Ed_Haynes

J 11 -- The Champion of Harvest

J 09 -- The Champion Specialist of the MPR

Relevant to the "Polar Star", let me cross-reference the discussion over at: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13369

Some interesting observations have been reported there.

Q 07 -- The Badge of MIAT

K 28 -- The Outstanding Worker of Material and Technical Supply

D 21 -- Honorary Worker of the State Prosecutorial Organization

Interestingly, the badge is numbered. This is "021".

B 46 -- Outstanding Worker of the Irrigation Sector of the MPR

N 15 -- The Border Guard Construction Unit

As these confusing numbered units go, note that this is unit "0119". For whatever that is worth.

N 21 -- 70 Years of the Great Construction (1926-96)

B 52 -- Veteran of Democracy

B 51 -- The Order of Freedom, Justice, and Unity of the Social-Democratic Party of Mongolia

B 49 -- The Order of the Eternal Sky of the Mongolian Democratic Party

B 33 -- The First Unit of the MPRP

B 23 -- 15th Conference of the MPRP

B 18 -- The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party

B 19 -- The Honorary Badge of the MPRP

B 21 and B 22 -- Veteran of the MPRP

While this has been shown before, a side-by-side comparison of the two types may be of some use.

J 29 -- Volunteer Herder

Hard to scan and perhaps even harder to describe. The 31 x 20 mm badge has, as backing, a 2-mm think metal plate. The top two-thirds (or so) of the badge are overlaid by a 20 x 20 mm piece of green stone (jadeite?) that is 2.5 mm thick; into/onto this, the gilt animal head is placed.

J 26 -- The Outstanding Plougher

J 42 -- Outstanding Hunter of the MPR

Already shown, but here are three different types/varieties. FYI on the sorts of manufacturing variations that can be seen.

J 39 -- Agricultural, Mechanical, and Technical Institute

J 52 -- The Outstanding Worker of the Wood Sector

J 38 -- First State Conference of Collective Farmers, 1963

is there a possibility to trace them down similar to british medals?

Right now, research options for individuals are limited (except for officers and JCOs). It is hoped that, within a couple of years, whatever records have survived the working (?) bureaucracy of the Ministry of Defence will have been centralised in protective hands.

For regiments/battalions, there are more research options (what was this guy's UNIT up to?). But, being artillery, little joy here.

I will check to see if, by chance, he was KIA.

While the whole range of "prize" medals are badly unappreciated, they are also hurt by the pro-military bias that exists within phaleristics. While killing Hitlerites is (surely) a worthy act, so is teaching little children?

A lovely medal, Christian!