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Check out this green enamel!

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Medallion close-up`s Obverse Reverse

Bow close-up`s

2nd class 勲二等宝冠章 Obverse Reverse

It`s time to give a proper treatment for these beauties! Many thanks David for making these exellent scans and sharing them with us! Order of Precious Crown 宝冠章 Hōkan-shō 宝 - Precious/Treasured 冠 - Crown 章 - Order Interesting, that by some (unknown to me) reason Peterson translated 宝冠章 as Order of Sacred (?!) Crown. As far as I understand as adjective 宝 = precious, revered, treasured and as noun 宝 = brilliant, jewel, precious stone, sapphire, treasure. No "sacred" in sight ...

Medals

Ribbons

Both orders came from the same time period - Showa

And another curiosity from the same source

"Military Merits"

"Courage"

Newcomers! All three were made by Moscow mint. "Friendship"

2005 Spring awardings 2005 Spring.pdf

2006 Spring awardings 2006 Spring.pdf Autumn awardings 2006 Fall.pdf

2007 Spring awardings 2007 Spring.pdf Autumn awardings 2007 Fall.pdf

Three missing years, but unfortunately this rolls are in japanese. 2008 Spring awardings 2008 Spring.pdf

Yep, this seller looks familiar ... same can be said about the badge :whistle:

That's is one cool attribution Nick! Merry Christmas :beer:

Upper row from left to right ? + Excellent serviceman of soviet army (1957 + version)? + Excellent serviceman of internal troops? (MOOP version 1962-1968?) /// Udarnik (Shock worker) of Stalin's call-up (1934-1957) /// unidentifiable ribbon bars Lower row from left to right ? + Excellent serviceman of soviet army (1957+ version) + Excellent serviceman of internal troops? (MOOP version 1962-1968?) /// Komsomol badge + GTO ? /// GTO?+ Excellent serviceman of soviet army (1957+ version)

Rick, please scan this photo again (in maximum possible resolution). Then cut from original scan awards of every man (like I did it in this thread http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/55130-japanese-officers-with-chinese-manchukuo-and-nanjing-government-awards/page-3) Then post these cuttings. I think it will be possible to identify some of these badges.

Yes, you are right of course, but according to modern russian-english dictionaries all variants are possible Родина native land home(land) fatherland motherland mother country

Obverse Bryansk 1941-1945 Reverse First monument in the country to warrior-drivers

From left to right From top row to bottom May 9 / Victory day Liberation of Kharkov / 1941-1944 Odessa catacombs Ready to defend the fartheland / Brest 1941-1971

Asatryan Volodya Zhoraevich Stamp by military commissariat of Kamo/Камо (?) city. Kamo city (if it is indeed Kamo - hard to tell) is in Armenia ;)