Bryan

I didn't know the prices where that expensive for long service Red Banners! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...W:IT&ih=007

Thank you for your prompt answer Rick! You are always of great help with Soviet uniforms.

Hello fellow collectors. I'd like to know from which branch is this red piped Soviet visor hat? Thanks for any help about what it is and from which time period it is. I will ask the guy a picture of the inside. Thanks for your help! Is the red for artillery?

Interesting research! Thanks for sharing it. It seems the Nevsky order was added to the order book.

Here is a bargain I have recently found. Medal for Bravery T1 V3 #218869

Thanks Marc! So it doesn't seem a very good deal. He sells it for $275 including the medals.

Thank you for your help gentlemen! What would be the going price for a Kitel like this? Thanks in advance!

Miguel, you can send your picture to a moderator or upload it here: http://www.imageshack.us/

What is this for a Soviet tunic? From which years? Is it good or bad? What should I ask for close-up pictures except the collar and the buttons? Thanks for your help, I really know nothing in that area.

I have no idea about how common these fixing screws are, but I really like your medal bar. Those small groups where easy to find few years ago and it seems they are now more difficult to find on the market. I also like the fact that both CSM medals have almost sequential numbers. Congratulations!

Some people get richer every month with their Soviet collection and me I can't by nice things anymore.

This is a very nice order that you here have. I thought the back would be a screw back. It seems I was wrong! Do you have it since a long time ago or did it just come from Belgrade? Thank you Anatoly for sharing your wonderful collection with us! Bryan

Hello Gordon, Thank you for your kind words on my flags. I wish I had the documents with my flags, but I don't have them. They seem to be much more difficult to find than the flags themselves. I should get back to Germany at the end of the summer or a little bit later. I thank you very much with your offer for the shipment! I guess you are sending a container back to Canada. I'll contact you later by PM. It's now time for me to go to bed, I'm working early tomorrow. Best regards, Bryan

And this one is not a unity flag, but still very nice.

Hello, I am proud to present my little "Kampfgruppen Ehrenbanner" collection. For the 2 flags from Zossen I do have the poles and the flag poles that go with them. Unfortunately the poles are too long to be sent by regular mail, so they are still in Germany waiting for me to be picked up. I also have a leather case for one of the Zossen flag. Pictures talk by themselves. The colors are brighter on that one as you can see on the second picture. Unfortunately this banner is a bit damage, but it is still a rare early patern flag.

Don't worry Gordon. I haven't seen anything rude in your post. I also don't know the real answer, but the only thing I can say is that all my cased examples from this medal do not have any recess place for the ribbon bars. It seems there is no place allowed for them. Only the big cased orders seem to have a place allowed for the ribbon bars.

There is no real place for the ribbon bar device in the case. I guess some might have been lost with the time. My guess is that these were all awarded with the ribbon bar, but this is only a guess.

I haven't seen any 2nd and 3rd class pinback orders.

Very interesting order Waldemar! Thanks for sharing! I'm sorry that I can't contribute to this post.

It looks pretty similar.

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Great T-34 shot in Belarus

Hello!

Very nice work Waldemar! I guess Marc is right about the classification. It makes things clearer the way he told you!

Thanks for the additional scans Christian!