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Hi all,

I just put out the thought that perhaps it would be good to add a post Soviet Russian Federation and umalatova awards and militaria forum in this general section. But for now I didn't know where else to post these so away we go.

I got these a number of years ago when they first appeared on the market. And to be honest I've only seen the Chechnya medal come up on Ebay once since then although I'm sure I could have missed a few here and there. But I've never seen the others.

Anyhow here's a group shot:

One on the left is for Tadjikistan. I think the middle one is either for Kazakhstan or Chechnya. I think the right one is for Chechnya. I have my original purchase info on these but it's in a notebook over in a box in storage... and believe me, finding it would make searching for a needle in a haystack seem childs play.

I believe they're for Frontier Guard (Border Guard) Service.

For now, I'm hoping some of the members might have more info on these beautiful pieces.

I bought them as they were some of the first pieces to come out that had rather an Imperial Russian look to them, with the eagles and all. They are extremely well made, one is mint marked and all in all they are simply top quality pieces. I've no idea if they are rare or what they are worth now. I "think" I paid around $40 to $50 each for them back in the day, although at least one of them could have been as low as $35.

And finally, Kiev:

Oh, please ignore the price sticker on this one. This is one I got in one of those big trades way back when and I have nowhere near that in it. I just never took the sticker off.

Thanks for looking,

Dan

Next are my two Leningrads:

Hi all,

Here's my set of these beautiful and I think underappreciated medals.

First the Moscow. I've been told mine is an early and very good strike. The ribbon has the look of having been there and done that. If only these pieces could talk the stories they could tell. Also, the pics do not do this one justice. It has a beautiful and very colorful patina on it which I think definitely adds to it's appeal.

Without further ado... here she is:

Hi all,

It's been quite a few years since I purchased this piece so I can't remember the exact title for it. Perhaps one of the members who read Russian would be so kind as to translate the inscription as I'm hoping it will give a clue to what it's called.

I believe it's a Zhukov Commemorative "medal". It's very well made and a bit on the heavy side. It's metal with paint instead of enamel but I think it's a fine looking piece. I half expected to see another one listed on here but after doing a search I couldn't find any. I haven't seen any on Ebay or anywhere else for the longest time. No idea if they're a bit on the rare side of things or what.

Anyhow hope we can learn more about it over time.

Thanks,

Dan

Here is the photo of the former owner Ivan Semenovich Muhkin, wearing all his awards above. He wears another commemorative badge. Can someone recognize it?:

Hi Gerd,

I think I can come to the rescue on this one. I was just about to post my example of this medal(?) when I decided to do a search to see if someone already had. That's how I found out you were looking for an ID on what turns out to be (I believe) this same piece.

Without further ado... here it is:

It's been so long since I got this one that I can't remember exactly what it is... I believe it's just a Zhukov commemorative medal, but it's very well made and a bit on the heavy side of things. Not a cheap piece of plastic but good metal construction, albeit with paint instead of enamel... but very nice nonetheless.

I'm going to go ahead and post this as a separate post and hopefully one of the guys will be kind enough to translate the inscription which may give a clue to the name of the "award".

Anyhow hope this helps.

Dan

This next set is on what I'm guessing is a proper Soviet pin mount:

All comments (and donations of Soviet ribbon bars ) are welcome.

Thanks,

Dan

Hi all,

Here are the other two Soviet ribbon bars in my collection. I'm hoping to add more over time.

On this first one... on the reverse view you'll see a couple of US ribbon mounts. I added these "temporarily" as a way to easily mount these on a uniform for display. They can be easily removed with no harm to the ribbons.

That said, here are the bars:

The 2nd Mongolian is 1971 not 1970. Your 1st unknown is Mongolian 1981 60th year of the armed forces. Not sure what the last one in the row is-- looks Mongolian but not quite anything in Dr. Battushig.

Show us the reverse, which I suspect will be felt, and bear with me before going "aaaaagh!!!!"

Hi Rick,

Many thanks on the info on the date and one of the unknowns. I'll make note of them on the info I keep with the ribbons.

Sorry it took me so long to get back with you on this but I had to finish some work and then dig things out and do pics... ended up doing a bunch of others I'm hoping to post tonight and tomorrow. In other words... I got motivated again!

