Ed_Haynes

Welcome to one more active insanity; I shall dig out Lidias' medals and put up more here (they are on "home leave" for a few days yet).

Some monsters will not die, no matter how many stakes of knowledge you drive in?

Have you "googled" it? there are lots of answers to the question. Try "Ernst

Roehm" or "The Sturmabteilung".

And there are always those exotic things called "books".

Subjects range alllllllllll over the place-- hence the non awards specific relocation.

It is not as if this is the Gulag, Comraids!

Fair 'nuff, I guess. But "militaria" not the same as ODM. Some of us may not care about bayonets and insigniae.

But your call, herr grupperfuhrer -- oops -- tovarich commissar.

Gulag, here I come, . . . .

Sorry (inded) to see it shifted to "militaira".

Oh . . . lovely . . .

That seems like a nice, early, Polar Star and a high-quality box to match. What serial numbers? Dates? Details?!

My guess:

To quote Lord Carnavon as he first peeped into King Tut's tomb: "Things, wonderful things".

What do I win?

Not sure this belongs (but, then, neither does the Order of the Vajra). Also this is not in hand yet, but it is on its way to come live with me. I wanted to post a preliminary picture.

Inner Mongolia - Military Merit Decoration

Created approximately 20 March 1938 By Prince Teh Wang (Temujin) as the main military merit award (roughtly comparable to the Japanese Order of the Golden Kite) of the puppet "free" government of Inner Mongolia established by the Japanese in those parts of Mongolia under their occupation (Suiyan, Chahar, and Ninghsia) after their occupation of Manchuria/Manchuguo.

It would SEEM that this award was issued in three classes:

1- 48 mm, silver-gilt, enameled red (as shown below, and soon my guest)

2- 42 mm silver-gilt, enameled blue

3- 38 mm, silver, enameled blue

And, yes, it is Chengiz Khan in the centre.

More images when in hand. It is cased.

References:

Peterson, Orders and Medals of Japan, 3rd ed., p. 171.

Wow, Dave . . .

Much to anticipate in your article. But don't give it all away here, leave it for us to read in JOMSA!

I can't imagine ANY U.S. officer wearing Soviet ribbons in the 1950s or 1960s!!!

Or the other way around . . . .

It is certainly nothing official.

Or even very nice.

Was there not a large group of American Veterans who are entitled to a special version of the 40th Anniversary of Victory Jubilee medal(1985)?

British, yes. US, I don't think so.

Awesome, simply awesome.

There was a nice article in JOMSA on this topic not so far back. Will look it up and post bibliographical information.

Awesome, absolutely awesome. And, to me at least, far more interesting than a Vietnam award.

Suspected as much. Very very interesting.

Await the full revelation of secrets.

Can someone help the non-readers of Russian here, please. The hints, and half-jokes, and knowing winks are nice, and cute, but some concrete information would be a lot more helpful and "gentlemanly".

As Spock would say: "Fascinating."

As I would say: " "

Cards (or recommendations) for others located?

It was ten years ago... when I got INTO Soviet... I wasn't finding any more Imperial...

and I sold every Imperial German thing that I DID sell for what I paid for it, among friends.

Pro-fit? Is that, like, FOR being in healthy physical shape, erwut?

Right! All that matters is that, eventually . . . things move on to good and loving homes . . . to folk who will cherish and advance the research agenda that clusters around these remnant relics of a real person's life.

The only items that have moved out of my custody were moved out, to friends, as trades, and were things I didn't (think) I was interested in anymore (then). Will dig out and post some of their photos, if they are not over-stained by tears. Not ONE item I have moved on -- however marginal -- that I have not later regretted passing along down the chain of custody.

A lesson here??

(And this group isn't even MINE any more!)

I didn't think you sold your "children" away, you shameless capitalist, you!

Agreed, Michaelji. Sounding better and better. But most incredibly UUUUUGGGGGLLLLYYYYY!!!!!

How common is it to have both Korea and ICSC (the latter being one of my favourites -- though the Canadian one is incredibly nasty -- never seen a Polish one)?

And we thought you had sworn off sax . . on . . . medals?!

Loverly . . . quite . . .

Thanks, Gerd. You've given us a very useful quick reference list. How many times I have wished the Red Bible had included the real names of all these awards!! I shall now print this out and glue it inside the back cover.

A lot of thing smell wrong about this group. Is is merely a matter of a bad mounting, or is that just the tip of the iceberg? If legit, it would be interesting, and can always be remounted. The combination of Korea and OCSC service is nice, and probably very uncommon. But . . .