Bob

Good deals pass quickly! =========== RECENTLY SOLD pinback - 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 1183, www.huesken.com - MARCH 2007 - EURO 1.650 (roughly 2.200 USD), nr 1514, www.huesken.com - JUNE 2007 - EURO 1.300 (roughly 1.700 USD), nr 1246, private seller - SEPTEMBER 2007 screwback - USD 1.680, nr 644, Nota Bene - NOVEMBER 2006 - EUR 1.630 (roughly 2.150 USD), nr 585, Albert GMIC - MAY 2007 CURRENTLY FOR SALE pinback - EURO 1.600 (roughly 2.200 USD), nr 1514, Andreas Thies October auction - USD 2.150, nr 1.837, www.collectrussia.com screwback - USD 2.900, nr 640, www.collectrussia.com

No problemo If possible, could you simply put a small reference to www.gmic.co.uk? Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Nati...o_%28Jamaica%29 You missed Jamaica (sort of)

Look at it this way Ed: more money lef to potentially spend on Dmitry Markov's January auction (some highlights can already be seen on his site).

Yahoo got my Hero of Labor in the mail (a nice boxed one - no documentation unfortunately - so anonymous forever ). Will post detailed scans + measurements later today or tomorrow.

Well, let's celebrate once I see a successful result... which will require: - travelling to DPRK - overcoming some hurdles - then seeing: what actually exists in the archives - just a name/date or "holy grail"? Am in contact with a member of government who has indicated ability to facilitate this process.

That a substantial section of this auction (Soviet + related awards) is not guaranteed for authenticity and that it contains "collectors copies" and potential bidders should visit the during one of the pre-view days.

Just read the disclaimer on page 156...

RECENTLY SOLD pinback - 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 1183, www.huesken.com - MARCH 2007 - EURO 1.650 (roughly 2.200 USD), nr 1514, www.huesken.com - JUNE 2007 screwback - USD 1.680, nr 644, Nota Bene - NOVEMBER 2006 - EUR 1.630 (roughly 2.150 USD), nr 585, Albert GMIC - MAY 2007 CURRENTLY FOR SALE pinback - EURO 1.300 (roughly 1.700 USD), nr 1246, private seller, soon on eBay (can provide contact details on request) - EURO 1.600 (roughly 2.200 USD), nr 1514, Andreas Thies October auction - USD 2.150, nr 1.837, www.collectrussia.com screwback - USD 2.900, nr 640, www.collectrussia.com

Another great Thies auction catalogue with some very rare items. Looking particularly at the title medals (i.e. distinguished military pilot etc etc) I'm tempted but... too good to be true?

Some hopeful news: they CAN be researched. I am in touch with somebody with access to the right local authorities. It would go into too much detail right here right now to explain further. Depending on work priorities, I may decide to travel to North Korea Q1 next year to further pursue this.

http://www.numismatics.org/news/10_2006MortonEdenSale2.htm

http://olloo.mn/en/modules.php?name=News&a...int&sid=270 still being awarded and in what appears to be a red box

Makes one curious why there was this apparant short "rush" to award these and then it dying out.

Looks like you've held some things back for us:) The award doc dated 21-12-49, what number Udarnik was it for (indicated right above the date)? Here is mine: Udarnik badge 3049 with correspondingly numbered award doc. Giving us now this time frame: Udarnik 2,203 31/10/1947 Udarnik 3,049 28/12/1951

Hey - better to be "hungry" for new things than to get all blase and think "oh no, not another Polar Star" After all, the "hunt" is half the fun

Anybody else still left?

Great - just received similar doc in the mail (with udarnik with corresponding number, with picture in doc!). Will scan/post in coming days - further narrows the "timeline" allowing us to have an indicative date on when they were awarded.

Would this be a person-specific citation as well? Hmmm translation to be hunted down

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_socialist_countries

Any of these African countries still with a noticable Soviet presence / leftovers?

130149305050 on eBay (reichsrommel - this is yours) would appreciate collective thoughts on the item - interesting screw for instance.

Is the red bible the most extensive documentation of this award? Any other more elaborate book on it?

Yeiks, well... if I get overbid at least I'm happy to hear I got WAY overbid!