Vatjan

Here are some pix that I took during my visit to Mongolia last week. First of, the frontispices of the former Lenin Museum

I'm working on getting these pictures, but I'll need some time. See also post 34 for semet St George Sword Jan

Yes, another clue might be helpful, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssseeeeeeeeeee

This means anyone can freely buy medals and orders, but buyer beware it is illegal to wear them if you are not entitled to them Jan

Congratulations Doc, very nice pieces Might I just ask you to post your new acquisitions in the respective threads we already started on the subjet or in a "my collection" thread. That way we can keep all the info concetrated as much as possible, which simplifies searching for specific info afterwards. Many thanks Jan

This one is supposedly: "Adler des Tiroler Sturmzuges; Freikorps Oberland" Jan

Hi guys, A friend of mine has these in his collection. All ideas opinions on these badges are welcome This one was identified as " arm- und brustabzeichen; Selbstschutz Uberschesien" The design looks familiar, don't it?

The seller wants 320 euros for it

Hi Erik, great to see you here, welcome SSShhhttt!! don't give 'em any bad ideas That's exactly what it will be, ... some day

So it would seem, Dolf

and the back

Mine is not quite that early, hardly a Goznak nor a Mondvor Anyway here are the pix

OK, but do you think it might be a waste of money, or still worth the while trying? I was lucky with this one, I only paid the price of 3million+ red star Thanks for you help Jan

May I ask why Red stars only from 23000 onwards. I ask because I have a 15XXX red star I was planning on having researched, so I'm curious. Thanks Jan

"deleted due to wrong information about Cpt Oudenne" sorry Jan

The Sword of the Order of St Georges

It's a Belgian veteran's organisation medal. The full name is: the "Philantrophic Society of Former Military Personnel of the Belgian Army who took part in the 1870-1871 Capaign in Belgium, during the Franco-German War" It should have a ribbon of 31mm composed 5 red stripes 8 small yellow stripes and 4 black stripes (cfr Belgian military medal) Jan

Hi Chuck, I for one find this thread very interesting, but I have unfortunately nothing to share Keep 'em coming Jan

As usual, great and interesting badges Thanks for sharing, Chuck Jan

@ love4history Yes, they are nummbered and theoretically they can be linked to one person. In practice this might be hard, seeing that apparantly the archives in russia for the 3rd class are not complete, and because for exemple in Belgium, the government was not used to numbered decorations, and just handed the lot the Tzar gave them without bothering with the numbers. @Igor, Guy in the "Golden book of the belgian people", it is mentionned that King albert received the 4th class of the order, Queen Elisabeth got a 1st class St Georges Medal and Prince Leopold got a St Georges Cross 4th class. This book gives the awards for august 1914 to may 1915.

Again a very nice group Bob, congratulations

These are great, please do give us the details

and the hallmarks Thank you Igor

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Since I know Igor doesn't mind we post his pix as long as we keep the copyright mention, here they are before they dissappear from his website when the order is sold. Jan