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Then I would put Deputy of the State Great Khural (circa 1951-1960). I have seen just one type of this badge with a screwback reverse. The picture of the badge is depicted previously. The serial number ranges from 0001-1000. But the Chairman of the SGH Bumtsend in his letter to the Mongolian Embassy in Moscow dated in February 1951, he requests the 100 of such badges be made with a pin back reverse. Therefore, there is a possibility of the same badges to have a pinback reverse. But I have never seen this type of badges with the pinback reverse. Anybody has it? Please post.

OK, From research and observations, I would put them this way: B 01: Deputy of State Small Khural. Variation 1: mint marked and Variation 2: without the mintmark. (circa 1940-1950) Both Variations have screwback reverse. The other this type badges (with a Soyombo on the obverse) shown in this tread are fakes and reproductions.

Deputy of the State Great Khural of the MPR B. Nyambuu, taken in 1956, is wearing the badge.

The reverse... BTW, in Battushig’s book, page 74, the reverses of the two deputy badges were mispositioned adding to the confusion. In reality, the actual reverse for B.02 is B.04-R and the reverse of B. 04 is B. 02-R. The screw plate “Mondvor” on the badge in B. 02-R does not belong to this badge. The reverse should look line the one we see below (made of gold-plated silver).

Many of us believe the Mongolian Deputy badge illustrated below pertains to the 1990-1992 period. This confusion is rooted in Battushig's book that describe this badge as belonging to this period. We must be thankful to Battushig for paving the way in this area but we also should make things correct if there is a need for this. This particular badge was issued to members of the State Great Khural (parliament) of the Mongolian People's Republic from 1951-1959 and NOT from 1990-1992. The State Small khural cased to exist in 1949 and it was succeeded by the State Great Khural that kept this name and structure until 1960. Therefore the badge was issued from 1951-1959. The text on the obverse of the badge reads "Deputy of the State Great Khural of the MPR". According to the archival information, the new Presidium of the State Great Khural made an order to produce 1000 such badges at the Moscow Mint in February 1951. The badges serial numbered from 1-1000 were received in 1952 and they were used for by the deputies until 1960 when a new Constitution restructured the State Great Khural into People's Great Khural.

This is a Ukrainian site. It has been there for while. Good and interesting site.

Medals chapter has comprehensive information all medals of the MPR awarded until 1992.

Page 61 with images of the award booklet of Marshal of the MPR Kh. Chiobalsan!

The illustrations of the specimens with the lowest serial numbers ever observed for the Badge of the Hero of MPR, the Gold Star medal of Hero of MPR, the Order of Sukhbaatar, the Order of the Red Banner of Combat Valor (1945 type), the Order of the Red Banner of Labor Valor (1945 type), the Order of Combat Valor, the Order of the Polar Star (1936 type),the Medal for the Selflessness, etc. are presented in the book. Also, the illustrations of the Identification Booklet for the Badge of the Hero of the MPRP (1941 type) awarded to Marshal Kh. Choibalsan, award document number 1 for the first Order of the Red Banner of Combat Valor (1926 type) awarded to N. Jadamba (not Choibalsan!), Order Booklet for the first Orders of Sukhbaatar awarded to Kh. Choiblasan, Award card with serial number 1 for the Medal for Victory over Japan awarded to Kh. Choiblasan, Award certificate with serial number 1 for the Medal of Glory of Virgin Land Cultivators awarded to Yu. Tsedenbal, Award certificate with serial number 5 for the Medal for Selflessness awarded to D. Chuluunkhuu and many other award documents are illustrated in this book. There is a comprehensive chapter dealing with the award documents and the brass and cloth ribbons for the Mongolian orders and medals. The book presents the illustrations and descriptions of all the types of the Identification Booklets for the Hero and the Hero of Labor of the Mongolian People's Republic along with the early award documents of the first Mongolian orders and medals. The annex also has a brief chapter on the fakes and copies of the Mongolian orders and medals.

An attempt was made to classify the orders and medals of the MPR into types, variations and sub-variations. The awarding periods for an each type or variation of the order or medal is also provided. The serial numbers for a specific type or variation of the order or medal produced in the Soviet Union or in Mongolia are stated based on the archival documents. However, the author also included the lowest and the highest serial numbers for a specific type or variation of the order and medal observed to date for validating the archival information.

This book is the product of years of research work based on the Mongolian archival sources. The book includes the information on the orders and medals of the Mongolian People's Republic (MPR) from 1924 to 1992. The text is in English. The dimensions of the book: 29 cm x 21 cm. 272 pages, paperback. Unlike any previous publications on the Mongolian awards, the book has detailed information on award regulations, order and medal descriptions, the quantities of the orders and medals produced at the Soviet and Mongolian mints and the serial numbers and the dates of production of almost all types of Mongolian orders and medals. The serial numbers of some orders and medals awarded, the dates of the awarding and the posts and names of the some recipients of the Mongolian orders and medals are listed in the book. Over 290 high resolution close-up color photos of obverse and reverse of the Mongolian medals, orders, ribbons and award documents are illustrated in this book. It contains the highest quality color images of the Mongolian orders and medals available anywhere today. For the first time, the illustrations of the rare awards (e.g. the Medal for Valor of Mongolia, the Badge of the Hero of the MPR, the Gold Star Medal of the Honorary Freeman of the MPR, the Marshal's Stars, etc) and the illustration of the bras ribbon for the Gold Star Medal of the MPR are provided in this book. The The book also contains some 60 black-and-white and color photos of the recipients wearing their decorations.

Sparks, I think the star you have is genuine. If you want me to provide you some information on the specimen, I can send it to you. Just let me know your e-mail address.

I would also take the liberty and add the translation of the hand-written note on the back of the cover of the Award Card for one of the medals. It says "Bold (person's name) stole it and sold it". Probably written by the veteran or a family member. Sad.

The proper translation for this medal is "Veteran" of the Mongolian armed Forces. The medal, which has the status of the ministry-level award, is awarded to retired officers of the Mongolian Armed Forces. It has nothing to do with the War veteran badge or medal.