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the badge is the same for both the Soviet and the Federation navies.

Nope for sure, the Federation navy doesn't use the Soviet Naval Flag anymore. That bagde is soviet made, alluminium, late 80 . If not a modern copy

Nice article, good item, I just wish I could start to collect firearms :banger:

thank you, your help is appreciated, I'll get the research in couple of weeks.

the book is

British Military Swords

1796 - 1912

The Regulation Patterns

An Illustrated Price Guide for Collectors

by

Harvey J.S.Withers

damn it , what do yo think is something about mine gonna be in there?

Is there any other etching on the blade that might say "Royal Artillery", or any other symbols? Since it is a Wilkinson you can send an enquiry to ArmsResearch.co.uk, and for a small fee (~15 GBP) you can find out if there is an entry in the proof book for your serial number. Hopefully there will be an entry and you can learn the name of the original owner.

Based on the period of manufacture I would guess that your sword is for a Royal Artillery officer, and based on the blade length probably Royal Horse Artillery.

No nothing else to show any kind of info, I have seen the bladges with Royal Artilery on it, but mine is just plaint one.

Thank you for the hint:beer:

Thank you gentlemen,

It is Wilkinson made .

the blade is 89cm of steel from top to bottom

all over it's 106 cm

no glue on blade decoration. And it's not sight as well

Please see attachments for the etching

Hi gents, I got my first British sword today, Infantry officer 1821 pattern (I belive)

It has number punched on the side. I can't find any info and a copy of book I have ordered hasn't arrive yet.

Would you help me please? What is this number?

sorry it calls Krymsk, type Anapa in google map and look a little bit right from it

Has anybody some information about the town "Moldovanovskoye"?.

It should be somewhre in the region Krim, Kuban, Caucasus?

Hello Gerd,

do you have any information about the 56 Army, 10th Guards Rifle Corps, 53rd Guards Detached Maschine Gun Bataillon

in your little books?

regards

Andreas

Krasnodar boundary, Krimsk region. Nice one

http://maps.yandex.r...13,44.945&l=map

Leading up to the Mother Armenia are stone tablets with the names of "Armenian martyrs" killed in WW2. There clearly are not enough tablets to account for every Armenian killed in WW2; so, I have no idea what criteria got your name on the tablet.

Only names of fallen Armenian HSUs

Besides, thanks for sharing

Today is Armenia's Independence Day and I made a visit to the Mother Armenia Monument which sits on a hill overlooking Yerevan in a park called Victory Park. The statue at the top of this building (meant to look like an Armenian church) represents the protective mother. When the monument was built it had a huge statue of Stalin on top - this was replaced in 1962 by Mother Armenia. Inside the building is a military museum; I had hoped to visit, but since it was a holiday - it was closed. I'm not doing too well with times on this Independence Day - there was supposedly a military parade this morning, but I slept through it because it was a late night of cigars and whiskey last night!

Glory to Winners(meaning the SU winners), also there used to be a fire coming out of that star lying 'eternal fire' for the memory of fallen

!"£$%^&s I have seen M. Glory converter to box :violent:

Silver platen pewter, cast fakes. I need a sold silver fake :rolleyes:

It's appreciated, I'm in dead end now, last time they saw a silver copy was 8-10 years ago :speechless:

Thank s Paul, but there is only G6 and E2 crosses

Hi gents, would someone please point me where I can get a solid silver copy of MC G5 / WWI? preferably die struck. need to get one for friend in Russia.

You help is appreciated. :cheers:

Hi gents, would someone please point me where I can get a solid silver copy of MC G5 / WWI? preferably die struck. need to get one for friend in Russia.

You help is appreciated. :cheers:

But heavenly being used to fake the screw backs .

The letters on this types is the weakest point, it could be mended one

It looks an early commemorative pin to me.

Not from 1917, but commemorative of the 1917 revolution.

I double it, in 1917 coat of arms symbol was hammer, plow and rifle,

hammer and sickle appears later in 20s

In this photo he is wearing 1943 type shoulder-boards, whatever is his rank, will be on them, can you see anything, straps, starts?

My pleasure Dan :cheers:

Gentlemen, please recommend me a good , prompt dealer of edged weapon in UK (preferably) or in whole EU. I'm sick of e-scam.

My interest is bayos ( mauser, english, soviet etc) :cheers:

If you could make a better/bigger photos of medallion, mint mark/serial and H&S pls.

Gents it it 330949. . next time you go to Yerevan, tell to it hi for me pls . Old good days

It's easy to spot, You run the research, and if the cavalier surname ends with 'yan' sometimes 'unc'/'unz' he is Armenian.

I was talking with my pal about those, by email and make for him an illustrations for simple hints. Howto know is it a real screwback order or remade one.

I want to share it with you, most simple one. Easy to spot especially on ebay, with that miserable photos.

Here is the hint:

All scree back orders of labor Red banner have 2 leafs coming out of bottom ribbon on garland.

The ones on suspension have 3 leafs

Hope it's gonna help

:cheers:

Hello Gentlemans,

know anyone this enameled (commemorative?) medal?

Thanks.

Well, dunno how you you would like this:

It says, Armenian Socialist Revolutionist Party, Dead or Freedom.

Now the history, belong to party 'Dashnakcutyun', 1st Armenian Republic. Don't be mistaken by the parties name. The are £$%^&* nazi. betrayed t Armenia during the genocide 1915 by Osman Imperia. In 1941 joined to nazi Germani were faithing against SU ( ignoring the fact if Germans took Moscow, Turkey would step into the war and first target gonna be Armenia).

Restored after 1991, and bane in 1997 on the territory of Armenia, Georgia and Russia for drug-traffic. Now they back again.Complite mother-"£$%%^&^&& 'hit-and-run-patriots'