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Well, the badge was sold for $12 887 and the breast star for $ 12 500 SUPER LOW PRICE!!! Pure madness actually... The sash badge was sold practically for the same price as breast star... Phaleristical madness Unfortunately the set will be broken...

So it was an ingenious PR stunt ... [Gasp of admiration] I thought they were trying to sell this piece... :whistle:

Aha! We have a newcomer Pretty "hot" one too i***2( 159) US $12 500,00 01.05.2013 23:48:25 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $12 400,00 06.05.2013 01:55:59 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $12 001,00 06.05.2013 01:55:37 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $11 501,00 06.05.2013 01:55:23 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $11 000,00 06.05.2013 01:55:08 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $10 000,00 06.05.2013 01:54:24 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $9 000,00 06.05.2013 01:54:07 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $8 500,00 06.05.2013 01:53:55 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $7 500,00 06.05.2013 01:53:40 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $6 000,00 06.05.2013 01:53:17 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $4 501,00 06.05.2013 01:53:02 MSK a***9( 305) US $3 700,00 04.05.2013 00:54:20 MSK a***9( 305) US $3 600,00 04.05.2013 00:53:35 MSK a***9( 305) US $3 500,00 04.05.2013 00:52:40 MSK g***c( 800) US $3 333,33 01.05.2013 01:04:46 MSK i***2( 159) US $3 150,00 01.05.2013 23:48:09 MSK g***g( 1273) US $3 002,00 29.04.2013 20:57:11 MSK 5***a( 56) US $2 600,00 01.05.2013 00:47:52 MSK p***j( 3317) US $2 500,00 29.04.2013 16:32:17 MSK a***l( 279) US $2 200,00 27.04.2013 21:30:01 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $2 000,00 27.04.2013 13:41:45 MSK p***j( 3317) US $1 500,00 27.04.2013 03:02:44 MSK 2***y( 5 ) US $1 500,00 27.04.2013 13:41:15 MSK a***l( 279) US $1 005,00 27.04.2013 00:31:37 MSK p***j( 3317) US $1 000,00 27.04.2013 03:02:34 MSK 1***2( 458) US $100,00 27.04.2013 01:07:27 MSK -***3( 2378) US $5,55 26.04.2013 22:17:11 MSK v***4( 1 ) US $1,50 26.04.2013 22:21:30 MSK Starting bid US $1,00 26.04.2013 04:13:01 MSK

Smooth operators :lol:

Unfortunately this is fake "made in China" Check out this thread http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/53539-golden-kite-order-replicas-and-fakes/page-3 Cheers, Nick

Nice badge Tsend!

Shock worker is ударник [udarnik] - worker with very high productivity. Theoretically http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udarnik Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udarnik Cheers, Nick

Marketing? Undoubtedly! But was it good? Childish statements like "sources in both the United States and Taiwan found that the medal was indeed authentic" + Unrealistic price + "Rumble in the jungle" with Taiwan Defence Ministry = UNSOLD I'd say amateurishness at its best

Indeed! Instead of providing some hard proofs they keep on saying that "the medal ... authentic and ... the defense ministry had not been able to produce evidence backing up its claim." Ridiculous! To say nothing about this (equally ridiculous) price estimate: "between $386,622-$644,370". Price tag that was set "strictly for the fat cat"

Hey guys, what was the selling price? I missed this epoch-making event :whistle:

Girls ... Same old, same old ... Good thing that the "sources" are still "reliable" Déjà vu ...

Ooooh These glorious day of communism construction :lol:

Guess this is chinese equivalent of "thank you"... You are welcome Maybe even in Shandong :lol:

Kinda ... Brand new definition of the coolness is around the corner

Yep, looks like Konstantin Chumanov prefer chronological order Obviously he is oppressing http://polygonv.narod.ru/pervoist/nagradyRF.pdf or (alternatively) http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Порядок_ношеня_государственных_наград_в_Россйской_Федераци

They simply took one 3rd class from unissued stock (most likely with the number 8xx xxx). Then the original serial number was erased and new one was punched http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/12346-show-your-duplicate-awards/?hl=%2Bred+%2Bbanner+%2Bstamped#entry119101 :whistle:

Exact! But I am afraid that for "unique gold version" one would ask at least £1000 :whistle:

Past?! Come on man! See for yourself http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/58315-hero-of-labour-of-the-russian-federation/#entry543218 :cheers:

Romantique ... P.S. Nice photo of the star Frank

Confusion? More like enlivening By the way, I saw once a normal light bronze medal with same fake-later-added mark 56 .... Guess somebody was seized with dream of selling unique gold version :cheers:

What I am trying to say is that this medal is a fake and the mark is a fake. Ok guys, I'll give you a tip - there is no "Да вознесетъ васъ Господь в свое время" on reverse. Very bad sign! :lol:

I believe the correct word will be aide-mémoire or (if you prefer argo) tuyau Hmmm... So you like french and (simultaneously) don't like mystery They call it in Moscow "усиление предмета"/"strengthening of the item" In case of this "medal" we are talking about very naïve "strengthening" Mental note: find out how they call this "process" in Shandong. As for the rest of them... You see, there were too many private makers of this light (and dark) bronze version of the medal. The one on the right looks like authentic (but very "tied") piece that was made by St.Peterburg mint (one of 700 000 that were made by this mint in 1906) The medal on the left looks like one of these privately made pieces. Dénouement de l'opération

Of course it isn't

Actually "56" is a gold purity mark (56/96 "Zlotniks" = 585/1000 purity) :whistle:

A loooooong time ago ... Let's hope we won't be oppressed for this