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Here pic of a huge document. Unfortunately not a number on the doc which could be used to tie it back to the badge.Didn't fit on the scanner and I was lazy.
Now updated with interior.
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Albania certainly didn't economize on their award documents!Big, high quality, nice detail.
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The state vaults have opened up bringing the price down for these BEAUTIFUL stars. Just in... and love the enamel.
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Distinguished in Socialist Stimulation badge and certificate.
Notice the badge is produced in Prague (Zhukov?)
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reverse
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Here another red cross badge + FDSH (Albanian Democratic Front) 6TH Congress Badge
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Bob:
That is a stupendous medal you have there. Is it silver or is it nickel? I have been tracing that down for over a year now ever since I got those photos from the 1940's. That medal is on my very short list of decorations to get - I hope i can land one someday.
Cheers,
Eric
To be honest, how do I tell apart silver from nickel?
Assuming silver is heavier, I'd say it isn't silver. I am very impressed by the level of detail of this medal... certainly not your typical crude Albanian stuff.
I think what you are seeing in Albania is a bit like in some other places, the bank vaults opening up. Will post a gold partisan star (real gold that is, made in USSR!). I've been "hinted at" that soon some Laureat of Albania awards will be coming available as well...
Let us wait and see
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Notice the difference
SELLER 1: few months ago
SOLD ORDER OF THE RED BANNER OF MILITARY VALOR 2nd AWARD BOXED Battushig A 22.2, 1940-1945. Made of silver, gilt and enamels. S/n is 56, four rivets. Great near mint condition with light patina, flawless enamel. Comes with a presentation box, lightly worn. PRICE 3,950.00 [pix1] [pix2]
SELLER 2 (or 3): current price
Order of the Red Banner for Military Valor, 2nd award, 1940 type, #56, 1941-1945. Comes with an old issue box, possibly original to the award.
Silver gilt, enamels, numbered. 50.3 mm tall. The reverse shows Soviet mint mark. Exceptional quality, even if compared to Soviet decoration of the same period.
Extraordinary, near mint condition. Perfect enamel and completely intact gold plating. The rifle and sword are solidly affixed and are not bent as is often the case on the "first award" Orders of the Red Banner of 1940 type. Original silver screw plate is included.
Includes an issue box, standard for Mongolian orders, possibly original to the award or of slightly later vintage. Similar to Soviet order issue boxes, it is wrapped in red oilcloth, with padded lid having silk liner, and plywood insert wrapped in paper and silk for mounting the award.
This order was issued during WW2 as a consequent award to a person who had already been awarded with a single Combat Red Banner. This would have to be one of the highest ranking Mongolian and Soviet military officers. Most of the 1940-45 issues were later replaced with the 1945 model, which explains the extreme scarcity of this award. As an example, many early photos of Marshal Zhukov show him with two Mongolian Red Banners of the 1940 type, whereas his photos and portraits from mid 1950s and later invariably have him wearing the 1945 model.
Few of the 1940 Red Banner 4th award have come on the market over the last few years (most of them were probably unissued specimens), however this 2nd award is the only one we've ever handled. /See A. Battushig, "Mongolian Orders, Medals & Badges" p. 48, fig. A22.2/
$11,500.00
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Orders, Medals and Decorations of His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld.
Below is the large list of decorations from HRH Prince Bernhard. Prince Bernhard is the son of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, (younger brother of the reigning Prince of Lippe) and Baroness Armgard of Sierstorpff-Cramm.
I would like to now if he received Imperial decorations in his time as member of the ruling family of the principality Lippe and after the first world war ( when the family lost Lippe to Poland ) as a well known person in the large aristocratic society of Germany?
