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Beautiful collection, Ed! Not really being a Group's guy I specially love those pieces from posts #15, #16 and #17, whith #16 being definetely my favorite!!! Absolutely marvellous piece!!! Dolf

Wild Card, I agree 100% with you on that one! I've occasionally bought some stuff from them, but in most cases not Soviet awards! And certainly not Groups! In fact I guess I've only got one or two single Soviet pieces from them. It's obvious (starting with the way they most of the time wrongly describe them!) they know nothing about this kind of awards! The usual lack of good pictures is also very annoying Dolf

Alan, Sending you a PM about this. Dolf

Alan, Yeah, I know what you mean, it would be much more interesting if the Group was a real one, but as you say the awards could be fake too so after all it was a good (financially speaking) purchase, in the sense that if you decide to resell the Medals now you may still recover enough money to buy yourself a nice real Group, or at least help pay part of it Now, I can also imagine how disappointed one must feel after having an alledged Group for years and finding now that in fact it was a fake group with a fake doc! Arghhh, damn scam abounding on this hobby Best wishes, Dolf

Alan, Absolutely, the Medals alone worth much more than that, so imho it was a good purchase after all. Dolf

Alan, Wow! I see I try to keep a record on Word, but haven't updated it for some time just have to find the time and patience to copy what I have on paper, also a few hours of "hard" work Dolf

Mondvor, But by using that "sunlight method", doesn't the paper of the Docs also become kind of sun burned, looking darker, and dry?! Arghhh, this scam never stops trying to deceive people, anyway! Thanks for the alert, Dolf

Alan, That's one of the reasons why keeping a record of every single piece we buy is very useful on this hobby! Dolf

Mike, So it seems Dolf

And another flock, this one (except one J 03 on hold for our dear Doc) looking for a loving home Dolf

I really like the flock idea. Here is my own flock Am I a Herdsman? Dolf

Hi Doc, Really glad you enjoy your recent acquisitions! Dolf

Nice Badges, Ed! Dolf

Ed, Yes, 138. Dolf

Same, obverse. Dolf

Ed, I guess you can update the lowest observed S/N for the Type 4.1. Dolf

Not the "B" at 5 o'clock on this one, but anyway this specimen has that small circle (also as far as I know always at 12 o'clock) at 5 o'clock! From this pic I'm not 100% sure if it has a "B" somewhere, but apparently no "B"! Dolf

Same, reverse. Dolf

My 2nd Class Medal, obverse. No Doc for this one. Dolf

This 1st Class Medal came with this temporary Doc, discussed on another Forum. Here is the info I got from those experts: Awarded to Janus Janovich Richter. Issued by the Latvian Partisan Movement HQ, attesting that Janus J. Richter fought in the partisan movement in Latvia, but not specifically authorizing a medal's awarding. What do you think about this one, Rick? Dolf

Same, reverse. Dolf

My 1st Class Medal, obverse. Dolf

Rick, I guess you missed this one, posted less than a month ago (Posts #10 + #11), here: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7866 Dolf

Paul, Quoting PMD: - "mothers who gave birth to and reared 5 children ? the 2nd Class Motherhood Medal" - "mothers who gave birth to and reared 6 children ? the 1st Class Motherhood Medal" - "mothers who gave birth to and reared 7 children ? the 3rd Class Maternal Glory Order" - "mothers who gave birth to and reared 8 children ? the 2nd Class Maternal Glory Order" - "mothers who gave birth to and reared 9 children ? the 1st Class Maternal Glory Order" (PMD states 8 children for the 1st Class, as for the 2nd Class, but I believe this is an error) - "mothers who gave birth to and reared 10 or more children ? the Title Mother Heroine" There are obviously more stuff on the Regulations for these awards, but basically, as the number of children is concerned, that's how it worked. Dolf

Another view. Dolf