Kev in Deva

Gentlemen, many thanks for your posts with regards this item. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Gents, To my old eyes it looks like "STERLING" 825. Kevin in Deva

Hallo demir, welcome to the Forum, please can you indicate if the item is a scan of the object or a scan of a picture?? Maybe its just my eyes but do I see spots in the white inner circle of the item? Kevin in Deva.

Is the symbol on the bus pass (centre red) not the same design as the badge?? Kevin in Deva.

Tasty! Tasty! Very Very Tasty!! Congrats on your recent acquisition, Jam butties all around Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Paul If that were the case, then I think it should show in other parts of the item as well. Anybody got any idea what the green "paint" blobs actually is?? Kevin in Deva.

It should be also noted we have a As I stated earlier (but strangely the post seems to have been deleted with no reason being given) I agree with Gordon's assessment of the piece. However, the broach hinge, pin and clasp HAVE to have been added after the item was bought and converted for use as a broach / badge. (As shown by the letter "G" in the word "Erinerung") This will affect the desirability amongst the purists but it still falls into the "Patriotika" range of Items. And items like this tend to attract there own branch of collectors. This item should be perfectly sell-able on the www.net as it shows no "offensive" symbols. Kevin in Deva.

Opps before I forget must thank my brother Anthony for his help while on the trip to Cluj-Napoca Being a Fanatic Tank Modeller I had a hard job persuading him that it was better to leave the tank on the monument and not bring back to Ireland for a new paint job Kevin in Deva.

I will be going back to Cluj-Napoca take individual pictures of each of the headstones / markers sometime in the near future, while there this time I started to catalogue the Romanian - Hungarian - and German Headstones. I also took pictures of the monument to the "Heroes of the 1989 Revolution" Monument and the 15 victims gravestones: + "May they Rest In Peace." + Kevin in Deva.

One of the Russian heroes! Close up of the enamelled plaque. Kevin in Deva.

Central panel with dedication in: Russian - Romanian - Hungarian. It commemorates the sacrifice of the Soviet soldiers to free the people of Romania from the evil fascists and wishes them Eternal Glory! Kevin in Deva

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These headstones / markers form a 3 sided shape around a central monument. Kevin in Deva

more markers to the Fallen. Kevin in Deva

This monument with the tank seems to commemorate members of the Soviet Tank Corps killed in th fighting in the area of Cluj-Napoca. These other markers I suspect were for the "poor bloody infantry" Kevin in Deva

Right side Panel, with list of names of the Fallen. Kevin in Deva.

Left side panel with names of the Fallen, Too much frozen snow to see the lower names clearly, but I intend to go back to document more headstones so will re-take the picture for better detail. Kevin in Deva

Detail from Rear Panel Right. Oblique view. Kevin in Deva.

Rear of the Tank. Detail from Rear panel left. Kevin in Deva

Front of the Tank. Side view. By the way its hollow Bronze!! Kevin in Deva

Front Left Panel. Kevin in Deva

Front right panel. Kevin in Deva

Located at the top right front of the steps is this monument. Kevin in Deva.

Hallo Gentlemen As a means to keeping this a balanced thread, I will post some pictures here taken (January 12th 2008) in the Military Section of the "HERO'S CEMETERY" located in the Romanian Town of Cluj-Napoca of the SOVIET SECTION. The Russian section is located on a slight rise to the left of the entrance gates, preceding this are sections with Romanian, German and Hungarian graves of WW2 as well as the graves of people killed in the 1989 Revolution. Kevin in Deva.

I think the dates refer to the First Balkan War Kevin in Deva.