Some of his decorations
Dutch
Commander in the Military Order of William
Grand cross in the Order of the Dutch Lion
Grand master of the Order of the Golden Ark
Knight in the Order of the Golden Lion of Nassau
Grand cross in the House order of Oranje
Knight in the House order of Lippe
knights of Justice from the Johanitter Order in the Netherlands
Flying Cross
War Commemorative Cross with the bars war on land 1940-1945 and Normandy 1944
Resistance Cross
Officers' Cross for 35 years of service
Marriage medal 1937
Inauguration medal 1948
Silver Wedding Medal 1962
Marriage medal 1966
Inauguration medal 1980
Cross of Merit from the Dutch Red Cross
Gold medal of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Society
Medal of Special Merit of the Royal Netherlands Air Force Society
Cross of the Royal Netherlands Officers' Reserve Association
Silver Carnation
Foreign
Commander in the Legion of Merit from the United States of America
Grand cross in the Order of Merit of Argentina
Grand cross in the Order of the Liberator San Martin of Argentina
Grand cross in the Leopoldsorde with the swords of Belgium
Grand cross in the National Order of the Southern Cross of Brazil
Grand cross in the Order of Aeronautical Merit of Brazil
Grand cross in the Order of Naval Merit of Brazil
Chain of the Order of Merit from Chile
Grand cross in the Order of the Clouds of China
Grand cross in the Order of Boyaca from Colombia
Grand cross in the Order of Saint Carlo from Colombia
Grand cross in the Order of Merit of Germany
Knight in the Order of the Elephant from Denmark
Grand cross in the Order of Merit Juan Pablo Duarte of the Dominican Republic
Grand cross in the Order of Merit of Ecuador
Collar of the Order of the Queen of Sheba of Ethiopia
Grand cross in the Order of Solomon's Seal of Ethiopia
Grand cross in the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Grand cross in the Order of the Legion of Honour of France
Commander in the Order of the Academic Palms of France
Grand cross in the Order of the Redeemer of Greece
Grand cross in the Order of Victoria from the United Kingdom
Grand cross in the Most Honorable Order of the Bath ( civil ) from the United Kingdom
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire
Honorary Bailiff Grand cross of the Knight Order of het hospital of St. John from Jerusalem of the United Kingdom
Grand cross in the Order of Mahaputera from Indonesia
Grand cross in the Order of Pahlavi from Iran
Grand cross in the Order of Merit of the Republic from Italy
Grand cross in the National Order of the Ivory Coast
Grand cross in the Order of the Star of Joegoslavia
Grand cross in the Order of the Star of Karageorge of southern Slavi?
Grand cross in the bravery order of Cameroon
Grand sash in the Order of the Star of Africa from Liberia
Grand sash in the Order of the Pioneers from Liberia
Grand cross in the Order of the Oak Crown of Luxembourg
Honorary Bailiff Grand cross in the Sovereign en Military Order of Malta
Grand Chain of the Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico
Grand cross in the Order of Ojaswi Rajanya of Nepal
Grand cross with silver star in the Order of Ruben Dario of Nicaragua
Grand cross in the Order of Saint Olaf of Norway
Grand cross from the Decoration of Honor for Merit from Austria
Chain of the National Order of Merit of Paraquay
Grand cross in the Order of the Son of Peru
Grand cross in the Order of the 23th august of Roemenia
Grand cross in the National Order of the Lion of Senegal
Grand cross in the Order of Karel III of Spain
Grand sash in the Order of the Yellow Star of Suriname
Knight in the House order of Chakry of Thailand
Grand cross in the Order of Independence from Tunesia
Chain of the Order of the Liberator of Venezuela
Knight in the Seraphimorder of Sweden
Croix the Guerre 1940 avec Palm from Belgium
Bronze Star of the United States of America
Croix the Guerre 1939-1945 avec Palm from France
War Cross 1939 of Czechoslovakia
War Cross 1939-1945, 1942 from Greece
Croix the Guerre 1940-1945 avec Palm from Luxembourg
Defense Medal from the United Kingdom
France and Germany Star the United Kingdom
Nice set of awards... any one of us would have gotten them as well if we would be married to the Dutch royal family. THe question is, what did Bernhard do to EARN these awards? Besides:
- driving around France in his jeep with body guards?
- collecting money under the table from Lockheed
- etc.
As you can guess, I am - although Dutch - not a monarchist.
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That is an interesting screw on it. I would be surprised if it is the original one.
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Vatjan + FJCP - please take a look at the Udarnik thread and hopefully you'll be able to add some more datapoints!
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Looks like a true "fun guy" and that snappy state security leather coat just reinforces the image.
You say this photo fell out, loose? Sad, for it would be nice to see the document matches with.
Yep, and couldn't match it pic to any of the booklets (based on stamp) so either it was "loose" in some where or was not a correct pic to begin with...
I just wish we could research all these Mongolian awards sooner rather than later... just the thought (dreaming): detailed service records, photographs, etc.
