Bob

reverse

And here the small pin version - difficult to read the makers mark on reverse

wow - 4 different ones!

Thanks Jan - a section I don't look at that much. Note, to avoid confusion, the scan I posted is not the actual size of the badge. No other info known by me about badge.

Interesting, wondering whether this is just a "first installment" of further such books or whether this is it. And if the latter, apparently the somewhat under-appreciated Title of Merit may be considered of much more significance in Mongolia than we thought? http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5056&hl=merit Looks like Ed is the only one with a documented Title of Merit - would be curious to know the story behind this person - UB, can you share the bio of this person from the book (name is in above link)? Thanks, Bob

"Best Employee of Correction Department" From quick scan, I think this is a new one not seen in Battushig. It appears to have a nice place under this section. I was pleasantly surprised by the size/weight of this award.

checked, and 1957 in the award doc - still happy that it has a loving home now instead of cold and windy flea market in Tbilisi:)

This is sounding better and better Possibly a watershed moment for Mongolia collecting.

180168190414 can't comment on if it's "good" but at least it's english!

180168190414 would this book on ebay not cover your needs? happened to stumble across it and remembered this thread

Sounds very exciting UB - is it a government publication? Does it contain award numbers in additional to biographical information?

Imagine the potential if we could somehow add numbers to all the awardings in the book - it would be the first Mongolian award where we'd potentially have exhaustive documentation on who, what, when, where. Exciting times ahead - the best is yet to come for Mongolia collecting!

Hi UB - PM just sent - I can hardly wait! If ever there's a good motivation to study Mongolian (or at least, get a good dictionary ) this will certainly be it! I see a GMIC-Mongolia-forum project coming out of this Thanks

If everybody on GMIC pitches in we can purchase it. Rather than commit funds, I'll commit my house as safe place to keep this set. Deal?

Hero Star nr 19 now for sale for 2 euros 280162428253

Thanks Rick - I'll have a look at the booklet later this evening.

I suspect somewhere in Tbilisi on a flea market somewhere (or picked up by another traveller appreciative of atypical countries to go to on vacation - Chuck perhaps? Wishful thinking )

And to top it off, a nice picture of our fighter.

Picked this up while in Georgia on vacation almost a year ago and finally got the research (and translation ) in. Nothing "special" compared to most of the other things shown on the forum but it was nice for me to get the "story" behind the award. Also, it was my first research (Soviet awards isn't my main area of collecting) and am happy with the broadness of information research provides. Still have another red star (in serial range to have been awarded to a Mongolian) awaiting research as well as a Service to Homeland 3rd class order. I have one question: does the D on the booklet mean the order booklet is a duplicate?

Dear all - both usairforce and reichsrommel have been in contact with me offline to apologize for the issue which the last several posts have focussed on and have gone the extra mile to correct it. I appreciate their response and efforts to resolve this. After all, I see it as an indication that they value maintaining a good reputation by sticking to solid business practices and good relations with the collecting community and look forward to this continuing in the future. The Mongolia area of collecting is a very small one and, as far as I have been able to experience, one which a very good community spirit (especially on this board). I hope it stays this way for all (and sharing information and upholding high standards is key to this in my eyes). Kind regards, Bob

Too bad it's without a Lenin or I'd buy it Seriously though, this one really ought to sit in a museum.

http://www.collectrussia.com/DISPITEM.HTM?ITEM=17893 DROOL DROOL DROOL Major cross-over group! Christian - sit down before looking!

I will refrain from further postings on this specific recent example. I hope all have learned from it and we can continue to be a good friendly collecting / research community incl reichsrommel and usairforce and with commercial transactions which benefit all parties involved. Remember though, one example is a merely a datapoint, two examples are already more than a coincidence... a third example establishes a clear trend. I hope it doesn't come to a third example.

Tang Si - in response to your post (and also usairforce), trust me I WANT to believe in people's good faith but have a hard time accepting practices which aren't appropriate regardless of whether it's in a "rules book" or not. Somethings shouldn't have to be in a rules book. Note by the way that eBay does have a policy prohibiting sale of items offered on eBay outside of eBay and also specifies: "When a seller lists an item on eBay, and a buyer bids for and wins that item, the seller and buyer have entered into a contract that both members are expected to honor." Bottom line is you offered something for sale, I committed to purchasing it via "buy it now", I asked for total cost including shipping and then I'm told you don't own it. It's very simple really: don't sell things you don't own. I got burned (too bad, I would have wanted to buy this very specific item) but be aware that dealers also get burned through this behaviour. It's very easy to ruin a reputation, very difficult to build one up. ==== Added (and probably funny too): 唐四-回应你的职位（也 usairforce） ，信任我，我愿意相信，在人们的善意，但有一个困难的时候接受的做法是不恰当的，无论是否是一个"规则书"或不是。 somethings应不须在一个有规则的书。说明方式，即在ebay是否有政策禁止买卖的物品提供ebay上外面的ebay和还规定： "当一个卖方名单，一个项目在ebay上，买方出价，并赢得该项目时，买方和卖方都进入一项合同，双方成员预计荣誉称号。 " 底线是，你所提供的东西出售，我决心购买，它通过"现在购买" ，我问，为总成本包括运费，然后我告诉你，并没有拥有它。 这很简单，真的：不卖东西，你不要自己的。 我得到烧毁（太差，我会想要买这样一个非常具体的项目） ，但也知道，经销商也者必自焚通过这一行为。它很容易断送美誉，就很难建立一个到了。