Ed_Haynes

Not (NOT) Soviet, but I thought I might drop him in here? Alexander Lebedev See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21760

Good . . . I wondered . . . . Silver scans silly.

"1954"?!?!?!?!

I'd like to understand better how the OLG series fit into the normal labor sequence DistLab => ValLab => BoH => RBL => HSL. How was the OLG series awarded? And to whom? This may require having research available. Not now, alas.

Thanks. I appreciate this. But, these days, I expect to add not much more than reasearch. But that may be the MOST IMPORTANT PART?

In today's market? Probably. I was shown one in UB ayear ago with a silly asking price of $25,000 (and it MAY be this one, though I don't recall the enamed damage -- new damage? -- have photos somewhere -- and if the silly/stupid step of hiding the serial number had not been taken . . . grrrr!!).

Yes, they are lovely, as a stare at mine, and so heavy, . . .

Ouch. Need to pick up several this summer, then. They used to be available by the kilo, literally.

The problem is that the cabinets used by entomologists need to be chemical-imbued with moth balls and all such massively noxious stuff to kill off the small beasties that eat the corpses of the less-small beasties stored therein. (My wife is an entomologist and she'd kill me for not knowing the proper science-babble vocabulary here. )

Hi Joe, Welcome. And thanks. I wish I had a good source for quality cabinets, as I may be close to having a place to implant them. (Hint, hint?!) Ed

Way out of my usual grazing pastures, but

Any family group is nice to see. This one is especially nice. Thanks for sharing. I find the mixture of Soviet and post-Soviet (neo-Tsarist) imagery interesting, as is the fairly haphazard mixing of Soviet badges with post-Soviet documents. Despite what we are told to think, the hammers and sickles didn't vanish overnight?

I think it is the Capture of Paris 1814 (reversed, it would be for the Russo-Turkish War 1877-78).

I am told there has been a tremendous proliferation of NGO and even private awards since the lifting of controls on such things. These are very hard to trace and will, in time, become very confusing.

No, I have heard of this one from veterans with whom I have been in communication, though if any of our Russian members drift by I'd appreciate their thoughts. Remember, Rick, this is RUSSIAN, not SOVIET, and "god" is now all over everything.

Why can't the US just allow the sale of the real thing, rather than forcing them overseas? But, then, I have tried that argument on the OMSA leadership . . . Plop.

Thanks, Christophe!

I'd agree "off". But, then, I have never handled The Real Thing . . . who has?? A friend always promised to show me his, but never did.

Thoughts . . . ???????????????

And -- more relevantly for the ribbon question -- the interior.

Yes, the document (exterior) shows.

Put up over at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=18112&st=25 but maybe not much interest or traffic there. Russian Union of Afghan Veterans: Medal of the Russian Union of Afghan Veterans / Медаль Российского Союза Ветеранов Афганистана See also: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals...han/fourth.html Interestingly, the ribbon differs from that shown at Yuri's moribund site: http://awards.netdialogue.com/Russia/RF/Public/RSVA/RSVA.htm

Thanks, Johnsy. I look forward to seeing this fascinating historical tale unfold.

Have never seen it. Putting a clear image of JUST THE MEDAL (or main page of the document -- your image in post #2 might do) over on the Soviet forum might help.

Is this a quiz? Is there a prize? Answer: Because someone will buy it.