Ed_Haynes

Let me know if you want more . . . .

And, finally, a general view, just to let you know it isn't all medals (but, frankly, that is about all I saw!).

The only Victory on display, unattributed.

And I knew you'd want to see these, but they were the single worst-mounted awards there, and the Victory was missing, as were almost all (?!)

And . . .

Or . . .

Sometimes your eyes just glaze over - something simpler?

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To leap forward: identify this one??

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Probably old stuff for many of you, but I'll post a few (and more if you can take it) images from museum visits during my recent visit to Moscow.

I was a bit disappoined by the medals in the Museum of the Great Patriotic War and the Central Museum of Contemporary History (though other exhibits at both places were GREAT). Almost all tyhe medals at those two museums were fakes ('replicas'). Those at the Museum of the Border Forces (ex-KGB) were great, though no photos were allowed (I did, however, get invited to in in on the post-luncheon entertainment for the KGB border veterans who were in town for the parade commomorating the 65th anniversary of the start of the GPW).

Although half of it was closed for repairs, the Central Museum of the Armed Forces was literally jaw-dropping and they let me take photos, though this was sometimes not easy to do. Best I of, I saw few fakes.

Nice additions, thanks.

I had put up a cased Bulgarian pair (?) over at

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3778

Now in post #12...what is this medal please? the rarest single Item...

Anyone care to guess??

Can you possibly show a close up of the Khedives Sudan with all the clasps? thanks

Shall try to oblige. Have an old scan, from the time I first catalogued them, somewhere. But a new scan will be much prettier.

Last for now, closeups are possible on request.

Some odd and exotic things.

As if that wasn't enough, . . . .

You'd asked for IGS medals?

Some gallantry things. The IOM 1 (all Mutiny era) has been removed for close-up photos.

Some things that, unfortunately, all look the same

Another general view.

Africa General Service

Some more views of their collection. Probably their rarest single item?

Good news indeed!

See: http://www.historicalresearch.com/books.html

Romanian. See: http://www.medals.lava.pl/ro/ro1.htm

Order of the Crown

Order of the Crown

Medal for Bravery and Loyalty

Commemorative Cross for War of 1916-19

WWI Victory Medal

Crusade against Communism

Medal of Faithful Service