Vatjan

The name appears to be the same for both booklets, so it's probably the name of the controller fella.

OKD does not seem to exist in the Mongolian language. OND does exist but as part of a word, as in хооронд meaning between. Still digging

ZD might just be plain and simple 39, right? As in 1949? Jan

I had thought about that aswell, maybe there were some priviliges that went with the badge, but every so often they had to prove they were still alive to continue benefitting from this. I suppose administration in a mainly nomadic culture country is not an easy thing. I've never seen one, but I would assume there are 1920 maybe even 1919 entries for the partisans that joined Sukhbaatar's or Choibalsan's revolutionary groups early

the uighur inscription. Mongolian anyone ???

Third: July 27, 1944 booklet Stamp on photo + number + 2 added "ong" inscriptions and a handwritten uighur text

Second: July 26, 1943 booklet Stamp on picture and an written "ong" thingie

OK, let's make this even a little more...intriguing. First off march 20, 1942 booklet. No handwritten additions, no stamp beneath the pic

Yes, I know, that is why I put the "real" year between brackets after the Mongolian year. Yours is the first I see with the date written in Uighur, all the others have "normal" numbers. But I'm still digging Jan

I've examined 6 of these docs sofar (well 7 with the one in the thread, but I can't read the date ) If a conclusion is possible from so little info, one might say they were awarded once a year. I've seen following award dates: 20 march 32 (1942) three times 26 july 33 (1943) 27 july 34 (1944) twice I'll see what else I can unearth Jan

The book does indeed not mention the number of the badge. Sometimes the number is added in a non-official manner. These badges were issued starting in the early forties to the partisans of the 1921 revolution. I suppose the handwritten 1921 date, is the year the partisan actually joined the revolutionary group. Though I have no hard evidence for this. See also this thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4084&st=20 I will try to get a full translation of these 2 pages. Jan

That would indeed be a terrific idea. I for one am desperately looking for info on the serial number range of the St George medals and crosses the Belgian Auto-canon regiment received during world war 1. I already know they received 104 awards in total, crosses and medals mixed. Apparantly the medals are not numbered, I have seen 1 in a private collection and have reliable info from the Belgian Army Museum. I have no info on the crosses though. Let's go for it Jan

Hi guys, Does anyone own this book? Nagrada "Award, Historical and Journalistic Almanac" Issue #2, 2005. Apparantly it has a short article on Zhukov and the Khalkhin Gol battle, which shows several of his Mongolian award booklets. If someone has it, could I please, please, please get some high definition scans of these docs, I'd be eternally grateful. Thanks Jan

I think about 4,5 million medals were awarded, but I have no clue as to who was the bravest soldier of 'em all Jan

This site deals specifically with awards from that period, in french but very much worth the while: http://gen.declercq.free.fr/phaleristique/...aleristique.htm Jan

Sold on our favourite online auction recently as an official wearer's copy. Right out fake is probably more like it

T2: 1970's Pinback: Herfurth M10.2 Battushig A28.1

Variation 1 and 2

Gentlemen, the floor is yours now, any comments or additional info are very welcome. Jan

T4: 1970's pinback

T3V2: Cyrillic inscription - flat (trench) reverse - serial number under screwpost T3V3: Cyrillic inscription - flat slightly pebbled reverse - serial number 6 o'clock

T3V1: Cyrillic inscription - concave reverse - serial number 7 o'clock

T2V1S2: Uighur inscription - serial number under screwpost - downward curved Monetnyi Dvor mintmark (12 o'clock position) Will add pix later

T2V1S1: Uighur inscription - serial number 6 o'clock - upward curved Monetnyi Dvor mintmark (12 o'clock position)

T1: old design pattern - Mondvor mintmark