Bob

Back from a week's break in Albania... have some interesting things to share on the forum in coming days Let's start with... the award document to an Albanian Hero Star! Not in my possession (this one stays in Albania) but at least we now know what one looks like. Will ask our Albanian forum friend to translate. Also, this isn't just "any hero" as Elvis will hopefully be able to clarify. A rather plain looking folder but with a very nice personalized document inside.

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Managed to get series of 3 complete. Question remains whether there are two types (screwback and pinback) or whether first class screwback was just a one off.

look at the jersey site... 9.400 USD :speechless:

RECENTLY SOLD pinback - USD 795, nr 857, www.collectrussia.com - 1998 - USD 740, nr 1.938, www.collectrussia.com - 1999 - USD 780, nr ?, www.collectrussia.com - 2002 - USD 945, nr 1.233, www.collectrussia.com - 2004 - USD 1.870, nr 1.918, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2007 - USD 1.880, nr 1.785, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2007 (boxed) - USD 1.950, nr 860, www.russianglory.com - MARCH 2007 - EURO 1.600 (roughly 2.100 USD), nr 1.183, www.huesken.com - MARCH 2007 - EURO 1.650 (roughly 2.200 USD), nr 1.514, www.huesken.com - JUNE 2007 - EURO 1.300 (roughly 1.700 USD), nr 1.246, private seller - SEPTEMBER 2007 - EURO 1.600 (roughly 2.200 USD - before fees!), nr 1.514, Andreas Thies October auction - OCTOBER 2007 - USD 1.850, nr 1.947, Nota Bene - NOVEMBER 2007 - USD 2.150, nr 1.837, www.collectrussia.com - NOVEMBER 2007 - USD 1.950, nr 1.437, Nota Bene - JANUARY 2008 - USD 2.000 (excl. 15% auction premium), nr 1,246, Dmitry Markov auction - JANUARY 2008 - USD 1.925, nr 902, eBay - FEBRUARY 2008 - USD 2.200, nr 1.617, somewhere in Russia - MARCH 2008 - USD 2.750, nr 1.635, www.collectrussia.com - MARCH 2008 - USD 2.750, nr 860, Nota Bene - APRIL 2008 - USD 3.200, nr 1.600, www.collectrussia.com - APRIL 2008 screwback - USD 820, nr ?, www.collectrussia.com - 1998 - USD 1.375, nr 89, www.collectrussia.com - 2003 - USD 985, nr 523, www.collectrussia.com - 2004 - USD 1.150, nr 519, www.collectrussia.com - 2004 - USD 1.680, nr 644, Nota Bene - NOVEMBER 2006 - EUR 1.630 (roughly 2.150 USD), nr 585, Albert GMIC - MAY 2007 - USD 2.650, nr 644 (again!), Nota Bene - OCTOBER 2007 (boxed) - USD 2.900, nr 640, www.collectrussia.com - NOVEMBER 2007 - USD 2.500, nr 777, somewhere in Russia - DECEMBER 2007 - USD 3.250 (excl. 15% auction premium), nr 427, Dmitry Markov auction - JANUARY 2008 - USD 3.225, nr 556, private seller - MAY 2008 - USD 3.500, nr 261, Coinsell (on eBay) - SEPTEMBER 2008 CURRENTLY FOR SALE - USD 5.800, nr 448 (screwback), www.collectrussia.com PREVIOUSLY FOR SALE BUT NOT REPORTED AS SOLD screwback - USD 5.000, nr 227, Coinsell (on eBay)

Great - thanks The red banner is also included in the group so that also appears to tie out

Thanks a lot I am going to proceed with discussions with seller in kharkov (hope to get scans in 1-2 days) If it doesn't come to a sale, I'll give another forum member the opportunity

Khmelnitsky 3rd class that is Provenence: the grand daughter of the hero

A colleague of mine (she's ukranian) is visiting her home country and a friend of hers has following group for sale: Skrinko Vasilii Grigorievich Hero nr 8808 (10 april 45) Lenin 107497 Khmelnitsky 1170 ...Plus some "smaller" items and docs. Before making her go to big effort to arrange high res scans I first wanted to check in hero encyclopedia whether the group is possible (echoes of war does provide circumstantial evidence to support so but getting nr to match from encyclopedia would be best) but mine is still in storage somehwere in germany:( Could somebody help me out? If real and should I not acquire it then I'm happy to pass connection on to anyone else. Thanks, Bob

There's a Blucher being auctioned off on zeige - nice pic as well

HSU There was another one for 10K (but it included several additional awards) Go to zeige's website and click through on auction - you can easily scroll through all the lots (with description/pic) and see both starting price and final price

A documented hero star was just sold at zeige auction for 6.500 Euro...

I was gonna say: whoever has a real one for sale for 3K, please PM me! In fact, I'll pay 1K extra if it's with documents :cheeky:

They are individual pieces held together by the casing (tight as can be - no room to slightly push them around whatsoever)

Make that: an ULTRA rare Ikom one! http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-679-1219598020.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-679-1219598028.jpg

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9130 it's an order of bravery... a rare Ikom one I'm still confused sometimes between some Albanian awards at first glance :speechless:

Good point - completely misposted!

Mongolian ribbons are nice Mongolian enamel ribbons are even nicer Mongolian enable ribbon BARS are irresistable! Finally I managed to catch one:

View on the inside

The corresponding Skanderbeg came in a very, very big case!

Order document PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA THE PRESIDIUM OF PARLIAMENT OF ALBANIAN PEOPLES REPUBLIC AWARDS COMRADE: MEHMET REFAT KODRA WITH ORDER OF BRAVERY DISTINGUISHED AND BRAVE FIGHTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF RESISTANCE AND SELF SACRIFICE AT DIFFERENT BATTLES AGAINST INVADERS AND TRAITORS FOR LIBERATION OF FATHERLAND AND ALBANIAN PEOPLE. DECREE NR. 2178

The medal document translated (awarded to a woman by the way): PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA THE PRESIDIUM OF PARLIAMENT OF ALBANIAN PEOPLES REPUBLIC AWARDS COMRADE: ZYRA RADHIMA WITH MEDAL OF BRAVERY DISTINGUISHED AND BRAVE FIGHTER HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN EXAMPLE OF RESISTANCE AND SELF SACRIFICE AT DIFFERENT BATTLES AGAINST INVADERS AND TRAITORS FOR LIBERATION OF FATHERLAND AND ALBANIAN PEOPLE. DECREE NR. 1526

Translated (so, a long service award): PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA THE PRESIDIUM OF PARLIAMENT OF PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA AWARDS COMRADE: IDRIZ RAZIP RESULI WITH: ORDER OF SCANDERBEG 3RD CLASS FOR HONEST AND UNTIRING EFFORTS DURING 15 YEARS OF SERVICE IN ARMED FORCES OF PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF ALBANIA