Bob

Great find!

I tried ordering the book online which is a real pain.

In any case, it appears it is also accessible digitally: Sommario - numismaticadellostato.it

Moved into a new house recently and pleased with my 'library' / man cave / working room which includes a LOT of books (incl. on Soviet, Mongolian, Albanian, DPRK, etc. orders/medals), antique furniture and some art. What's missing still is a nice ceiling lamp (preferably very flat) and the thought got under my skin of a Soviet era lamp with a strong communist vibe (e.g. hammer and sickle). Something similar to below (but then not as a wall mounted lamp but rather ceiling). This is just an example I found online. Not looking for an 'industrial' look, something more refined.

Haven't been able to find something on ebay / invaluable.com. Any advice here on where to find genuine Soviet lamps in good condition and with an explicit (e.g. hammer/sickle) vibe to it?

Thanks 

Cool!

I hope to be visiting Baikonur later this year (assuming - no pun intended - all the stars align).

City Hall: The President of Mongolia held a discussion with journalists on the draft law on state awards. (citizen-cityhall-gov-mn.translate.goog)

This is a few years old but still quite interesting. The new designs and their execution are in my subjective view not an improvement but it is very nice to see the continuity vs. the old awards.

PHOTO: Hero L. Dandar's story of bravery and life struggle (ikon-mn.translate.goog)

Here a website with pictures of the introduction of one of the books on Dandar incl. pics of his Hero Star award booklet.

Awards | Erdenet Mining Corporation (erdenetmc.mn)

Interesting to see this mining corporation was the recipient of multiple awards incl. a modern Hero of Mongolia

Been doing some googling and also found this interesting piece of info on Twitter - Tsedenbals Hero of Mongolia and Hero of Labour of Mongolia with booklets, both apparently in the inventory of the Mongolian National Bank

On 18/06/2011 at 00:14, Bob said:

 

 

"Jamyan also headed the Mongolian Association of Wrestlers from 1961-1981"

 

I originally thought he was wearing a Jugoslav order on his right side, but now believe that this is actually an award of the international wrestling federation: http://www.fila-wrestling.com/

And almost 15 years later this award popped up on a market in Mongolia and through good luck it found it way to me to be reunited with the rest of Jamyan’s awards in my collection.

The manufacturer (Bertoni) is Italian and also produced the football world cup and european champions leqgue trophies for example.

Many years have passed, but more may be coming again - fingers crossed!

Greatly looking forward to seeing your book!

I hope you post options here on GMIC to purchase it.

Interesting - could you post a picture?

On 27/11/2011 at 13:55, Bob said:

 

 

 

Had this badge in my hand at the Kassel fair yesterday. Wow, that is a HUGE badge! And expensive!

And 12 years later i finally was able to add one to my collection

I did a rough translation: "The leaders of the people's congress of the Mongolian People's Republic" or something like that. 

Anything on the inside?

And here is Hero of Labor nr 80 (it came with a box, not shown here). It has some wear and tear and includes (difficult to see) same tool mark as identified earlier in this trid.

Yes, seen that gold one. Rare and with a very high price. I'll have a look in the Lame book on estimated rarity (e.g. compared to gold hero stars which have been possible to acquire at much more moderate prices).

DAVAADORJ, the Hero of the Republic of Moldova, Lkhunrev /1926-1948/ (bpo-gov-mn.translate.goog)

interesting mongolian hero bios

Here's a documented Order of the Red Banner nr 7160 - awarded to to an anti-aircraft artillery commander for downing 5 Japanese aircraft at Khalkhin Gol 

Date of birth 19.02.1914 Place of birth Ukrainian SSR, Khmelnytsky region, Izyaslav district, Myakoty village; Ukrainian SSR, Kamenets-Podolsk region, Pluzhnyansky district, Myakoty village

Place of summoning Izyaslav RVC, Ukrainian SSR, Kamenets-Podolsk region, Izyaslav district Date of conscription 07.11.1936 Military rank senior lieutenant; Major; Lieutenant Colonel; Jr.

Political Instructor Military unit 99th Heavy Howitzer Artillery Brigade
376th Separate Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion of the 53rd Army, 12th Air Army

Awards:

- Order of the Red Star (2)

- Order of the Patriotic War, II degree
- Order of the Patriotic War, I class
- Medal "For Military Merit" Medal "
- For Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945"
- Order of the Red Banner (2)
- Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

- Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"

- Order of the Red Banner (Mongolian?)

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/person-hero82390141

https://pamyat-naroda.ru/heroes/podvig-chelovek_in_kartoteka1562152120

Picture appears to show the red banner in wear, plus a Mongolian Khalkhin Gol badge and apparently a DPRK liberation medal and several other awards.

Thanks 1812 - that helps

Also makes me think my seal may be a modern era fake

When I acquired this 15-20 years ago (for a very small amount) it was referred to as Yuan dynasty Mongolian Biahu official seal. I recently found it while moving a piece of furniture and became curious as to its possible meaning.

It APPEARS (if authentic) to be an imperial mongol seal with Phags-pa script on the bottom and Chinese (?) characters on the top.

I tried to run it through google translate and was only able to get some very basic translation of the markings on the top:

- Something like: "There are hundreds of households in the Mongolian army"

- And: "August of the fourth year of Pan Yanyou"

That doesn't seem to make a lot of sense. Any help would be appreciated!

I have acquired a presumably Yuan dynasty bronze seal roughly 15 years ago.

It was pitched as an official Mongolia Baihu seal.

I'll post some pics tomorrow and will subsequently also post some tentative translation which is referring to it having a link with Mongolian military.

Does anybody know of a good forum to learn more about these seals and to potentially get some help to translate the markings underneath and on top a bit more accurately?

Coming back on Lingqi's interesting observation, I just got Soyombo nr 147 in my hands an it has the exact same mark on the exact same spot. 

Acquired this as a fake ‘filler’ for my collection recently

Another group fitting in this theme recently arrived.

It is a Soviet group incl. Mongolian awards but also more recent Ukrainian and even a Belarussian award. Almost all are anniversary medals but it does include a Soviet medal for Valor (nr 247082, awarded in 1943, it looks oddly damaged).

The group was awarded to Timoshenko, a tanker, and the various documents (incl. a full page Mongolian document) confirm he participated in the Battle of Khalkhin Gol. He earned the Soviet medal for Valor while he was a KV tank driver and wiped out a platoon of Germans. Kliment Voroshilov tank - Wikipedia 

Anybody here with an email address through which Warren Sessler can be contacted? Appreciate if it can be shared with me over PM.

thanks

You mean Achitsaikhan Battushig?

Interesting observation - had not noticed that before