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AWARD NUMBER DATE
Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 163 17/07/1944
Distinguished Co-Worker of the State Security Service 393 10/09/1973
Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 1 1956
Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 52 28/11/1962
Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 250 1981
Hero of Labour Gold Soyombo 424 03/04/1986
Honorious Medal of Labour 9,393 13/11/1956
Honorious Medal of Labour 9,672 27/09/1956
Honorious Medal of Labour 10,328 30/08/1956
Honorious Medal of Labour 10,660 17/10/1951
Honorious Medal of Labour 11,032 06/11/1956
Honorious Medal of Labour 16,235 26/06/1964
Honorious Medal of Labour 16,573 15/07/1965
Honorious Medal of Labour 17,040 07/07/1966
Honorious Medal of Labour 23,159 04/08/1976
Honorious Medal of Labour 24,082 14/07/1960
Medal We Won 3,443 06/07/1946
Medal We Won 5,698 16/07/1947
Medal We Won 9,678 09/07/1946
Medal We Won 21,406 20/09/1946
Medal We Won 26,931 28/12/1990
Medal 25 Years of the MPR 13,958 30/07/1946
Medal 25 Years of the MPR 14,184 17/08/1946
Medal 40 Years of the MPR 15,955 15/09/1961
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 854 26/09/1946
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 1,288 16/09/1947
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 3,813 08/07/1947
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,312 08/07/1947
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 4,521 11/09/1953
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,228 24/07/1954
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,514 20/08/1951
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 19,346 24/09/1984
Medal for Meritorious Service in Battle 20,151 19/07/1985
Medal for Unselfishness 1,046 29/04/1999
Medal of Friendship 1,761 12/11/1968
Medal of Friendship 4,086 1971
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1,049 01/10/1959
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 1,552 29/09/1964
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 4,836 15/07/1985
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,138 03/04/1986
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 5,685 27/03/1987
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,300 09/07/1988
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,515 04/07/1991
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,854 29/08/1995
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,885 28/08/1995
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 6,972 29/08/1995
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 7,388 15/09/1995
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 8,068 09/08/1999
Order for Meritorious Service in Battle 8,126 09/08/1999
Order of Combat Red Banner 5,348 09/08/1999
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 5,396 16/02/1965
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 8,128 01/03/1967
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 11,608 13/02/1970
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 16,062 21/02/1972
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 21,460 25/01/1975
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 24,179 20/02/1976
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 31,252 22/02/1978
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 33,062 17/02/1979
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 34,361 23/02/1980
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 43,883 00/03/1984
Order of Mother Heroine - 1st class 45,130 25/02/1981
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 543 29/05/1958
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 9,195 25/06/1958
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 23,451 25/02/1960
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 25,633 02/03/1961
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 29,451 25/02/1962
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 36,905 11/02/1964
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 39,895 04/03/1964
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 61,823 08/02/1969
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 77,748 17/02/1972
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 77,962 17/02/1972
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 84,187 22/02/1973
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 116,403 00/00/1978
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 120,901 27/02/1980
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 130,167 24/02/1981
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145,118 18/08/1985
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 145,718 1985
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 187,862 22/05/1995
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 191,632 00/5/1997
Order of Mother Heroine - 2nd class 191,640 22/05/1997
Order of Polar Star 88 06/07/1946
Order of Polar Star 822 23/09/1946
Order of Polar Star 1,162 17/10/1951
Order of Polar Star 1,217 04/12/1955
Order of Polar Star 1,225 6/09/1944
Order of Polar Star 1,562 08/07/1947
Order of Polar Star 1,956 29/11/1955
Order of Polar Star 2,265 3/11/1945
Order of Polar Star 2,506 30/12/1956
Order of Polar Star 2,705 08/12/1948
Order of Polar Star 2,946 08/07/1950
Order of Polar Star 1,217 03/12/1955
Order of Polar Star 3,079 16/01/1957
Order of Polar Star 3,301 1956
Order of Polar Star 3,553 08/07/1947
Order of Polar Star 3,917 30/12/1956
Order of Polar Star 4,832 06/11/1956
Order of Polar Star 4,948 08/12/1948
Order of Polar Star 5,901 20/07/1946
Order of Polar Star 6,133 16/02/1956
Order of Polar Star 6,335 24/05/1950
Order of Polar Star 6,453 10/11/1956
Order of Polar Star 8,143 15/11/1958
Order of Polar Star 9,013 14/12/1957
Order of Polar Star 9,138 14/07/1960
Order of Polar Star 10,358 25/08/1961