As per your request, here's a pic of the reverse. Black felt. Again it's most likely a put together as the same seller on Ebay puts up these huge ribbon bars all the time. But as I got it fairly cheap and bought under the assumption that it was a put together it doesn't worry me in the slightest.

Anyhow, on to other things including putting up the rest of my meager collection of Soviet ribbon bars... two others to be exact. But hoping to pick up more over time.

Thanks,

Dan

Hi all,

Per request here is my Soviet "Marshal's" ribbon bar. I got it on the assumption that it's a "put together" but figure it has a ton of ribbons with many examples of different types, all in one place. Got it cheap and I think it looks cool so not too worried if it's authentic or put together. If nothing else I figure it was a good exercise in identifying the ribbons.

I've ID'd most of them as follows:

First Row:

Order of Lenin / Order of Lenin / Order of the October Revolution / Order of the Red Banner

Second Row:

Order of the Red Banner / Order of the GPW 1st / Order of the GPW 2nd / Order of the GPW 2nd

Third Row:

Order for Service to the Homeland 3rd class / Order of the Red Star / Order of the Red Star / Order of the Red Star

Fourth Row:

Order of the Badge of Honor / Medal for Valor / Medal for Combat Service / Centenary of Lenin

Fifth Row:

Defense of Leningrad / Defense of Moscow / Defense of Stalingrad / Defense of Sevastopol

Sixth Row:

Defense of the Causasus / Victory Over Germany / 20th Anniversary of GPW / 30th Anniversary of GPW

Seventh Row:

40th Anniversary of GPW / Victory Over Japan / Capture of Budapest / Capture of Koenigburg

Eighth Row:

Capture of Vienna / Capture of Berlin / Liberation of Belgrad / Liberation of Warsaw

Ninth Row:

Liberation of Prague / Veteran of the Armed Forces / 30th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces / 40th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces

Tenth Row:

50th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces / 60th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces / 70th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces / 20 Years Irreproachable Service

Eleventh Row:

15 Years Irreproachable Service / Medal for the 40th Anniversary of the Victory at Kalinin Gol (Mongolia) / Medal for 50 Years of the Army (Mongolia) / 60th Anniversary of the Mongolian Peoples Republic (Mongolia)

Twelth Row:

Medal for 30 Years Victory Over Japan (Mongolia) / Medal for 50 Years of the Revolution (1970) (Mongolia) / UNKNOWN / UNKNOWN

Thirteenth Row:

Victory and Freedom Medal (Poland) / Brotherhood In Arms Decoration (Poland) / Order of Merit to the Nation (1945) (Yugoslavia)

If anyone out there can ID the two UNKNOWN's on the twelth row I'd deeply appreciate it.

I have a few other Soviet ribbon bars and I'll post those as soon as I can get the pics done... hopefully later tonight.

Thanks,

Dan

Has ayone ever come across one with RZM marks on the stepped up top part of the blade AND the 'Blut en Ehre' ( dunno if i got that right) inscription? both ???

Hi Paul,

First off, thanks for the compliment on my HJ. I'll pass it along to her when I'm next down in the bunker.

Not sure on the marks... but the inscription is: "Blut Und Ehre"... Blood and Honor.

Hope that helps.

Dan

Thanks Guys.

Heres a ribbon bar with the Medal for the 800th Anniversary of Moscow.

If anybody can identify the bottom ribbon i would appriciate it.

Order of Victory

It's the Brotherhood In Arms decoration from Poland. Perhaps someone could pop up a pic of one.

Hope this helps.

Dan

I love the cosmonaut in the picture, very 80's. This is my last scan of the reverse of the 70 year medal, and I hope someone can help me out.

Thank you in advance,

Pat

And last but not least this is the medal for the 70th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Again made of brass and has the same reverse inscription.

Also the "cosmonaut" on the obverse (front) of the medal is actually an air force pilot wearing a helmet as used in Mig jet fighter aircraft.

Here is an excellent site for learning more about Soviet awards (in addition to what you learn here in the club):

http://www.soviet-awards.com/

It is broken down as to each Order or medal, etc. I'd also highly recommend you get yourself a copy of Paul McDaniel's book on Soviet Orders and Medals. I'm working on doing just that myself.

