Dolf

Another State Prize, A 6.4 Obverse: Dolf

Ed, Yours seems to be a stamped serial number at 6 o'clock as most I've seen. Apparently the exceptions are for those pinback recycle materials type, as the one posted by "fjcp" and the one on Dr. Battushig's book, C 05-R, with hand engraved serial numbers at the 5 o'clock position! Dolf

Right! I noticed that! Do we have more sub-variations here?!... My displays already lack of space, and my wallet lacks of $$ for all these variations and sub-variations... Dolf

Exactly! I wonder why! Dolf

Well, I do find it pretty "sexy" looking And I really love what it represents historically! As for the quality, it's not as low quality as many other aluminium pieces! Maybe it's not even aluminium, I just don't know! For such a small piece it's pretty heavy after all! Dolf

And reverse: A pitty these are not serial-numbered! I wonder why! Dolf

Another one. Obverse: Dolf

S/N 39, front and back. Dolf

Don't know why, but I haven't seen this one often offered for sale! Another thing is I can't determine for sure what it is made of! It would seem aluminium, but it's pretty heavy if compared with other cheap aluminium pieces I have! That's why I posted it in the 1st place, asking if other Mongolian awards collectors had one of these, maybe some other member having one could help with the material it's made of. Another reason to post it it's because I find it quite nice and attractive and amazingly haven't seen it posted on the rich Mongolian section we have here. Enjoy Dolf

Ed, Why do you call the Screwback unnumbered type, the Type 2? As far as I know, chronologically all screwbacks are older than all pinbacks. Am I wrong? So, shouldn't the screwback unnumbered type be Type 1.2, then the pinback numbered Type 2.1 and the pinback numbered made of "recycled" materials be Type 2.2 instead? Just my two cents, Dolf

Anyone else has one of these? Nice looking little Badge. Dolf

Ed, Thanks. As it was posted by Rick I didn't realize it was yours Nice one! Dolf

Ed, Which post? Dolf

And my pinback, S/N 292. Dolf

Here is my screwback, not serial numbered. Dolf

Rick, My source of info tells me around 400. Dolf

Darrel, According to Shishkov & Muzalevsky, the metal mass in gr should be: Platinium (Portrait): 2,75 +/- 0,3 Gold (Order base): 28,6 +/- 1,11 Gold (Connecting link - whatever that means, I'm not sure): 0,004 +/- 0,006 Silver (Order base): 0,753 +/- 0,029 Silver (Connecting link again...): 0,169 +/- 0,015 Total weight: 33,62 +/- 1,75 As for the karats: (This info is a bit confuse to me as I'm not sure I can understand all details, etc) Order base: GSrM 950-25 Portrait: Pl99,8 and 99,93 Connecting link: SrM925 Solder: PlSr- 65 Hope it helps. Maybe other members with scientific background (physics and/or chemistry I guess) can help with all those symbols... In fact I'd suggest we create a new thread only for terms, etc used for these awards, a kind of dictionary for newcomers (and some not that new ) Dolf

I believe that in your case, given the reduced number of your posts the maximum seize of a picture to post is 60Kb. After a certain number of posts (not sure how many but any Moderator can help clarifying this) the seize of your pics to post can increase to 110Kb. Hope it helps, Dolf

Outstanding collection of Lenins Alan!!! WOW!!! Congratulations! As for resizing pictures, Windows XP can do it. Just right click on the original pic and on the list of things you can do, one is exactly "Resize Pictures". The rest is pretty easy. I use Photoshop myself, as it also allows other things as crop, etc Dolf

Jan, So you confirm that in your Badge it's indeed hot enamel, and not cold enamel or paint? Thanks, Dolf

Hard to decide which one I prefer, from J 01 to J 04 (including the variations) as I guess I like them all probably equally, maybe because each one has its own charme... So the best thing to do is to have them all Dolf

I assume you mean the green color on some leaves on the right side of Jan's Badge. In fact I just noticed that now that you mentioned it and checked on Dr. Battushig's book to compare. Both pics shown, either from J 04 as well as J 04b, don't seem to be green colored on that area! Personnaly I don't think it's a sub-variation of J 04b. Either all these Badges would originally have that green color (maybe not enamel!) that with time simply vanished, at least in all pieces I've seen so far, in which case Jan got "one in a million", or none had this green color, in wich case someone maybe thinking originally there was a green color on the leaves decided to paint it on Jan's piece! Just my two cents, Dolf

Great! Thanks a lot for posting Dolf

Rick, A 23.4 ? about 3 or 4 might have been issued A 23.3 ? about 10 - 15 might have been issued A 23.2 ? no more than 40 might have been issued Dolf

Jan, I agree 100%. It's indeed a completely different type. The metal, the enamel (this one is cold enamel, not hot enamel as before) and the period, so definetely a type 3 instead. Good point mentioning it, buddy! Dolf