Ed_Haynes

Verdienstmedaille der Deutsche Demokratische Republik / Service Medal of the German Democratic Republic

With certificate dated 1 May 1982, Bartel #174c.

Most bizarre posting after update. Have had the same problem elsewhere. Hope all posts in interim do not vanish when this is fixed.

Ed

Ed,

If you have his name and possibly an address or at least some indication of where he lived or worked, he or his family can probably be found in an online telephone directory or similar listing.

/David

I really wish I knew more, David. All I have are the medals and the certificates. Will post details, for the interest of the multitudes.

Ed

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Held der Arbeit / Hero of Work

Awarded 7 October 1984, Bartel #53i.

And his Held der Arbeit certificate.

MOST BIZARRE - replies seem to be appending - shall put posts on hold for the time being.

Nice stuff, keep it up. Almost (almost) makes me sorry I gave up uniforms due to storage space (= wife) problems.

Hope your posts survive the server upgrade.

Ed

We are sort of mixing up here:

Gulf War I - Iran vs. Iraq

Gulf War II - U.S. and allies vs. Iraq

Gulf War III - U.S. and allies vs. Iraq

Will try to sort things out. I had begun getting a set of web pages together on the Gulf Wars (as I have some on the 1st-5th Afghan Wars), but when I found how freely m,y information was being stolen (and published) by others, I dropped the website idea. May put some of it up here, among friends, post-upgrade.

Order of the Red Banner of Labor, screw back, 1945 type

#484 - no documentation - research anyone?? Ha ha ha ha.

Pretty anyway.

It seems so . . . grrrr. Technology is evil.

The landlord might know more.

Yes, Dave, again, please. Grovel . . . .

Ed

Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic

Order of the Red Banner of Labor, type 2

#301 - no document

But, according to Kutsenko, awarded to I. Kh. Altynbaev, Chief of Police Criminal Investigations Department.

One of only TWO individuals to receive the order twice.

1- #139 October 1929

2- #301 November 1931 (he was the first to get it twice)

Yeah, I got the two in 1998 for $70 (US). That'd buy about half a certificate (or less) these days)?

I feel old -- but happy -- but old.

Ed

To my experiemnce, these are really more uncommon than they perhaps ought to be, and the certificates are near to rare.

Do I read the market right?

Ed

Rick . . . what is that knock at the door? . . . and the jack-boots coming up the stairs? . . . Rick? . . . Rick??

Lovely stuff!!

Ed

He is shown wearing it in the late-issue 1941 award booket for his 1919 Red Banner

For more, see: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2326

And, to complete the images, Vatslav Bronislavovich Lavrinovich's medal, #15126. No document with this one, though.

Start with

http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/iraq/iraq.html

though, due to some pretty serious information theft I have intentionally not been updating it! I have much more information and specimens now, though my medal sources have dried up after the invasion, as they lived in a part of Baghdad that got hammered; I have heard nothing since Gulf War III was launched.

Ed

Thanks for this, Chris. Not sure my language skills are up to the challenge, but the topic is a fine one!

Ed

I, for one, would be interested in seeing the medals. As the booty comes back, some interesting things are turning up.

Ed

Dunno, don't have "the book". In fact, I have never seen any book that did much with Mongolian awards. (I am told that the OMSA may have something in gestation??)

Megan's site has some things, but not a great deal

http://www.medals.org.uk/mongolia/mongolia.htm

Ed

Everyone confirms my suspicions. Thanks.

The good news is that the price I had to pay was quite reasonable, essentially the "sum of the parts".

Ed

This is the new Op Parakram Medal (shown below), established in 2005 for the near-war between India and Pakistan 2001/2. This is a controversial medal, as it is a campaign medal (not a clasp to an existing general service medal) for not a "war", but for a deployment.

The extremely naughty Air Chief Marshal is, however, wearing the OP Parakram ribbon BACKWARDS. He needs to "have a word" with his military tailor. But, then, I doubt the Germans would notice.

He is also wearing a commendation badge below his ribbons, most likely a Chief of the Air Staff Commendation Badge.

Nice snap, Dave!

I think I have a photo somewhere, let me look.

A review of the official published legislative history of the Crime Control Act reflects that the original intent was narrow and focused: the authors of the act wanted to prevent persons who had not been awarded Medals of Honor from aquiring them and posing as recipients of the award. There were several instances of fake heroes being exposed in the early 1990's, and the initial act was intended to stop this practice.

However, like so many things governmental, everybody wanted to get their two cents in, and the result was the oppressive legislation that was ultimately passed, a measure well beyond the original intended purpose.

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And the legislation now proposed

http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...h3352ih.txt.pdf

makes this look kindergarten by comparison.

Ed

Skinner's went to India, see:

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1903-03.htm

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/cav/1921-01.htm

But you probably won't get much out of the regiments. They do have a museum, but it is totally off-limits to normal humans, Indian or foreign. They will answer no queries, as a violation of security restrictions.

Coaker, per Jan 1919 IAL:

Major Verne Arthur Coaker, Indian Unattached List (3rd Horse)

4 Jan 1878 born

22 Jan 1898 commissioned

30 March 1899 appointed to the Indian Army

1 Sep 1915 promoted to major

1 June 1917 appointed Remount Purchasing Officer, Baluchistan and Sind

1 Oct 1918 appointed a squadron commander in 3rd Horse but on detached duty (remount)

Qualified at a school of musketry

Passed course of transport instruction

Qualified Hindi (obligatory)

Will check regimental histories etc. Amazed your researcher could find nothing. But some just don't care. Had I later IALs I could do MUCH better for you!

Have you tried a quick search in the online London Gazette?

Ed

I know it was awarded to SCW veterans, but I have always found that award IMMENSELY confusing. Someone needs to sort it out ... hint, hint ...?