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    Pridnestrovie, or the Pridnestrovie Moldavian Republic, was refered to as Transniester (across the Dniester river) when a part of Moldova. In 1990-92 they fought for independence and established the Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica. Though not yet fully recognized, they seem well on the way in that direction. Check out at: pridnestrovie.net

    Anyway, they have established a set of awards, two examples of which I'll show now. Note that they have chosen to keep the hammer and sickle motif on their state seal, coins and awards (from when they were a Soviet Socialist Republic) even though they are a multi-party democracy. Their flag is, basically, the Moldavian SSR flag with equal horizontal bands of red, green and red. The hammer and sickle is not on the flag.

    The first is the Medal for Irreproachable Service, 3rd Class (10 years). Soviet-type suspension, nickle medal with "spot" clear enamel on front.

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    A detail of the front... note the country's seal within the Ministry of the Interior shield. The initials "PMR" are written in the three languages spoken; Russian, Moldovan and Ukrainian.

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    On to the Medal for Valorous Labour. Soviet-style suspension, gilt over copper medal bearing the symbols of the worker against a rising sun.

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    A couple of new additions to the collection... the first is the Order of Labour Glory (only one class). Nice, heavy construction; ribbon seems to borrow the dark blue/light blue of the Soviet Red Banner of Labour along side the colours of the Pridnestrovie flag (red-green-red).

    A textured reverse with a maker's mark in the center that I cannot yet identify.

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    A commemorative badge for 15 years of Pridnestrovie's Peoples' Militia. Screw-backed heavy alloy- possibly tomback- with a mirror image reverse. Central image is Marshal Suvorov; he appears repeatedly on other awards, paper money and state publications.

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    And the reverse...the Peoples' Militia is the home guard and should not to be confused with the Militsiya (police).

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    ...and the obverse of the same badge! "Войсковой герольдмейстер Максим Владимирович Царенко" = army heroldmeister Maxim Vladimirovich Tsarenko (me)

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    A few more Pridnestrovie items... first, the Order of Personal Courage. This particular example is lacking the red enamel in the star "arm" at 2 o'clock. And, yes, that's General Suvorov's image. The back is plain.

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    The badge for the Defense of Pridnestrovie. Made of a light alloy, this badge is similar to the badges issued by the USSR in the '70's. There is a maker's mark on the reverse.

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    The reverse of the badge...I believe the maker's mark reads "LMD" which, at least at one time, meant Leningrad Monetny Dvor.

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    My final post for now... a Pridnestrovie flag. Yes, yes, I know it's actually a Moldavia SSR flag, but it is still unofficially used in Pridnestrovie both by the two Communist parties as well as private citizens who have them. The official flag is the same but without the hammer and sickle. Hung unceremoniously on my clothesline.

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    Not a current medal of Pridnestrovie, the medal "For Loyalty to the Black Sea Cossacks" was given by President Igor Smirnov to the Black Sea Cossacks (Ukraine) who fought for Pridnestrovie's independence in 1991-1992. They were commanded by Colonel Kucher, who was killed in action in Bender in June, 1992.

    Not the highest quality medal, it is of stamped brass (100% reverse) and the paint (possibly enamel) is certainly "outside the lines". A good addition to the collection, though.

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    A detail of the front... I don't know for sure who the woman is- I imagine it's Katherine. If you know who it is, by all means chime in. As far as the painting goes, and especially on the arms of the cross, I believe I could have done better with a mop. In all the examples I have seen of this medal (about 5 so far), the paint-job is the same.

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