Chuck In Oregon

I invite your attention to the painting Marine On Guadalcanal just posted in the Military Art forum.

Marine on Guadalcanal - by Don Prechtel Oil on Canvas Original Uniform on loan from a WW2 Marine veteran From My Collection

<<if a Russian buyer thinks he has paid too much for an item it also mysteriously becomes fake>> I wish that hadn't happened to me. But it did.

It has been 6-1/2 years without a response to my question: Can anyone tell with any certainty whether or not this (posts 10 and 11) is an authentic example? Help a brother out here. Chuck

Erors? You made erors? Give me substance over style every time. Well done.

Thank you for this excellent topic. Chuck

$250 retail seems about right to me.

Oops. Photo won't post. I suspect operator error. Wiki link still works, though.

This is Aleksander Nikolaevich Inauri, 1908 - 1993. WWII tank commander, HSU and eventual Soviet Colonel General and head of the Georgian KGB. This is his complete set of Supreme Soviet IDs and pins, from 1954 - 1984. After his death some unscrupulous quick-profit men bought his awards from someone in the family with access but perhaps not permission. They pretty much trashed everything else as junk. I bought everything else I could find in Tbilisi over the course of several years. That included these pins and IDS. I have a lot of his other stuff. Enjoy! (Photo By n/a - experti.ge, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17937416)

Thank you, gentlemen. Every piece of information is more than I had. TacHel, thank you for the message.

I've had this order for a number of years, 13 or so. I've started selling my collectibles and I think I'll list it on the bay. Problem is, I have no idea what it might be worth or even what level of award it is. I've seen so many on the 'net. The red enamel loss is obvious but the rest is very solid. Can someone please help me? I would appreciate any information at all.

[Nine years later] Are you still around? Can you explain? I'm not even sure which order this refers to. Chuck

I asked my friend Nik Nik about this. Here is what he had to say: It is part (the central detail) from a sign of the Life Guards Sankt Petersburg Regiment. I send you the description of a sign and its photo. The detail shown at a forum causes in me suspicion in authenticity as, brands on it don't correspond to the period of production of a sign. Such brands used in the 19th century, and a sign started doing after 1910. I don't comment on his explanations because a) he knows so much more than I do, and b) he is very seldom in error. For me (only), if he says that's what it is then that's what it is. Also keep in mind that English is his 7th (I think) language. Plus, he is a very, very good guy. Enjoy!

There is no clear military reason for posting this in this forum. All I can say is that it came from a Tbilisi family from whom I have purchased several military items attributed to their great-grandfather. He supposedly carried this in WWI and the Revolution and Civil War. Enjoy. PS: I, too, am experimenting with scanner backgrounds. I would appreciate your feedback on this one.

Red Army Commander of Railway Troops - badge and photo. He was liquidated in 1937.

Oops. I apologize for the foolish inconvenience.

Does anyone know how this turned out?

You're quite welcome, Henrik. Prices are a mystery to me, as is the well-known auction site. If I were a collector (and I am) I would much prefer the group together rather than individual "numismatic" pieces. One of these is the best of the three, you decide which one. If it sells individually then you might just be stuck with the other, lesser, two and wishing you had kept them together. I would avoid the potential regret and let your buyer enjoy that they are a group. YMMV, of course. You might also offer them for sale here on GMIC. Good luck and please let us know how it turns out.

Holy smokes! $665? I gotta start selling again.

Very helpful, JapanX. Nice work.

Hello Henrik! Welcome to GMIC. I think you're going to like it here. Be sure to visit as many of the other forums that interest you as you like. You're almost guaranteed to find something that makes you think "I had no idea...!" I asked a close friend and colleague to help with your jetons. Using the third picture as a reference: L) #6 Finnish Shooters (Infantry) Battalion - Officer's Jeton M) Officers' Shooters School (Infantry Officers' School) of St. Petersburg - Warrant Officer badge on the reverse, Officer on the obverse. R) Finnish Cadet School - Fredrikshamn Cadet School No absolute guarantees, of course, but my buddy is very good. Chuck

Nothing too special here, just a good example of an interesting, documented RR badge. I have several in my Russian RR collection.

Here's an early H&S badge. There are no marks. I believe it to be a Tbilisi-made loyalist badge simply signifying which side one was on in the early days, Tbilisi being one of the last hold-outs against the reds. The radiating lines on the star are similar to those often seen on enameled badges but there is nothing else to indicate it was enameled. Still, if one were to buy such a badge why not order an enameled red star? Or was such a display too ostentatious?

OK, I won't look then. Chuck

Good answer. Well done.