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Portuguese War Cross, 1917 Type, obverse:

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Close-up of the reverse:

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Close-up of the obverse:

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More.

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Handsome awards, Dolf, any chance of close ups front and back?

Bob,

Yes, of course.

I'm starting with a few pics of my favorite, the Military Order of the Tower and the Sword.

Dolf

And a real mix-up Display:

Soviet Badges, Chinese Medals, one Afghani Order, North-Korean Orders, Cuban Medals, and Yugo Orders.

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Not really Soviet ones, but a few new Russian Federation Medals and almost all new Umalatova Medals.

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A couple of Lenin, Type 5 and Type 6.

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Mother Awards complete set.

The Title Mother Heroine + The 3 Classes of the Order Mother Heroine + the Motherhood Medals both Classes.

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Some Red Banners.

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More Orders.

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Different Types and Variations of the Red Banner of Labor and the Order of the Badge of Honor.

Dolf

Is there a citation that spells out what the awardee did to earn this rare(relatively) honor?(Re Partisan Medal)?

Paul,

According to the help of another fellow collector who reads Russian, the paper only says the Medal was awarded to Janus Janovich Richter. These temporary papers were later exchanged for the usual red-covered Partisan Medal Docs.

I can post a pic if you wish, but I guess this is probably not the proper section, right?

Dolf

Nice! You have all of the WW2 Campaign medals!!! Both Partisan Medals too!!!

Paul,

Yes

And for the Partisan 1st Class I have a rare temporay Doc, issued by the Latvian Partisan Movement HQ! Nice piece of History.

And my Border Guards Medal (top right corner) is the rare Variation 1, made of silver and only manufactured in the 50's. R3 on PMD's Guide!

The Irreprochable Service Medals are those for the KGB. I also have other types but not on the display.

Dolf

Fabulous! TWO (2) Partisan Badges?!!!

Yes, one screwback and one pinback.

My pinback is serial numbered but not the screwback. But I know that there are also screwback pieces with a S/N.

Dolf

Some Orders and Medals from my country.

The three first Orders to the left of 1st row are from before the Republic (before 1910), the last Order (4th piece, 1st row) is from the Republic, probably from the 40's-50's.

The War Cross (1st piece to the left of 2nd row) is from WWI (1917), the other Medals are more recent.

Dolf

Thanks for the kind words, guys.

Paul, I have more items that aren't on displays yet

And yes, some are hard to find.

Dolf

Another type of Display, mainly Docs.

The Udarnik Badge is a very rare variation, completely gold-plated, not even listed on Dr. Battushig's book!

I'll post a pic of that piece later on the proper thread.

Dolf

My Soviet Medals Display.

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Another smaller Display with some of my favourite themes on Mongolian Badges (well in some cases there are also Medals for these themes) such as Police (second row from top), Security of the State (part of third row from top), etc

Also some other hard to find Badges, as the Partisan ones on the top left corner.

Dolf

Some Mongolian Medals. The Display is too small now to add the new pieces, I'll have to rearrange it one of these days, probably by taking some off so I can make room for the recently arrived ones.

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Just my first pic on this section, my Mongolian Orders Display case.

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And reverse:

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And now my Pinback, S/N 2006 (probably the highest I've seen!)

I notice Jan already posted a pic of the reverse above, anyway here it goes, both sides.

Obverse:

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Same, reverse:

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