Ed_Haynes

As we've discussed in the other thread (http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6261 -- and shouldn't this duplicate thread be merged into that one over in "internationa", where it belongs?), the documentation -- if it survives -- may be in Rabat, it may be in Madrid, it may be in Ceuta, it may be in Melilla, or it may not be.

Fascinating! I have an interest in Portugese colonial awards for -- surprise, surprise -- India, but have found few images and even less reliable information.

Yes, a fascinating medal; it is simultaneously Spanish, French, Moroccan (French), Moroccan (Spanish), and Moroccan (Moroccan)!

The cute little 30th anniversary badge, also shown over at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5914&st=59

Here is what I have listed:

20 Years:

A 60 - Medal

30 Years:

A 45 - (Медаль ?XXX лет Халхин-Гольской Победы?) - Medal

XXX - Badge (NIB)

35 Years:

C 26 - Badge

40 Years:

A 51 - (Медаль ?Победа на Халхин-Голе?) - Medal

45 Years:

C 52 - Badge

50 Years:

A58 - (Медаль ?50 лет Халхин-Гольской Победы?) - Medal

C 23 - Badge

55 Years:

C 27 - Badge

Unknown:

C 24 - Badge

C 25 - Badge

XXX - Badge (Dornod Aimag - NIB)

21st Conference of the MPRP

B # B 29

Another slab of ice on the slippery slope . . . .

And a close-up of the badge.

The interior of the interesting (though, to reference another thread, HEAVILY smoke-imbued) 32-page booklet has, after the initial information page, a series of all blank pages for recording, presumably, work achievements. These pages are dated, somewhat ambitiously, from 2000 to 2030.

An earlier badge than the one shown above, at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6043&st=05 (in an EBay-capture photo?), here is a documented "Shockworker of Socialist Labor" badge (X 12).

And, since I guess the badges haven't been detailed here before, here's a close-up on the pair.

Interior of the 6th Plan document (facing page blank).

Interior of the 5th Plan document.

An interesting documented pair of:

X 03 - Shockworker of the 5th Five Year Plan, 1971-75

X 04 - Shockworker of the 6th Five Year Plan, 1976-80

I would assume that surviving records, if any, on the Nishan Iftikhar would be in the Tunisian national achives in Tunis:

ARCHIVES NATIONALES

Prime Ministry: Established late 19th century under French Protectorate La Kasbah, Tunis

3400 books in French & 1800 in Arabic

Not computerized

Specialized in manuscripts from last centuries

350 journals in French/725 Arab. About 7000 volumes in Arabic and French

"Has a major collection for the history of Ottoman, Husaynid & Colonial Tunisia. Most of the documents concern the Tunisian State. Well catalogued. Small collection of published materials, mainly scholarly monographs & articles."

Director: Mr Moncef Fakhfakh

Chief Librarian: Mr Abdelaziz El Azzam

Telephone: 263.994

Photocopies: 100 ml/page

Access: "Researcher's card, photo & I.D"

Bus: Go to Medina

Open: Mon-Sat

Friday: 8:45-12:45, 15:15-17:30

Ramadan hours: 8:30-14:30

Saturdays: 8:30-12:45 15:15-17:30

Summer hours: 7:30-13:30. Closed in August

Winter: 8:45-12:45 15:15-17:30 8:45-12:45 15:15-17:30

While the legal status of the M?daille de la Paix du Maroc is more obscure (is it "French" or is it "Moroccan"?), I would, in any case, start by looking in the Moroccan national archives in Rabat:

Bibliotheque Generale et Archives

BP 1003

Ave Ibn Battouta

Rabat

Morocco

Tel: +212 7 718 90

Those who expect all relevant records to be on-line or in European archive are usually disappointed. Real research is usually hard work (but in interesting locations).

An interesting source which I just located:

http://www-cgsc.army.mil/carl/resources/csi/drea2/drea2.asp

P.S. What happened to the Indian Records? Fire? Or scullduggery?

Worse. "Weeding" of records "no longer required". Showing why archives ouight never be left in a working office.

Looks good. The MIC has confirmed his 1914 Star and clasp, and that is the dangerous one. There is probably another card for his BWM and Vict, but if he'd got the '14 he'd surely get them too. Others who are more adept at reading these cards to natives (of the British Isles) may be able to add more. The only cards I have any real interest in (medals to Indians) were all destroyed in the early 1980s

No alarm bells except good ones. Would check the MIC though, just to be sure.

Looks like a "period" mismounting (with rosette), checking his MIC at the NA/PRO will confirm the medals and clasp. All named OK?

Very pretty and very well photographed. Those who like this stuff may wind up lifting your photos for wallpaper. Make sure they pay you.

Ed,

I thought it might be a Friendship Badge because of the two flags side by side, USSR-Mongolia.

What makes you think it's a Provincial Badge?

Dolf

PS: just checked Dr. Battushig's book, on the Provinces section, and couldn't find one single piece having a "foreigner" flag (USSR or other) on it!

Because it says "Dornod Aimag" on the circlet. That is, of course, where Khalkhil Gol is located. I'd "read" the flags as saying something about the major allied participants in the battle, with the "friendship" implicit.

Finally, a "NIB", but obviously related to the Battle.

I believe it's a Friendship Badge, USSR-Mongolia, but can't find it on Dr. Battushig's book.

Dolf

This is obviously a provincial badge, from Dornod (as would make sense). Nice and interesting.

I'm striving to find the time to get out to KG this summer, but don't think it will work.

I put up several in the "NIB": thread. Will dig out images and cross-post them here.

Well done! One more piece in the never-ending Mongolian puzzle.