Christian Zulus

Dear Ed, Eugene is also a rather busy (and successful) professor for metallurgy (or something like that): http://materials.technion.ac.il/rabkin.html . Maybe he is involved in the moment in a very time-consuming scientific project, where he has no clear mind to answer mails with phaleristic content ? Best regards Christian BTW: Since our common days at Art's "other Soviet forum", where I had been insulted frequently (and in a very bad manner ) by Prof. Rabkin in the forum, I had no contact to this person.

Dear Charles, dear Christophe, many thanks for giving me my victory #31 . In the moment I am just travelling from Munich to Vienna. So I will post the question tomorrow afternoon. Best regards Christian

Dear Charles, maybe 1933 or 1934 in Moscow, when he published his last pamphlets ? 1933: The Second International in Dissolution 1934: The Most Burning Question: Unity of Action 1934: Preface to Fundamental Laws of the Chinese Soviet Republic http://www.marxists.org/archive/kun-bela/index.htm Best regards Christian

Gentlemen, maybe someone should "officially" contact Mr. Rest, owner of MILITARIA publishing house, Vienna ? It will be absolute neccessary to get from Stefan Rest the layout & structure of the volume about YU-non-communist-awards (items before 1941), do get a perfect matching. I guess, it would be the best, if Bryan, as our YU Club Host & chief, sends a short e-mail (in German) to Mr. Rest with some very basic informations. In a next step, Waldemar and me could meet Stefan Rest here in Vienna. We need also Ranko, Milan and some other native experts on board of our ship . Best regards Christian

Dear Belaruski, great find . No s/n. and no inscription ? Gold or brass ? Please could you post the statutes & regulations of the Belarus Hero . Best regards Christian

Dear Charles, o.k., then it might have been Vienna 1928 before the Austrian Police arrested Bela Kun, due to the fact, he entered Austria with an forged passport. Bela Kun tried to revitalize the Hungarian Communist movement ... I guess, Vienna 1928 had been his last public appearence . Best regards Christian

Dear Charles, so it has to be shot during the "M?rz Aktion" (March Action) in march 1921 in Central Germany (Saxonia), when the KPD tried to seize power. Bela Kun played an active role. Well, the sculptures of Marx & Engels might also hint to Germany ... Best regards Christian

Dear Charles, conference in september 1920 in Baku of the peoples of the East, where also John Reed participated ? Best regards Christian

Dear Paul, that's exactly the point . Best regards Christian BTW: For judging, if the order is genuine or not, we will need better scans ...

Dear Kevin, many thanks for your understanding and for giving further explainations . Let's wait for our Italian GMIC-member, what he tells us about the history of the order and maybe he will provide better scans . It might be a very intersting story ... Best regards Christian BTW: I guess, that there are not so many Italian officers, who got a Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd class .

Dear Kevin, I only wanted to tell to GMIC-member "militalia", who told to us, that he has no knowledge about Soviet awards, that it might be also possible, that the Italian cavalry officer might have got the order from an dead or captured Red Army soldier. The fact is, that thousends of Italian officers fought in the rows of Nazi-Germany against the Soviet Union - just remember Stalingrad 1942/43 . All nations in WW II collected foreign awards - no doubt about that fact . Coming back to our Italian GMIC-member's question: According to the serial number, the Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd class should be a type 1 version, with 3 parts of the order. Concerning the today's market value of a Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd class, type 1, it should be well above EUR 3.000,-, I guess. If the Italian cavalry officer got that order for himself, for fighting against the Nazis, the value of the order will be higher - no doubt, if the research will proof that fact. Best regards Christian

Gentlemen, Stefan Rest, owner of MILITARIA publishing house http://www.militaria.at/ is interested. Maybe we should make a small draft of our book - just to present the project ? Best regards Christian

Dear Kevin, I guess, there is a bit of misunderstanding from your side . The GMIC-member from Italiy told to us, that he knows nothing about Soviet Awards and I simply told him 2 possibilities to get Soviet Awards during the GPW at the Eastern Front - so, what's wrong . Best regards Christian

Dear Bryan, great story of a life in pictures - thanks . Best regards Christian

BELA KUN ? Dear Charles, the comrade in question looks a bit like the Hungarian Communist Leader BELA KUN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Kun at a COMINTERN-meeting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comintern ? I couldn't yet find the s/n. of his RB In 1910 Bela Kun - or Bela Kohn - worked as a muck-raking journalist with sympathies for the Hungarian Social Democratic Party in Kolozsv?r. Best regards Christian

Dear Sasa, many thanks for your support . I guess, that Bryan already contacted you. Best regards Christian

Dear Militalian, it's the 3rd class of the SOVIET order - a rather rare, important, high-ranking and expensive item (if it is genuine & authentic): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Bogdan_Khmelnitsky http://www.medals.org.uk/russia/ussr/ussr011.htm With the engraved serial number, you can have the order researched and find the (old) owner of that award + a lot of datas about his career and biography. Have a look at that section of GMIC: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showforum=106 Did the Italian cavalry officer fight on the Soviet side of the Eastern Front - or on the Nazi side (and stole that order from an Red Army soldier) ? Best regards Christian BTW: Do you have better scans of the order, to make out the type (there are 2 differnt types) ?

Dear Bryan, lieber Waldemar, Gentlemen, maybe we should form a kind of "task-force" for going on with our book project . Best regards Christian

O.K., ..... So, everyone can already find any topic by dividing # setting : # post Best regards Christian

Dear Christophe, well, it's not so difficult to announce at the INDEX (and maybe at other places of the thread), that the dear members of GMIC should take the setting "20 pages", if they want to surf through the quiz-thread for getting their wanted informations - and there are already tons of highly valueable infos . Best regards Christian

Dear Dan, impressive case for a nice replica of the most important communist order . Where - and for what price - did you obtain your "Victory" ? Best regards Christian

Dear Dan, congratulations to your great victory . Your answer hadn't been only correct, but also extremly informative & educative - a perfect job . Best regards Christian BTW: We had already questions about (socialistic) dogs, maybe Charles might put a question about a (socialistic) cat . I love cats (and Lenin also loved cats ).

Dear Anatoly, great items . 1cl & 2cl is yours ? Best regards Christian

FoN - development of prices Gentlemen, I think, that the FoN had been never THAT bargain and was always rather expensive, due to it's extraordinary beauty, craftmanship and certain rarity. In the mid 1990s I had to pay for the presented Gladsky-set http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=213411 about USD 250,- . Quite some money for a Soviet award at that time . So, the increase in prices for the FoN is not sooooo dramatic, as with other orders and still on a rather moderate level. Best regards Christian

Dear "slava1stclass", congratulations . In my view, the Glory is the most important Soviet Military Award of the GPW, besides the Victory (both had been issued at the same day ). So you might become the 2nd "Lord Ashcan" for the "Order of Glory", instead the Britisch VC . Michael Ashcroft has more than 150 VCs in his collection: http://www.victoriacrossheroes.com/ http://www.lordashcroft.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ashcroft Best regards Christian