Ed_Haynes

Very very nice, and quite historical. These up- and down-grades add an extra dimension of historical value.

Interesting, bizarre, what is it??? (Asssuming 'tis pre-1963 and not related to you -- oh, biker boy -- as depicted in that first photo in that other thread, entitled -- temptingly -- "Nazis in Chains" -- yum?)

You seems to be developing a sub-theme here, Rick??

Not (NOT) Soviet, but I thought I might drop him in here?

Alexander Lebedev

See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=21760

It's a spot and the reflection angle like the "P," "D," and "N."

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.

Fantastic collection.

Snoopy

Thanks. I appreciate this.

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

How much would it cost without enamel damage - $30,000?

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, . . .

Saw one for sale for the first time few days ago, online - going for ?30.

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 can't quite recall which Tsarist campaign medal this replicates the ribbon of, either.

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.

That is a cast fake. But since you can't get even an unissued one here, I would have bought it to fill the spot in a project I'm doing. Why can't they just sell unissued versions with REPLICA stamped in the back?

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.