Bob

Great stuff - one burst of energy in this thread has resulted in more pics of variations of this award then I've ever seen before :jumping:

thanks - seems like one award with exhaustive knowledge documented about it!

I find the use of the word "insurgent" amusing... Sorry if this pushes thread into political realm, not the intention

That's it for now

Won't bother you with uniforms, weapons, etc. as I can't distinguish which is from what era to be honest

As a thank you, some more pics probably relevant for the people who know about this area of collecting.

Was visiting the Panzermuseum in Munster this weekend and (besides all the tanks, WW2 uniforms, orders/medals, Rommel death mask, Marshal staff of General von Kluge, etc. etc. etc.) there was also a tableu with range of older awards. One thing caught my eye and left me wondering: - is it known which foreigners won a PlM? - what is a "sovereign"? Edit: interesting, didn't strike me until after rereading my own post... 1 "Kaiser" also got one:)

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1981...mp;#entry286139 Anybody here who can shed more light (pics?) on this award? prize winners were not just iraqis so it seems: http://www.unesco.org/education/prizewinners_1967_2001.pdf

http://www.unesco.org/education/prizewinners_1967_2001.pdf Link to complete list which includes (on top of the above): - winners of other literacy awards (non-USSR) - honorable mentions (incl. for the Krupskaya one) Given the extremely select number of awardees, I'm inclined to believe there may be mint escapees on the market... but even then not that many as the one I recently acquires is the first one I've seen for sale. Unfortunately not numbered - makes you wonder whether there was any rationale behind numbering some awards yet not others.

List of recipients: 1970 Mongolia Language and Literature Institute of the Academy of Sciences 1971 Zambia Zambia Adult Literacy Programme 1972 Iran Education Corps 1973 Tanzania West Lake Region Literacy Project 1974 Rwanda Shyorongi Community Development Circle (CEDECOS) 1975 Somalia Abidirizak Mohamoud Abukar 1976 Syria Literacy Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture 1977 - none? 1978 Vietnam Commune of Cambinh, Pilot Literacy and Complementary Education Unit 1979-1 Iraq Supreme Council of the National Campaign for Compulsory Literacy of Iraq 1979-2 Peru People?s Union of Peruvian Women 1980 Nicaragua Nicaraguan National Literacy Campaign 1981 Cuba Federation of Cuban Women 1982 India Directorate of Non-formal and Adult Education of Tamil Nadu 1983 Lesotho Lesotho Distance Learning Centre 1984 Cuba Cuban National Association of the Blind 1985 Laos Xiengkho District 1986 China Wu Lien Country in Shandong Province 1987 Indonesia Mrs Eriyah 1988 Angola National Literacy Centre 1989 Jamaica Jamaican Movement for Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL) 1990 China People?s Government of Xiping County, Henan Province 1991 Pakistan Adult Basic Education Society (ABES), Gujranwala By the way, if somebody could help translate the reverse of the award? Thanks :cheers:

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-679-1218973369.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-679-1218973384.jpg Next up the Krupskaya award for literacy efforts Some background below "The International Literacy Prizes 1966-2000 Each year from 1966 UNESCO has celebrated INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY with the aim to sensitize and mobilize international public opinion and to elicit their interest and active support for literacy activities ? one of UNESCO?s major preoccupations since its first General Conference in 1946. On this day, the Director-General of UNESCO addresses a message to the world, appealing to individuals, organizations and states to demonstrate their support and solidarity for literacy and to promote non-formal education for all, particularly for those who have been excluded from the school system. This annual celebration started following a recommendation of the World Conference of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy which met in Tehran in September 1965. The Conference recommended that 8 September, the date of the inauguration of the Conference, be proclaimed International Literacy Day and be observed world-wide. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran proposed that UNESCO award an international literacy prize for meritorious work in the struggle against illiteracy, and created the Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Prize (1967-1978) which was, from 1967 to 1969, the only literacy award presented. Two other prizes, the Nadezhda K. Krupskaya Prize (1970-1991) and the Iraq Literacy Prize (1989-1991) were awarded for 19 years and 11 years respectively. At present five international literacy prizes are awarded each year: The International Reading Association Literacy Award, created in 1979 by the International Reading Association, a non-governmental organization The Noma Literacy Prize created in 1980 by the late Shoichi Noma, President of Kodansha Ltd., Publishers The two King Sejong Literacy Prizes created in 1989 by the Government of the Republic of Korea to commemorate a king who invented, more than 500 years ago, an alphabet consisting of 22 easy to learn letters The Malcolm Adiseshiah International Literacy Prize created in 1998 by the Government of India to commemorate the late Malcolm Adiseshiah, former Deputy Director-General of UNESCO and Chairman of the International Literacy Prize Jury. The three categories of recognition awarded are: The five Prizes consisting of a cheque for US $15,000, a silver medal and a diploma Honourable Mentions consisting of a diploma and a bronze medal Recognitions by the Jury in the International Literacy Prize award list " source: http://www.unesco.org/education/literacy_2000/history.html

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-679-1218973119.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_08_2008/post-679-1218973160.jpg Posted on another site - but will focus here going forward (GMIC was down for me yesterday for some reason). I like these less mainstream awards - even nicer of course WITH documentation / background but we can't have it all. First up, People's Teacher of the USSR. LMD mint mark on both ob- and reverse of ring. No serial number on reverse unfortunately despite a line being there presumably for it.

http://www.collectnobel.com/Outstanding_Awards.html eg "Group of: Lenin Peace Prize medal, honorary law degree diplomas from E. European universities, and other awards given to Denis Nowell PRITT, K.C . (King's Counselor) . Pritt, the William Kunstler of his day, had an international legal career that stretched from the 1920's to the 1960's. This Englishman's greatest claim to fame was his service as chairman of the international Commission of Enquiry into the Reichstag Fire of 1933 . " :jumping:

Another IKOM one - very clean Skanderbeg on front

Very rare, the breast badge version! Interesting to see the difference versus the one in Erics book which is heavily gilt vs one shown here

Oh come on, is ironical joke not acceptable anymore? :unsure:

...but I thought you.... ehm, never mind

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 CURRENTLY FOR SALE ? PREVIOUSLY FOR SALE BUT NOT REPORTED AS SOLD screwback - USD 5.000, nr 227, Coinsell (on eBay)

Picked this up on another thread... a VERY interesting site for a variety of mind boggling references: - I'm collating old SB prices - Also nice to get serial numbers (e.g. on Soyombo's) - But first, read and laugh/weep at the same time: http://web.archive.org/web/20020706161314/...M.HTM?ITEM=6827

I recommend joining as well, even if just for the JOMSA. It's a joy to read it as it's just as fascinating to read about areas not directly in my scope of collecting but nevertheless very interesting.

:banger: At least please be sure to share pics 260267588555

Congratulations to Ed on his excellent article in JOMSA - better lock up my OMM's before the global collecting horde jumps on top of Mongolian :cheeky:

yet another variation with silver mark