Ed_Haynes

Not in very good shape and too big for the scanner.

Same problem, sorry:

Too big for the scanner, sorry, best I can do:

While sohe may denigrate groups such as these, I suggest that they tell us more about the historical reality of the erstwhile USSR than does a HSL for Stalingrad.

As some interest had been expressed in seeing more of the documents in the stack of paper surrounding the Lidias Vasilovna Shapovalona's group, and as my Soviet stuff is visiting from the gulag this weekend for a major scanning project, here are a few more pieces of her paper, in no particular order:

Southern Dornogobi Province Best Herder Badge (??)

Discussed in another thread, and (tentatively) identified by Vatjan there. Rick ® has a less delicate name for the badge.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5209

NIB.

I would guess that these are mint (manufacturer) specimen strikes of these medals. Specimen strikes are usually done in a harder metal (e.g., bronze rather than silver) to test the dies before commencing production.

No matter how good Dr. Battushig's book may be, it is not -- and never pretended to be -- exhaustive or complete. For example, he is quite aware how incomplete the book is with regard to badges.

To keep out thoughts straight, could we post here types, varieties, or items not included in the book, together with whatever imnformation we may be able to provide. (For the "big" awards, the orders and so on, it may be better to post this information in their individual threads on this sub-forum? Save this thread for the more "minor" wonders?)

Has Igor lost his mind?!!

Possibly, yes quite possibly. Some of his other pricing has been, well, overly ambitions. But if you had to choose between this item at $58K and a Ushakov, 2nd class, at $69K, I can't imagine anyone would pass up the Lenin.

And I dare say the Lenin sells first.

Thank you, sir. As I tell my students, the only stupid questions are the ones you never ask. (They don't believe me.)

Interestingly, the dealer had had THIS SAME tractor Lenin a few years back. As I recall it was in the $30K range at the time. And someone bought it then. And now it is back, nearly doubled in the price tag (and having, apparently, been researched in the interim).

Sure, and all joking aside, this is a lot of money. But how many legitimate, documented, researched tractor Lenins are about??

And I am having BIG trouble coming up with a plausible career that got these stars. Navy, but DM hard for them.

It is a shame the Brits never named their WWII medals (as others did).

Nice, thanks for sharing this.

So far, nothing different to add, but my newest arrival: the badge for a Deputy of the State Lower Assembly (1924-44) (B #B01). This is #161.

Slippery slope? What slippery sl . . . o . . . . . . p . . . . . . e????

A recent arrival.

Nice one! Thanks for sharing.

Very, VERY unusual, Darrell. Especially with such different wear on the Pac Star than on the others.

Nice to see these "up close and personal". Were all made by Spink in London? Is there a Dutch striking? (Sorry if this is a stupid question.)

Finding those with ribbons is quite an accomplishment. The ribbons are rarer, it seems, than the medals. Well done, Hendrik!

Am I warped -- don't answer that -- or are those RBs (etc.) that were won and worn more interesting than the numismatically virginal specimens?? Cracked, worn, or even replaced emamel means "service"?

Well worn. Well loved. It now deserves to get well researched!

Gotta make it 1200 DPI for some . . .

Anything goes.... Brit, Indian, Mongolian, Breasts, Russian......whatever.

Shall oblige . . . .

Lovely, lovely.