Anyhow hope this helps.

Dan

You don't see many medals with nukes on them! Here is the back of the 60 year CCCp medal. All info is appreciated on this set.

THanks,

Pat

This one is the medal for the 60th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR. Instituted on January 28th 1978. Again awarded to a whole bunch of folks. It's also made of brass and I believe the reverse inscription is the same as for the 50th.

The revers of the 50 year Soviet CCCp medal.

Okay, this one is a "Jubilee medal" for the 50th Anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR. It was instituted December 26, 1967 with amendments on February 22, 1968 and December 19, 1969.

It was awarded to a whole slew of individuals... I won't go into detail as I'll give you a link to a very good site at the end of all this where you can see examples and learn a great deal about Soviet awards.

It's made of brass. On the reverse the inscription in the center reads "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

the back of the 40 year Soviet medal...

This one is the medal for the 40th Anniversary of Victory in the GPW. Instituted April 12, 1985. Basically the same requirements as for the other two medals.

Made of brass. There are again three types:

Type 1 - Military - "To the Participant of War"

Type 2 - Labor - "To the Participant of the Labor Front"

Type 3 - Foreign - Again with no inscription above the 40.

The reverse of the 30 year Soviet medal..

Okay, this one is the medal for the 30th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. It was instituted April 25, 1975 with an amendment on January 30th 1976. It was awarded to all 20th Anniversary recipients plus to all civilians who worked in the rear during the GPW as well as any civilians who were awarded any of the Defense medals, Victory Over Germany, Victory Over Japan, Valiant Labor during the GPW.

It is made of brass. There are three types:

Type 1 says - To the Participant of War.

Type 2 says - To the Participant of Home Front.

Type 3 has no inscription above the central lettering. This type is believed to have been awarded to foreigners.

Again the XXX stands for 30 years.

The type you have is a Type 1.

The back of the 20 year cccp service medal, any translations welcome.

Pat

Hi Pat,

Okay... let's start from the beginning here. This is the medal for the 20th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. It was instituted May 7, 1965 with amendments on August 16, 1966 and January 19, 1968.

It was awarded to all military personnel, civilians, partisans, members of the resistance, who took part in the Great Patriotic War (GPW... ie: WWII) as well as everyone who was awarded the Victory Over Germany medal. It was also awarded to all military personnel of the USSR who were on service on May 9, 1965.

It is made of brass. The reverse has the circular inscription: "20th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945". The XX in the center stands for 20 of course.

Now on to the next one.

Dan

Nice dagger, it's amazing how good condition the handle and insignia are in after all these years. My Heer dress bayonet that I still have to post looks far more "weathered" than your fine example.

Pat

Hi Pat,

Many thanks! I've had it a long time and really love it... especially with the ersatz leather on the belt loop, etc.

And sounds like your bayo has just been there and done that. If you check out my post called "A Tribute":

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7472

you'll see my dress bayo that sounds alot like your's might be. I believe it saw combat.

Also, I just saw your post on the anniversary medals so I'm hoping to help you out a bit on that one.

Thanks,

Dan

Is it for sale on eBay?!... Wow!

Amazing how we went from the Me 109 to the 2 CV and now almost back to the Messerchmitt again...

Dolf

Hi Dolf,

Yup... go to Ebay motors... search for Messerschmitt and it's right at the top... for the low, low price of... drumroll please $21,300.00! Probably well worth it as it seems restored... but far, far too rich for my blood right now.

Dan

Great pics Dan!!!

Dolf

Hi Dolf,

Thanks! Sometimes Ebay comes in handy!

Now... all someone needs to do is come up with the plane to go with it and get us back on track.

Thanks,

Dan

You can almost imagine putting wings, an aircraft engine and guns on this thing and going up against enemy aircraft.

And actually quite a practical and clever way to switch over from their aircraft production to getting things back in gear in the German economy after the war.

Dan

I remember them as something like a three wheeled fishbowl.

Hi Bob,

Yeah... more or less. Although I always felt like they took the cabin part of the fuselage, added wheels, changed the controls in the "cockpit" to those of a car... very basic though, and off they went making cars.

Hi all,

As for being let's not forget... Messerschmit did make cars for a time after the war! And they're pretty nifty looking too!

Dan