Bob

You need a From some quick googling I've seen a couple of pics without anything special on reverse. Now, just to actually find one for sale! Any good French dealer site that I can frequent going forward to check up on whether they have one in stock?

Will be posting 2 more doc's in a minute: - 1 given to him July 6th 1949 (signed by de Gaulle (facsimile?)) - 1 given to him June 15th 1974?

oh well, would still like to find one just for visual perspective (and the medal / docs can keep each other company despite having been seperated from their original brothers) makes you wish people were more careful with their own personal history - half a year ago or so I obtained (after long nagging to my Russian ex-boss to share with me the medals/name of her grandfather from St Petersburg) doc's from the archives in Moscow and shared this with her. Her husband translated, her mother was in tears touched by this info coming available... and there I was telling my ex-boss "no, i don't want your grandfathers medals, please keep them together with the research and give them to your son when he's 18"... after a while she "got it" and went back to dig in old boxes in St Petersburg and found various photographs of him in uniform... now all of it is together and kept safely as a bit of family heritage. Oh well, I'm getting off course here - anybody know if I can research in French archives my own grandfather? (he's not French by the way)

Letter a few days later...

Document

As posted in the wanted section, I'm looking for a bronze class version of this medal to go with the documents awarded to my grandfather and make the set "complete" again. Apparently he was awarded this for helping a French pilot evade the Germans after he was shot down in southern Netherlands. Will be posting scans of the doc/letter in a minute. Couldn't really find much info on this award here on GMIC - any additional insights would be greatly appreciated (e.g. can I have this researched in French archives?). Thanks, Bob

1954 seems to be a big Udarnik year indeed. Here another (partial) scan of a document I recently received (part of a larger group). Would appear that text on upper half indicates the reason for awarding.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3314...pid=311802& possibly of interest

Sorry, I don't. But keep your fingers crossed and some day we'll be able to find out!

Thanks - and happy new year!

Interesting - is a reverse pic also possible?

