Bob Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Below offered to me for sale (and presumably also to others). Description as from the seller.order of merit #1239942red star- 117672silver star- 319710gold star- 78182Mongolian order of the polar star- 407Mongolian order of combat- 2059Mongolian order of military merit 4489guards badge ww2 typeon a supposedly "Mongolian Major's uniform" with also WW2 square visored cap that matches this Victory Parade uniform set (again as per the seller).Medals all without documents ( ) so no way for sure to know if it's a group.hefty price tag... but what a find if real - thoughts?
Bob Posted September 30, 2006 Author Posted September 30, 2006 and more...no doc's so due diligence would have to be done on numbers of awards and timing deduced from that... what was a Mongolian Major doing at Stalingrad is of course one question... well, how did he get there is a better way to put it perhapsnote - set sold this morning for mucho dineros!
Bob Posted September 30, 2006 Author Posted September 30, 2006 I won't bore you with the trousers so here's last pic
Ed_Haynes Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Well, for one thing, he's not MONGOLIAN. A Soviet who wandered south. Perhaps.Much doubt. PM sent.
Guest Rick Research Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Yup. A Soviet infantry Major's tunic. No Victory Over Japan. No Mongolian Victory. Mid to late 1980s Mongolian MMO number, no jubilees in between.Nice uniform jammed full of holes so not nice any more.
new world Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Not anymore.any documents to accompany the awards?
Ed_Haynes Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 I think the general sense was that it was an invented set.
new world Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 I think the general sense was that it was an invented set.It looks like put-together set of awards. Why would a Soviet officer receive a Polar Star - mostly civilian award?
Ed_Haynes Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Indeed. Except for:Why would a Soviet officer receive a Polar Star - mostly civilian award?It was more complex than this, and the Polar Star was an award for both civilians and the military.
Sergey Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Bob, fine infantry tunic with a crimson edging. A condition on 4 points. Everything, that to me meets today in Russia is in the worst condition. Concerning the Mongolian awards there is a variant of rewarding after the termination of military service. In the sixtieth years many the Soviet experts worked in Mongolia
NavyFCO Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 I think it's a put together uniform by a collector back when these awards were cheap and someone wanted to toss some awards on a jacket for display. I've already told one potential buyer to stay away from it unless the price is equal to the "parts" value of the group, so I would make the same advice here as well. I would bet money that it's not a real group.Dave
Ed_Haynes Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Absolutely, Dave! I fear Rick hit the nail on the head when he said:Nice uniform jammed full of holes so not nice any more.Plus some random medals.
Nack Posted March 7, 2007 Posted March 7, 2007 Well, the holes could have been there. There are quite a few of them though. I suppose you'd need to see it up close to know.
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