Greg Collins Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) 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. Edited September 2, 2009 by Greg Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 And the back... the cyrillic type is Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 (edited) On to the Medal for Valorous Labour. Soviet-style suspension, gilt over copper medal bearing the symbols of the worker against a rising sun. Edited January 13, 2011 by Greg Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 A detail of the front... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 And the back, again with the cyrillic Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) 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. Edited August 17, 2009 by Greg Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted August 17, 2009 Author Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) And the reverse...the Peoples' Militia is the home guard and should not to be confused with the Militsiya (police). Edited August 19, 2009 by Greg Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsarenko1975 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Dear forumites! At www.cossac-awards.narod.ru you can see the awards of Black Sea Cossack Army (Pridnestrovian) with rare hand-made badges by Nikita Kovalchuk (Vinnitsa, Ukraine). Very interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Thanks for that great link! For those who don't know, the Black Sea Cossacks fought valiantly for Pridnestrovie's independence ('90-'92). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsarenko1975 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 For example - army badge . 57x44 mm, copper, zirkons, hand engraving by Nikita Koval'chuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsarenko1975 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 ...and the obverse of the same badge! "Войсковой герольдмейстер Максим Владимирович Царенко" = army heroldmeister Maxim Vladimirovich Tsarenko (me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 A detail of the Order... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 Next, the medal "To the Defender of Pridnestrovie". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 A detail of the obverse of the medal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 And the reverse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) The reverse of the badge...I believe the maker's mark reads "LMD" which, at least at one time, meant Leningrad Monetny Dvor. Edited October 2, 2009 by Greg Collins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 2, 2009 Author Share Posted October 2, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 And the reverse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Collins Posted October 4, 2009 Author Share Posted October 4, 2009 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsarenko1975 Posted October 5, 2009 Share Posted October 5, 2009 Hi, Gentlemen! And mini-badge of Pridnestrovian cossacks... Photos of cossacks from PMR - http://pmr-kazaki.ucoz.ru/, http://stanica.demart.ws/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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