Bob

For SB caretakers, I am always interested in acquiring more SB's for my collection: - Low numbered (i.e. <200) screwback SB's - Gigher number DOCUMENTED SB's - Documented SB as part of larger documented group - SB awardee documents without the actual SB Shoot me a private message in case you are interested in a transaction.

I think the weights are mentioned earlier in this thread. Unfortunately all my SB's are in a safe place where I can't easily access them (fortunately they keep themselves company in a fairly large group:))

thanks

An interesting set in the upcoming morton and eden auction... 4 slava's awarded to one person

Hello Artan, Have taken the Sunday afternoon to again look closely through your 2 books. Triggers many thoughts / questions (and compliments) which I will share one by one over time. First, in part one on page 55 you have a German imperial medal bar with an Albanian medal 1914 arrival in Durres of Prince Wied. Would it be possible for you to show the scan of this bar here in the right area? The imperial German collectors appear to be quite good at figuring out who things ma have been awarded to and it would be interesting - if lucky - to also find this out for this bar. Thanks, Bob

2 great books - more pictures / variations / etc. then one can see anywhere else. And I do mean LOTS of pictures! Also some variations / awards which I've not seen before and interesting to see modern Albanian awards (although not necessarily beautiful).

What are the numbers?

Wonderful! Can we see a close up, and also reverse?

Just saw this, it is written by a forum member! http://www.albaniancorner.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=651 Can hardly wait to get it! :)

Just saw this, it is written by a forum member! http://www.albaniancorner.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=651 Can hardly wait to get it! :)

I have heard Hero Star nr 1 is on the market... for 150K USD... A lot of money, but in this case it may actually be worth it

Here's a thought after rereading this thread. There's a range of Uighuir polar stars without a mintmark: 1) just a manufacturing error... or more to it? a manufacturing error over such a long range of polar stars seems odd to me 2) now, there's a small range (or rather, a sub-range within the range without a mintmark) where manually a mintmark has been added... 1710-1776 based on known examples... would there really be an operator who thought "oh, we have been forgetting to put mintmarks on for several hundred polar stars, i'll put them on for a few" This is an interesting mystery which hopefully some day will be resolved... In any case, I think the manual mintmarks are a sub-type within the "no mintmark" type.

I'll ask the seller, could be East German. Probably early '70s.

Yep, she confirme to me as well via eBay message that she's putting the group back up as one. I insisted on going via eBay because it is a more secure way of bidding. Time to put the new lising on my watch list:)

Pics from another collector with foreigner award in his collection. http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2010/post-679-126980257521.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_03_2010/post-679-126980258357.jpg "the enamel is real,old and original "hot enamel".I have it in my collection for a very long time already,c.3o-4o years" and he also mentioned he got it while travelling 30-40 years ago either in CSSR, DDR or Hungary (he can't remember). This is the one pictured also in Herfurth's catalogue.

Love these documents, have many in my collection as well - unfortunately i don't understand mongolian :unsure:

thick XXV, just like in the pics i have from another collector who has one of these "foreign" ones in his collection

the ring is uncut

Took the risk, quality is comparable with a regular one. And the enamel is quite well done (very smooth on the surface for instance where i'd have expected a bump from orange to the XXV letters).

I put her items on my watch list and have asked her to put the complete set up for auction again because it is worth much more as 1 group and i am eager to bid >15k for the combined group. Of course, I am not ACTUALLY going to bid on it, just having a little fun at the expense of the destroyer of history. :43:

Maybe it is a case of "i kicked ass as a partisan and all I got for it was this lousy badge" This is always the difficulty of collecint, at some point it is letting go. I have been thinking last weeks about actually selling my entire Mongolian collection in a year or 2-3, paying down mortgage, and focussing purely on Albanian. Wasn't able to make up my mind, but not as "attached" to material items anymore as in the past, including my medals collection.