Updated AWARD NUMBER DATE Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 163 17-7-1944 Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 393 10-9-1973 Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 435 1-3-1954 Hero of Mongolia 8 29-5-1957 Hero of Mongolia 22 12-8-1969 Hero of Mongolia 27 7-5-1971 Hero of Mongolia 37 14-12-1976 Hero of Mongolia 43 8-6-1981 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 1 1956 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 38 27-10-1961 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 44 29-12-1961 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 52 28-11-1962 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 79 13-10-1966 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 118 2-7-1971 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 250 1981 Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 424 3-4-1986 Honorious Medal of Labour 1.554 6-7-1991 Honorious Medal of Labour 2.614 11-9-1946 Honorious Medal of Labour 3.011 17-10-1957 Honorious Medal of Labour 3.285 2-2-1946 Honorious Medal of Labour 5.388 15-7-1952 Honorious Medal of Labour 7.982 11-3-1959 Honorious Medal of Labour 9.393 13-11-1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 9.672 27-9-1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 10.328 30-8-1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 10.660 17-10-1951 Honorious Medal of Labour 11.032 6-11-1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 11.584 10-12-1958 Honorious Medal of Labour 11.934 2-11-1956 Honorious Medal of Labour 14.585 15-12-1961 Honorious Medal of Labour 16.235 26-6-1964 Honorious Medal of Labour 16.335 11-11-1960 Honorious Medal of Labour 16.573 15-7-1965 Honorious Medal of Labour 16.634 23-7-1965 Honorious Medal of Labour 16.773 21-6-1977 Honorious Medal of Labour 17.040 7-7-1966 Honorious Medal of Labour 20.914 24-11-1975 Honorious Medal of Labour 23.159 4-8-1976 Honorious Medal of Labour 24.082 14-7-1960 Honorious Medal of Labour 25.236 22-11-2007 Honorious Medal of Labour 26.554 11-12-1979 Medal We Won 112 29-6-1946 Medal We Won 2.826 6-7-1946 Medal We Won 3.443 6-7-1946 Medal We Won 5.698 16-7-1947 Medal We Won 9.678 9-7-1946 Medal We Won 21.406 20-9-1946 Medal We Won 26.931 28-12-1990 Medal We Won 52.388 28-12-1990 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 33 12-5-1947 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 199 25-12-1948 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 13.958 30-7-1946 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 14.184 17-8-1946 Medal 25 Years of the MPR 18.801 13-7-1947 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 119 7-9-1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 1.974 7-7-1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 4.758 10-7-1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 15.955 15-9-1961 Medal 40 Years of the MPR 29.673 28-9-1961 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 350 6-7-1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 854 26-9-1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 902 10-7-1941 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 1.288 16-9-1947 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 2.738 9-7-1949 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 2.974 9-11-1948 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3.159 20-8-1951 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3.191 20-8-1957 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3.561 5-7-1956 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3.813 8-7-1947 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.125 30-6-1986 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.144 23-9-1948 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.312 8-7-1947 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.521 11-9-1953 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.794 9-7-1982 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 5.228 24-7-1954 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 5.514 20-8-1951 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 6.094 22-7-1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 7.153 8-7-1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 7.622 8-7-1946 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 7.760 8-7-1950 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 19.346 24-9-1984 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 20.151 19-7-1985 Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 23.400 2-12-1980 Medal for Unselfishness 1.046 29-4-1999 Medal for Unselfishness 1.088 30-5-2002 Medal for Unselfishness 1.176 06/05/1991 ? Medal of Friendship 1.761 12-11-1968 Medal of Friendship 4.086 1971 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 14 6-7-1946 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 391 11-9-1953 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 652 8-9-1950 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1.049 1-10-1959 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1.552 29-9-1964 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1.920 18-12-1968 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 2.146 00/06/1969 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 2.695 1972 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 2.777 1971 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.096 17-9-1953 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 4.836 15-7-1985 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 5.138 3-4-1986 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 5.685 27-3-1987 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6.300 9-7-1988 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6.515 4-7-1991 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6.854 29-8-1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6.885 28-8-1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6.972 29-8-1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 7.388 15-9-1995 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 8.068 9-8-1999 Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 8.126 9-8-1999 Order of the Red Banner of Military Valour 859 8-9-1939 Order of Combat Red Banner 603 27-11-1958 Order of Combat Red Banner 4.953 29-8-1995 Order of Combat Red Banner 5.198 3-4-1986 Order of Combat Red Banner 5.348 9-8-1999 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 5.396 16-2-1965 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 7.981 1-3-1967 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 8.128 1-3-1967 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 11.608 13-2-1970 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 16.062 21-2-1972 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 21.460 25-1-1975 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 24.179 20-2-1976 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 31.252 22-2-1978 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 33.062 17-2-1979 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 34.361 23-2-1980 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 43.883 00/03/1984 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 45.130 25-2-1981 Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 45.507 21-2-1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 543 29-5-1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 9.195 25-6-1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 13.892 10-10-1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 15.709 10-11-1958 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 23.370 26-2-1960 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 23.451 25-2-1960 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 25.633 2-3-1961 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 29.451 25-2-1962 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 36.905 11-2-1964 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 37.554 14-2-1964 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 39.895 4-3-1964 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 44.113 27-2-1965 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 61.823 8-2-1969 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 77.748 17-2-1972 