Order of Polar Star 11,340 18/05/1965
Order of Polar Star 11,611 00/03/1966
Order of Polar Star 13,376 01/12/1969
Order of Polar Star 14,236 03/07/1971
Order of Polar Star 14,292 03/06/1971
Order of Polar Star 14,718 12/03/1973
Order of Polar Star 15,860 03/07/1971
Order of Polar Star 18,389 19/10/1976
Order of Polar Star 19,735 01/12/1979
Order of Polar Star 25,483 03/04/1980
Order of Polar Star 26,734 19/11/1990
Order of Polar Star 27,017 03/07/1991
Order of Polar Star 28,321 18/04/1995
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 158 1957
Order of Suche Baatar 158 24/10/1957
Order of Suche Baatar 166 29/05/1957
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 423 1962
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 612 10/11/1968
Order of Suche Baatar 642 12/08/1969
Order of Suche Baatar 684 15/10/1969
Order of Suche Baatar 692 1969
Order of Suche Baatar 803 05/07/1971
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 02/12/1980
Order of Suche Baatar 1,462 08/06/1981
Order of Suche Baatar 1,463 1981
Order of Suche Baatar 1,465 1981
Order of Suche Baatar 1,491 09/07/1981
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 the Red Banner of Labour 621 17/11/1951
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1,039 16/02/1956
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 2,845 01/02/1960
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 3,744 24/11/1973
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 3,809 28/04/1980
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4,452 28/01/1975
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 4,835 22/12/1978
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 5,050 09/07/1981
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 5,826 00/00/1987
Order of the Red Banner of Labour 6,238 15/04/1993
Title of Merit 607 26/06/1981
Udarnik 2,203 31/10/1947
Virgin Lands 1,187 24/10/1979
Virgin Lands 1,300 24/10/1979
Virgin Lands 3,074 16/12/1982
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Just a little pic I found deep in my mongolia collection. A small pic which dropped out of a packet of documents.
A mean looking Mongolian!
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A number of these (not Saddam's presumably) are currently actually for sale on eBay
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http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/attachm...er-mvc-004s.jpg
Here's a link to another group... would LOVE to have that one and do the research on it!
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Type 1.2
Actually quite an interesting one... only now do I realise somebody converted a pinback into a screwback!
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Updating my numbers database... now also trying to date Udarnik. Below number seems to come clear from one document in this thread.
Udarnik 2,203 31/10/1947
Vatjan / FJCP - could you have a very close look at the documents you posted and see if equally there is a number which probably (?) correlates to an Udarnik and below it a date.
FJCP - the document you showed, it belonged to the badge you posted right before or did you acquire them seperately? The document APPEARS to refer to Udarnik 366... and then a date. Am I correct?
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A new type. Enameled ribbon, lightly silvered bronze, unnumbered. Believed to have been awarded only for Mongolian-Chinese border clashes in the 1960s.This appears to be such a bronze one but numbered - or not?
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I have one as well:)
Polar Star with 1562 serial number at 7 o clock
documented with date 08/07/1947
Here's scan
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M 21.1 -- Type 1.1.3 (Screwback, Uigur, SN without prefix, ring part of the medal) -- Low = 12001/High = 16525
Checked my collection, high for me here is 16993 (medal in excellent "mint" condition also)
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I'm doing a thorough review of my collection and came across a border guard group I had.
I thought I had posted it in the past already but can't find the thread so here we go again.
It may be helpful as it allows to date this border guard badge.
- E06 - the best border guard... not numbered but document dated 15-5-1990
- The soviet border badge... not numbered / undated (also on doc)
- A51 - medal 40 years victory of khalkhin gol dated on 29-8-1980
- A54 - 60 years armed forces... also unnumbered but doc dated on 14-7-1981
Hypothesis thus that either my friend transfered to border guards or was in their for a while and these border guard badges were not just distributed "freely" but required either tenure or special achievement.
Note, on the E06 the screw clearly indicated made in moscow. The screw is identical to the screw on the soviet border badge (Pobeda - Moscow) except that it is more brass like rather than nickel.
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How can they tell that you have placed his item on your "watch list", does the seller get your ID when you place their item on your list?
The seller doesn't see your ID but does see a "counter" of how many people have put the item on their watchlist.
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Hmm...that name rings a bell here...
Oops sorry, was that you?
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Order of the Partisan Star
in Southern European & Balkan States
Posted · Edited by Bob
Keep in mind... the 100 USD starts are not the same (i.e. Goznak / solid gold) as the 1000 USD stars!
Also, the gold gold stars are obviously less easily available (though easily found after some good detective work... and then definately not for 1000 - 1600 EURO as some dealers are asking!
Yes, I believe that a load of items has left the state vault shall we say. Unrewarded but still nice items of course.