a hero!

Interesting . . . . Reliable information on the post-CCCP awards is hard to come by.

Thanks for the information!! What were they awarded for?

Per Werlich (p. 328): Created 1 May 1857 and awarded to those who came to the aid of Grey Town (now San Juan) after its attack by US military forces on 13 June 1854. Three classes: commander, officer, knight.

I did not know that they had a forestry service. It must have been a very small organization. I remember GITMO as an arid place.

I actually find these medals to be very attractive!

If I had ever been there, I guess my government would have (another) cause to send me there (to GITMO this time).

I am told that central and western Cuba does have forests. Not the nasty dry east.

Ed, perhaps this ought to be on your list..

Hero of Belarus (still a socialist republic).

Nice one. Do they still have a Labor Hero?

No ribbons on the M&E images, but it was described to me as being crimson edged dark blue, with a dark blue central stripe.

Yes, Megan. Werlich says "Crimson edged with dark blue with dark blue stripe in center."

There were four of these (commander neck badge, commander breast star, and two knight's badges) in the last M&E sale. The images are probably still up on their website (lots 543-546).

Oh, and:

7- Sukhbaatar 23 Sep 1922; Magsarjav 24 April 1924; Choibalsan 10 July 1941 and 20 September 1945 (and Tsedenbal 16 September 1966)

Your turn, Christophe!