Ed_Haynes

Yes, reminds me of a surgeon I met in Afghanistan. Feeling that his community needed demining more than surgery (and the hospital had been destroyed anyway), he took up demining. Lost one arm and half the fingers on the other hand in a momembatry lapse of concentration (at the end of a ten hour day on nonstop demining). Also lost his surgical career. Now he's trying to start up a private school, but the school building has been destroyed three times by the occupation forces.

Y 07 -- March 8th

Y 05 -- 50 Years of 8 March (International Women's Day)

C 51 -- 023 Unit of Hatanbaatar Magsarjav

C 44 -- The Glory of the Soldier

V 43 -- Star Pin

C 47 -- 50 Years of the Conflict at Baitagbogh

Y 09 -- 50 Years of 8 March (International Women's Day)

Y 08 -- 50 Years of 8 March (International Women's Day)

P NIB 08 -- 70 Years of Mongolian Highways

G 10 -- Firefighter's Badge

G NIB 03 -- 70th Anniversary of the Fire Brigade

Except that most of those photo hosting sites (and that one in particular) are renowned sources for spyware, and even worse. Be very careful!

T 22 -- Mongolian Red Cross

T 09 -- The Outstanding Worker of Social Service

T 10 -- The Humanitarian Helper of the Mongolian Red Cross

T 07 -- The Outstanding Active Worker of Hygiene

T 03 -- The Best of the Hospital Numbered on reverse; this is "0470".

T 13 -- Mongolian Red Cross

T 04 -- The Outstanding Health Worker

T 02 -- The Honored Donor (Silver) Faintly numbered (eluding scanning) "5" on the reverse.

T 26 [sic, = T 29] -- The Center for Cancer Research

Nice. I recall squinting at these lovely pictures, wishing they weren't so artistic and soft-focus (and printed on textured paper). Not intended for the phalerists, I guess!? Still:

T 21 -- The Outstanding Worker of Medicine

T 24 -- 40 Years of the Mongolian Red Cross