Ed_Haynes

Document exterior.

No. 393. This one has obviously hard a hard life, not spent loafing in the valuts of the state bank.

D 03 - cased and documented

Actually, it looks like the plastic cover on the upper one is so yellow and discolored that it is almost impossible to tell the colors for real, but I'd guess the center stripes are/were white. To what degree is there any ROTC ribbon standardization? When I last knew about these programs, everyone pretty much "did their own thing".

Nice ones, friends. I guess, in principle, anything that is numbered has or once had a corresponding roll of who got which one; otherwise, why bother numbering. Until and unless anyone looks for the rolls, we'll remain ignorant. The prevailing bias toward higher-end military awards will probably make things like this a low priority, so we may have to just hope that no one throws out those obsolete files before some future researcher digs into them.

Not possible to say if there was originally a very light gilt there (there is a "hint" of gilding on the number "50", saber handles, and horse's head on the obverse) or is it just tarnish/scanner effect? Whatever gilding was on this badge, it didn't last.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_Cedars_of_Lebanon http://www.tallcedars.org/ See also: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=16833&st=21

Close-up on dates, Kim.

Tell me if you need hyper close-ups.

Reverse:

Actually I brought Kravchenko's home today, though it remains to be seen how he got it (being born in 1920!). Obverse:

Ain't they all SLIPPPPPEEEEERRRRRRRYYYYYYY, mate??

To be completely honest, this is not something I'd normally do. But, for this group I intend framing it for wall display when my possible display conditions get resolved (sound of intense and ongoing family negotiations should be welling up in the background). Since this is the case, . . . . . . I have "restored" his missing medals, for visual impression (ONLY). With these MASSIVE caveats and real moral qualms, I thought I'd share the current visual impression with you. It will be shown it its final place when . . . ever . . . .

Putin's New Russia??

Question: Originally recommended as a Medal for Valiant Labor. How do we understand this?

Think "Red October", think "Red October". See the linked thread . . . .

And they . . . will . . . oh . . . my . . . no . . .

These came as a part of Captain-Lieutenant Vladimir Vasil'evich Vas'kovsii's group see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11059 and are presented for information and comment. A KGB submariner.

Left 52.75 g, right (with screwplate) 45.00 g.

Just to demonstrate -- as if further evidence were needed -- that I have limited focus and phaleristic compass. (And surprised by the weight of the Order of Labor; very robust!) Order of Labor type 2.3; Medal of Labor type 1.2.

And a fascinating one, but one perhaps for future historians.

Also at the museum:

Another intersting image from the Central Armed Forces Museum, Moscow.

Just found this goodie.

True. But world public opinion was not and, to this day, may not be as supportuve. This, maybe, is the danger of near-contemporary discussions on an international forum?