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 77.962 17-2-1972 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 84.187 22-2-1973 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 116.403 00/00/1978 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 120.901 27-2-1980 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 130.167 24-2-1981 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 132.425 27-2-1981 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145.118 18-8-1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145.718 1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145.926 4-3-1985 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 158.495 24-5-1988 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 187.862 22-5-1995 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 191.632 00/5/1997 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 191.640 22-5-1997 Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 196.039 10-5-2000 Order of Polar Star 88 6-7-1946 Order of Polar Star 270 6-7-1946 Order of Polar Star 787 6-7-1946 Order of Polar Star 822 23-9-1946 Order of Polar Star 1.029 29-9-1945 Order of Polar Star 1.162 17-10-1951 Order of Polar Star 1.217 4-12-1955 Order of Polar Star 1.225 6/09/1944 Order of Polar Star 1.562 8-7-1947 Order of Polar Star 1.956 29-11-1955 Order of Polar Star 2.265 3/11/1945 Order of Polar Star 2.313 26-9-1945 Order of Polar Star 2.506 30-12-1956 Order of Polar Star 2.705 8-12-1948 Order of Polar Star 2.824 5-2-1949 Order of Polar Star 2.946 8-7-1950 Order of Polar Star 3.079 16-1-1957 Order of Polar Star 3.301 1956 Order of Polar Star 3.538 26-11-1954 Order of Polar Star 3.553 8-7-1947 Order of Polar Star 3.917 30-12-1956 Order of Polar Star 4.370 17-10-1951 Order of Polar Star 4.445 17-10-1951 Order of Polar Star 4.586 3-8-1956 Order of Polar Star 4.612 3-8-1956 Order of Polar Star 4.832 6-11-1956 Order of Polar Star 4.860 26-11-1954 Order of Polar Star 4.948 8-12-1948 Order of Polar Star 5.401 20-10-1956 Order of Polar Star 5.556 17-9-1953 Order of Polar Star 5.901 20-7-1946 Order of Polar Star 5.941 24-7-1948 Order of Polar Star 6.133 16-2-1956 Order of Polar Star 6.335 24-5-1950 Order of Polar Star 6.453 10-11-1956 Order of Polar Star 8.143 15-11-1958 Order of Polar Star 8.712 22-10-1959 Order of Polar Star 8.853 24-12-1959 Order of Polar Star 9.013 14-12-1957 Order of Polar Star 9.138 14-7-1960 Order of Polar Star 9.623 15-12-1960 Order of Polar Star 10.358 25-8-1961 Order of Polar Star 11.340 18-5-1965 Order of Polar Star 11.611 00/03/1966 Order of Polar Star 13.376 1-12-1969 Order of Polar Star 13.809 3-6-1971 Order of Polar Star 14.236 3-7-1971 Order of Polar Star 14.292 3-6-1971 Order of Polar Star 14.718 12-3-1973 Order of Polar Star 15.860 3-7-1971 Order of Polar Star 17.522 10-6-1976 Order of Polar Star 18.046 10-6-1976 Order of Polar Star 18.389 19-10-1976 Order of Polar Star 19.735 1-12-1979 Order of Polar Star 21.473 26-6-1981 Order of Polar Star 23.262 17-6-1982 Order of Polar Star 25.483 3-4-1980 Order of Polar Star 26.707 25-6-1991 Order of Polar Star 26.734 19-11-1990 Order of Polar Star 27.017 3-7-1991 Order of Polar Star 27.625 6-7-1991 Order of Polar Star 28.116 8-7-1998 Order of Polar Star 28.321 18-4-1995 Order of Polar Star 29.034 29-11-1998 Order of Polar Star 29.893 6-xx-2000 Order of Polar Star 31.529 21/11/2001 Order of Polar Star 185/1804 1936 Order of Suche Baatar 1 1941 Order of Suche Baatar 24 1946 Order of Suche Baatar 31 1949 Order of Suche Baatar 114 29-12-1955 Order of Suche Baatar 158 24-10-1957 Order of Suche Baatar 166 29-5-1957 Order of Suche Baatar 186 6-7-1960 Order of Suche Baatar 242 24-12-1959 Order of Suche Baatar 340 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 341 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 342 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 343 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 344 1961 Order of Suche Baatar 383 27-10-1961 Order of Suche Baatar 423 28-11-1962 Order of Suche Baatar 470 13-12-1963 Order of Suche Baatar 541 1966 Order of Suche Baatar 542 1966 Order of Suche Baatar 558 1966 Order of Suche Baatar 586 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 588 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 589 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 591 1968 Order of Suche Baatar 605 13-6-1968 Order of Suche Baatar 612 10-11-1968 Order of Suche Baatar 642 12-8-1969 Order of Suche Baatar 684 15-10-1969 Order of Suche Baatar 692 1969 Order of Suche Baatar 695 18-12-1969 Order of Suche Baatar 803 5-7-1971 Order of Suche Baatar 885 2-7-1971 Order of Suche Baatar 919 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 922 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 923 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 924 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 925 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 927 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 928 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 931 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 932 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 933 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 937 1971 Order of Suche Baatar 989 1973 Order of Suche Baatar 1.123 1975 Order of Suche Baatar 1.255 14-12-1975 Order of Suche Baatar 1.335 1978 Order of Suche Baatar 1.404 22-10-1980 Order of Suche Baatar 1.412 2-12-1980 Order of Suche Baatar 1.462 8-6-1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.463 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.465 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.491 9-7-1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.530 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.532 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.548 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.562 1981 Order of Suche Baatar 1.715 1986 Order of Suche Baatar 1.770 11-11-1989 Order of Suche Baatar 1.934 23-10-1996 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 621 17-11-1951 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 943 sept 43 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1.039 16-2-1956 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1.423 24-12-1959 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2.329 22-10-1960 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2.333 15-12-1960 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2.845 1-2-1960 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 2.869 24-12-1959 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 3.744 24-11-1973 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 3.809 28-4-1980 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4.452 28-1-1975 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4.674 7-6-1976 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4.835 22-12-1978 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 5.050 9-7-1981 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 5.826 00/00/1987 Order of the Red Banner of Labour 6.238 15-4-1993 Title of Merit 607 26-6-1981 Udarnik 2.203 31-10-1947 Udarnik 3.049 28-12-1951 Virgin Lands 1.187 24-10-1979 Virgin Lands 1.300 24-10-1979 Virgin Lands 3.074 16-12-1982 The Honored Railway Worker 105 14-1-1981 The Honored Railway Worker 608 16-2-1993

Thank you Sparks http://www.gateway.mn/modules.php?name=New...nt&sid=8840 This indicates the Soviet cosmonaut we're talking about here. And to be clear, the Soyombo was offered for sale at the same time but does not belong to the cosmonaut badge. Certainly priced as "real" awards. I'll pass on it this time.

Can you rephrase your second question - not sure I understand. Thanks

last one

and more...

now things get very interesting

more to come

This was offered for sale to me... A5 + Soyombo related to it. Indication from seller that 4 A5's were produced, 2 awarded to Mongolians and 2 to Soviets who never in the end received them... Tempted, but...

Just "buy it now"-ed it - will report back when I receive it Hope it provides some new information. 350143925114

my first thought: EXPENSIVE! there was one at auction a few months ago... i thought it went for 5k euro

Some VERY VERY interesting pieces... e.g. Lenin Peace Prize anyone?

Here's the medal Nothing special on reverse