Soviet Do you remember your very first Soviet ODM?

[JimZ]

So, seeing the posting of a first combat service medal as the start of a new collection on another thread, I thought to myself.....

....why not each of us post pics of the very first Russian order or medal that started off our fascination with Russian ODMS?? Just be sure its the very piece no matter how humble that started us on the road to total perdition......

To try to keep it simple...we post:

- pics of obverse and reverse (if possible)

- name of order/medal

- serial number

- year of acquisition

- provenance (dealer/fleamarket/ebay etc etc) and country

- approximate price paid at the time in USD

Should be interesting

Jim

Edited November 24, 2006 by jimzammit

[JimZ]

So here goes..... my first baby:

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Order of the Red Star

Serial number 3104095

Acquired in 1993

Fleamarket in Malta

$3.00

[Ed_Haynes]

Nice thread idea.

Posted elsewhere, but my first.

Order of Glory, 3rd class, type 2, var. 2

#805395

Acquired 1996

Atlantic Crossroads

US $ 20.00

Discussed at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2329

[Riley1965]

My First was:

The Order of the Badge of Honor, T4 Concave reverse

Serial Number: 377765

Awarded to: Fydor Timofeevich Godozhnik

I believe I bought it from Igor in 2002 (?) and I don't remember what I paid for it.

Doc

Edited November 24, 2006 by Riley1965

[Gerd Becker]

Here is my very first one. An Order of the Red Banner Nr. 369.473, Type 4, researched, see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1542

I got it from ebay for 65 Euro in 2004

Edited November 24, 2006 by Gerd Becker

[Bryan]

Not very interesting concerning myself. I bought both medals together on eBay 2 1/2 years ago. I must have paid around $20 for both including shipping.

Edited November 24, 2006 by Soviet

[Bryan]

Japan

[Gerd Becker]

Not very interesting concerning myself.

I disagree. Its interesting to see, how others started, even if its with a Medal for Victory over Germany.

[order_of_victory]

Hers mine Order of Red Banner of Labour bought for $20 off ebay on 26 Jan 2004 from Newcastle upon Tyne in England off EBAY.

I bought it because I ghtought the Hammer and Sickel were cool ths started a slippery slope

BTW not only was it my first Soviet ODM but it was the first thing I bought out of my first wage packet

Order of Victory

[JimZ]

Even if its an Anniversary medal please post it!!!! We want to see the pics of your first loves!!! We want to see your first flirts with Russian ODMs

Jim

[Riley1965]

I agree with Gerd. I bought a 20th & 30th Anniversary of the GPW on the same order and they were actually the first items on that order. I added to OBoH after a second look at my wallet and the price tag. Any first medal is important. It starts you down the road.

Doc

Edited November 24, 2006 by Riley1965

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

Here is my first piece. It was purchased from a street vendor in Volgograd in May ?95 for $5. Having collected Imperial German for twenty years at that point, I certainly had no interest in collecting Soviet - after all, the Soviet dealers at OMSA had shoe boxes full of the stuff. Surely, it would never be worth anything. The following August, I met Igor Moiseyev at OMSA and, it was ?welcome to the slippery slope? time. Anyway, I bought this piece, having no idea as to what it was, because I thought that it would be a wonderfully symbolic souvenir of my visit.

Great idea for a thread, thank you.

Wild Card

Edited November 25, 2006 by Wild Card

[NavyFCO]

My first was either an October Revolution, Red Banner or Red Banner of Labor. I don't know which was actually the first I got (back in 1992) and I may have even bought them all at the same time. Anyway, I've got a pic of the three around here somewhere and would be happy to post it (after scanning!) when I can ever find it!

Dave

[DutchBoy]

My first Soviet piece was a run of the mill Red Star back in 2002, but it's been a favourite of mine ever since. In the 2,000,000 serial range, it was still awarded in WW2. Cost me around $20 on eBay.

Edited November 26, 2006 by DutchBoy

[Holger]

Abt. 20 years ago I have got this order together with the document. It was the very beginning of the Izmailovo Park market ...

[Holger]

Abt. 20 years ago I have got this order together with the document. It was the very beginning of the Izmailovo Park market ...

[Holger]

the document

[Holger]

picture

[Holger]

document

[Ferdinand]

My first one, a Defence of Stalingrad... I have always been interested in the Battle of Stalingrad, and through this medal my interest for Soviet medals started...

[JimZ]

Thanks for taking to this thread......

Nice to see the little sparks that kindled the flames......

Jim

PS - Dave, Dutchboy your scans if and when u can ?? We wanna see your first babes

[Gerd Becker]

Hey, what are the new members first soviet ODM?s?

[Christian Zulus]

Gentlemen,

my very first Soviet Medal has been "40th Anniversary of Victory ...", military version, which I got as a present from a girl friend in 1992, who bought it at a flea market in Berlin.

Due to the fact, that I got some time before the old Herfurth-book of 1987 "Milit?rische Auszeichnungen der UdSSR" and the small & nice NOVOSTI-booklet of Putnikov about Soviet Awards, I already had some basic knowledge about the subject.

In december 1993 I recogized, that the nice orders & medals, shown in the two books, had rather moderate price tags in the shop windows. At the beginning of january 1994 I started to collect and invested in a few month about USD 10.000,- into Soviet Awards - had been a rather good investment .

My first awards - as a collector - have been:

- Lenin, s/n. 180.922, for USD 650,-

- October Revolution, s/n. 24.318, for USD 200,-

- HSL, s/n. 10.852, for USD 700,-

(Prices in 1,4 : 1 relation USD : EUR)

Well, I bought the first 3 orders at rather expensive prices for that days ...

Here is a photograph of the very beginning of my modest & humble collection from end of january 1994:

(the shiny RB screwback turned out to be a casted fake an the RB in front is a #3 with s/n. 8.426 - not a fake )

Best regards

Christian

Edited May 27, 2007 by Christian Zulus

[Wild Card]

Hi Christian Zulus,

A darned nice collection beautifully displayed. Congratulations.

Wild Card

[Gerd Becker]

I agree, thats a nice collection, Christian

What are the OGPW?s numbers and variations?

Gerd