Bryan

Sad story to target old heroes of the GPW. I guess it was this guy.

Well I can't beat Valuk's low serial number, but here is at least my first ZIN made Order of Merit for People. #14160

A new Guard badge in my collection Somebody knows which is the maker?

Nice and clean medal! I like the unsual ring from this medal. It's huge.

Anatoly, I hope you don't mind. I have merged the 2 topics speaking about this very nice order. That way we now have all the information on that particular order in one thread! Here are 2 pictures from this order I had on my computer. I am not sure, but look at the girls. It seems that they are not all looking on the same side when compared.

So let's translate it in English : "Medal of National Defence of the Socialist Republic of Croatia" I have never seen this medal before. Is it an official Croatian medal?

Thanks for the additional information Sebastijan!

Very nice medal Sebastian! Could you please tell me what is the difference between the 2 variations. Thanks for your pictures!

I have never seen this medal before. Does somebody has this medal in his collection?

I'm sure a second class like Igor's one wouldn't even get to $500 on eBay.

I'm sure not the specialist in that field, but your medal seems "Kosher" to me!

Nice salty medal as I like them! Ed do you have any other partisan medals in your collection or you are expecting to find one in a group one day?

Thank you very much Anatoly! I am

Ok, so it's seems to be an English acronym. Maybe that's why I didn't know it.

What does PAVN means? Something with Vietnam?

This is what I call a real "Labor" order. Anatoly could you please post it on the Yugoslavian section with the reverse please!

You must be right Gordon. I have never had an Hungarian helmet side by side with a Soviet helmet. Anyway both of you have great helmets !

Anatoly, we will definitely need your help with some photographs I guess. You have a tremendous collection!

Thanks for those interesting pictures. It makes me think about traveling one day to Hungary! Who is lying in that sarcophagus?

Very nice helmet Charles!

Gordon, there is no Soviet helmets that had the same liners as the helmet you have shown. This type of cloth liner is typical to Hungarian helmets and the leather chinstrap is to my own experience never found on post-WWII helmet. This kind of helmet has the same pattern of the SSh-40. The giveaway to be sure it?s a Hungarian helmet would be the liner configuration and the leather chinstrap. It may be possible that those helmets were made in the USSR and then handed over to Hungary without liner. It may be possible that the liners and chinstraps were installed in Hungary or it?s mostly probable that they were all made in Hungary with the Soviet model. By the way, what do you mean by "brown soviet helmet". Post-war Soviet helmet were green-olive!

Lot's of money and history right here if those orders are all real!

Thank you Valuk! I'll have to contact Waldemar to see what we can start with!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7049002.stm

Nice catch Bob! I've seen a cased exemple for sale on eBay few months ago, but it went a bit higher that what I wanted to pay. I will look through my files if I can't find that picture again. Anyway, I like it. Was it considered a badge or an order in Czechoslovakia?