Mongolia Army Badges

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C 03 -- Mongolian People's Revolutionary Military, "The Best" (1921-55)

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C 25 -- Victory of Khalkin Gol

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C 17 -- Sportsman Soldier

This seems to have a class, "I"; does this imply the existence of a "II" and "III"??

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C 16 -- Mongolian People's Army, "III"

This suggests the existence of a corresponding "I" and "II"??

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C 15 -- Mongolian People's Army, "III"

This, too, suggests a similar badge with "I" and "II"?

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C 07 -- The Best Shooter

The first marksmanship badge. (Though there is a reported and NIB "best shooter" variety of C 02?!)

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C 09 -- Mongolian People's Army, "Best Shooter" (post-1971)

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C 21 -- 30th Anniversary of the Air Squadron "Mongol Ard" (1943-73)

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C 33 -- 40th Anniversary of the Air Squadron "Mongol Ard" (1943-83)

Edited November 3, 2006 by Ed_Haynes

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C 28 -- 50 Years of the Mongolian Air Force

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C 29 -- 50 Years of the Mongolian Air Force

The first badge is as shown by Battushig. The second is a NIB variety which, I somehow suspect, is how the badge is supposed to look. Any photos of it in wear??

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C 41 -- 45th Anniversary of Unit 016

. . . whatever "Unit 016" was??

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C 06 -- Choibalsan's Best Shooter

These have been well discussed on and off in isolated threads. This is the Type 1 badge (angled rifle);I don't have a Type 2 (horizontal rifle) yet.

After buying three (type 2s) and getting the wrong one

(type 1s) twice I finally got one last month!

JC

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C 36 -- 60 Years of the Mongolian People's Army (1921-81)

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C 32 -- Air Force Pin

Deapite Battushig's description, these look like air force wings to me. The center of this specimen presents many puzzles, as it is either been abraded or something has fallen off.

Whatever it is, it is the firct class of it.

Mysteries persist.

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C 54 -- Defence Auxiliary Society

Just 30 x 22 mm.

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C 42 -- Glory of Veteran

Two (signifantly?) different varieties.

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C 53 -- The Outstanding Worker of the Defence Auxiliary Society

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C 50 -- The Outstanding Worker of Defence

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C 46 -- Zuunbayan, 366 Unit

Fine, but what IS this??

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C 48 -- Honorary Badge

Honorary WHAT??

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C 38 -- Mongolian People's Army

For what??

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C 49 -- Unit 805 of the Interior Army

Numbered on the reverse, this #493.

Arguably, this could (should?) be listed in category "D", among interior badges?

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C NIB 02 -- Some sort of early paratroop badge (?)

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Here follow a few NIBs -- well not actually "NIBs", more like "CWBs" ("Confirmed with Battushig"):

C NIB 03 -- 50th Anniversary of the State Defence Auxiliary Society

Edited November 14, 2006 by Ed_Haynes