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E 08. The Honored Border Guard. I like this one quite a lot! Dolf Pics replaced ? Obverse here, Reverse below.

WOW!!! Beautiful job Stephen!!! 1:72 or 1:48 scale?! Dolf

Same, reverse. I'm missing the E 07a, never found one for sale Dolf

E 07c. MPR, for the success in the guarding, III. Obverse: Dolf

Same, reverse. Dolf

E 07b. MPR, for the success in the guarding, II. Obverse: Dolf

Another one. No S/N or mint mark. And a pinback "variation", opposed to the screwbacks posted above! No idea if it could be a E 06. Again, unlike the pic of the E 06 on Dr. Battushig's book, this one has a "golden" look, not a "silver" one! Dolf

Not sure if this is a E 05! Unlike the pic on Dr. Battushig's book, this one has a more "golden" color than a "silver" one on those four "arms"! No S/N on this one, but just a kind of mint mark I guess. Dolf

I didn't intend to give you free advertising... But, more seriously, I've seen part of your work, so I know you'd be the right man for the job here. I notice Chris didn't ask you a word yet, despite the fact you already told him a few times that you builds on contract for others... Maybe you should let him know how much you charge for that particular WWI machine gunner, it might be a pleasant surprise after all, and it might also interest other non modellers here Dolf

Now what I think it's a E 04. I could be wrong of course. This one is serial numbered, B-491 (or what seems to be a "B"). Dolf

Ed, These Border Guards awards is one of those subjects that I guess I really like, among other Mongolian awards, so for a while I tried to get as many different ones as I could find. Only a few missing on this category from those listed on Dr. Battushig's book. As I believe other members have some of those I'm missing (such as E 02 and/or E 03) I guess we could have almost a complete data base here. Not mentioning the NIBs, for which I also have a couple of pieces. Starting with my E 01, S/N 927. Dolf

Alan, Next time try a different background, either white (which is what Rick recommends) or if you don't like the white background try something other than black, maybe red. I never heard about Microtek, but in your case your scans seem clear (I mean not out of focus, as it happens if I use my HP for 3D objects ), the main problem in your case is the size of the pics you post, and of course they are too dark probably because of your black background. It also happens to me when I use a black card as background, that's why in such case I must re-work the scans with Photoshop, not only to resize them but also to adjust brightness and contrast. I just noticed a perfect scan of a McDaniel's COA you posted on another thread! That's an excellent one! Best, Dolf

OoV, I also don't like that white/gray background I get when I scan my pieces, but in my case I guess that only happens because of my "pre-historic" scanner. So as you may have noticed I use some color card as background, either black (which sometimes makes the scans too dark and forces me to re-work them with Photoshop before posting) or red (which usualy gives a good result and most of the time I just have to resize them with Photoshop before posting). Of course this is quite some work and takes much more time than just taking pictures with a digital camera, but in the end the result is in 99% of the cases better. I really hope I can afford a new Epson one of these days. Damn, I really regret recently buying this multifunction HP which is only good for flat scans, but really bad for 3D objects! I should have tested it before! And I should have read Rick's advices too! Dolf

Guys, I'm sorry to say this, but your pics (OoV, Alan) are really bad! Can't you guys please, please, please post pics like those posted above by Andreas? Those are excellent, clear and detailed pics! I entirely second Rick when he recommends you getting a nice Epson scanner! Or any scanner that makes clear 3 dimensional scans. Even my "pre-historic" Astra 1200P makes better scans than the pics you guys post! Just my two cents, Dolf

Ed, The four 1st links are not working One needs to open the Home page of the site then follow the internal links. Dolf

Ed, As I never had one of these on my hands, the two only possible differences I thought there was (from pics, here, on Dr. Battushig's book, and elsewhere) between D03a and D03b were: - D03a would be slightely bigger, mainly on the width. - D03a would have a different color on the reverse. Anyway, thanks for clarifying this. On the contrary of most Mongolian awards it's nice to see there is one less variation Dolf

Congrats Albert Apparently a D 03b on Dr. Battushig's reference book. Unless it's a D 03a! Honestely never really understood the real difference(s) Yes, as far as I can tell from others I've had and seen, this is one of the usual Mongolian boxes. Dolf

Anyway, according to my research, September 28 apparently has nothing to do with the Cuban Revolution, or nothing to do with "Bahia de los Cochinos", or nothing to do with Fidel or Guevara's birthdays ... honestely I just don't know, can't find nothing related to that date and Cuba! At least not on Wikipedia! Dolf

Rick, I saw it somewhere where it was called "Defense of the Revolution" Medal, or something of the kind. But on Yuri Yashnev's site he calls it "Medal of 28th September", just don't know the meaning of the date. Dolf

Thanks for the additional info, Michael. Dolf

Christian, You have a pic of the reverse here, Post #18: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7504...amp;#entry95577 As far as I know there are a few types of this, some with Uighur symbols, other with Cyrilic ones. As Jan points out this is no medal or award, it was just used to adorn diplomas, probably some official docs, etc Dolf

Andrew, All right, thanks a lot I thought it was a Curtiss, but was not sure and didn't feel like searching in those boxes for the building instructions (I believe I keep them all ). A Seagull, right, now it rings a bell Thanks a lot for the pics and the ID Dolf PS: Oh yes, the 2nd aircraft is indeed the same as my model, wow! I believe the rear wheel is missing on my model and there is also another detail that doesn't match with the real one, a kind of "stick" that is between both left wings on my model but appears to be between the right wings on the real one. Ok, time to watch a new episode of "Taken", I love alien stories Many thanks!

I guess no one else is lucky enough to have one of these... Absolutely marvellous, superb, spectacular piece!!! One of my favorite Mongolian awards! Can you please post a pic of the reverse? Thanks. Dolf

Same aircraft. Dolf

One more, an American one, I simply can't remember what it is! Dolf