Dealers of North Korean medals and awards

[TeaRex]

Hi all,

As a side line, I've picked up a few North Korean awards and medals, I'm rather impressed with their quality (well maybe not excellent but not too bad compared to later Soviet ones). Can any members recommend me some reliable dealers or individuals who deal in such items, I like the unusual, having a resonable collection of Albanian awards has thrown me into the world of hardline socialist states.

Regards

Rex

[RedMaestro]

Hi all,

As a side line, I've picked up a few North Korean awards and medals, I'm rather impressed with their quality (well maybe not excellent but not too bad compared to later Soviet ones). Can any members recommend me some reliable dealers or individuals who deal in such items, I like the unusual, having a resonable collection of Albanian awards has thrown me into the world of hardline socialist states.

Regards

Rex

Hi Rex,

There was just a discussion about this on an outside forum - the Soviet Awards Forum. One member there has managed to acquire an extraordinary number of North Korean medals at prices far below those seen on some dealer's websites (for instance, the well-known NJ dealer). He apparently has contacts in China who are able to get these for him. You might want to check out the forum thread on that (I'll pm the link). Perhaps you could get in touch with the member too, although I wonder if he would be open to sharing his sources. As for other places - ebay has a few dealers who might be okay. Perhaps the member over on the Soviet Awards Forum would know which are good.

Good luck!

Alex

[dbookmahngc]

COL Boik's "Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" (DBM Press) provides an excellent source of information on North Korean awards. It also has an appendix in the back giving estimated values for each. You can find it at www.dprkmedals.com Also beware that both good and poor copies some of the more expensive DPRK orders are starting to show up on the market.

[reichsrommel]

pm sent:)