Pridnestrovie!

[Greg Collins]

A nice badge, Tsarenko! Note how the colours in the flag co-ordinate with the stripes on the medal's ribbon.

Managed to add another award to the collection; a medal to commemorate 10 Years of the Ministry of State Security, 1992-2002. Here's the medal:

[Greg Collins]

A detail of the front. Note that "KGB" has become "MGB" (ministry instead of committee). I have seen two versions of this medal; the other has no enamel and an untextured (smooth) background. I'm told this is the earlier variant.

Edited October 22, 2009 by Greg Collins

[Greg Collins]

And a detail of the reverse. It reads, "Loyalty, Honor, Courage".

Edited October 22, 2009 by Greg Collins

[Greg Collins]

This arrived today; a ministerial award and probably more correctly identified as a badge rather than medal, The Honoured Employee of PMR Industry. Nice, heavy construction with a screw back. No mint identification marks.

[Greg Collins]

A plain, dished back...

[Greg Collins]

And a detail of the front...

[Greg Collins]

Recently acquired a few fairly rare badges from Pridnestrovie. The first is of a Soviet design we're all familiar with, the Honours Policeman of Militia of Ministry of Internal Affairs, PMR. This particular variation, with areas of enamel within the State seal, is for senior management and had a run of 100 pieces. The regular issue was the same but without the enamel in the State seal.

[Greg Collins]

Struck in brass with full reverse, screw back and plain nut:

[Greg Collins]

Next, the 15 years UBOP Ministry of Internal Affairs, PMR (Department for the Struggle against Organized Crime). Kiev manufacture and with a run of 100 pieces. Two piece construction, flat backed. Heavy, white alloy.

[Greg Collins]

And the back with nut:

[Greg Collins]

And the final submission, for now, 15 years of Department of Internal Affairs of Tiraspol (the capital). Brass, full reverse with Soviet style pin back. The light blue "wave" between the red and green on the banner ends mimics the Tiraspol seal. No data on the run amount of this badge.

[Greg Collins]

And the back...

[taras]

Order of Republic, highest decoration of Pridnestrovie (here's only suspension without ribbon)

[taras]

Order for Military Service to Homeland, 3rd grade

[taras]

Order of Honour

[taras]

Order of Suvorov, 2nd grade. The newest decoration, instituted in 2008. Poor picture but it's better than nothing

[Greg Collins]

Great stuff, Taras! Thanks for joining the thread.

[Greg Collins]

Picked up three lapel pins/badges from Pridnestrovie recently. All have an official connotation as they were/are given to government officials. The pin at the top left is to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Pridnestrovie and the pin below that is to commemorate the 15th Anniversary. The pin to the right is for Central Management of Ministry of Internal Affairs PMR and has a deep green transparent enamel on the shield. Just as a reminder, the PMR on the pins is an abbreviation for Pridnestrovskaia Moldavskaia Respublica. A dime (US 0.10) is included to give an idea of size. The odd thing here is that both flags contain the hammer and sickle, while the official country flag does not.

Edited November 13, 2009 by Greg Collins

[Greg Collins]

The backs for the flags is a flat texture while the shield is a reverse image. All use a "military clutch" to secure. The only mint mark I can find is on the back of the 10 year flag and, I believe, is from the Leningrad MD.

[kanakanak]

Hi,

Just to say that the official state flag of Pridnestrovie has the hammer and sickle, but only on one side of the flag. The flag whitout h&s is the civil flag.

See: www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/md-dnies.html for more infos.

[Greg Collins]

I certainly don't doubt your source as I use them alot myself, but the latest date on the material is 2004. Apparently, things have changed since then and, according to the PMR website at:

http://pridnestrovie.net/flag_pmr.html

the official flag has no hammer and sickle and is proportioned 2X by 3X. Now, having said that, there are plenty of older Moldavian SSR flags that are seen and not just when carried by one of the two Communist Parties in the PMR. Occassionally you can see them in a story carried by the Olviya Press (day-to-day news in the PMR). My guess insofar as the pins are concerned is that the flag has been changed since the pins were produced.

Even though the hammer and sickle has been romoved from the flag, it is still seen on the State seal and, consequently, on all 5 coins currently used and many of the medals and badges, as has been shown.

[kanakanak]

I invite you to read the bottom of the page of my link, at the section "Possible flag change". It is said (frome 6 June 2009) that the hammer and sickle flag will stay as state flag. Maybe in a near future (not adopted yet), the russian tricolor could be the new civil flag.

Edited November 15, 2009 by kanakanak

[Greg Collins]

It appears the sites are in conflict... hey, it's a new country- there are bound to be questions. I'll keep my Moldavian SSR flag but call it a State Flag of the PMR now.

I hope that they choose not to adopt the Russian tricolour- not that I have anything at all against Russia (quite the contrary)- it's just that I would love to see the PMR develop into a small, autonomous, self-governing country unto itself. However, that's not for me to say; I don't live there.

[Greg Collins]

Acquired several new items today. First, a lapel pin for a Veteran of the Special Forces (Police Spetsnaz or SWAT-type), Dneister. It's made of a heavy white alloy and is quite shiny- difficult to photograph. Military clutch-type back.

[Greg Collins]

Ah, the return of the "egg"... a 15 years Police Special Assault Forces (Spetsnaz/SWAT) Brigade- Dneister badge. Large of heavy alloy. Screw back with a marked nut that I just cannot read... sort of a mixture of cursive capitals and some other characters that I cannot completely make out.