Mongolia Major General Seded Davaakhuu - Soviet, Cuban, Czech, Mongolian cross-over group

[Bob]

Was fortunate enough to pull this group together from multiple sources. Unfortunately was not able to get the entire group (by far) but still quite interesting. Even more so if (hopefully) some follow-up research turns up.

Cuban

• Medal for 20 Years of Service to the Ministery of Interior with document (awarded in 1979); signed by Sergio del Valle Jimenez, Minister of Interior and a central figure in the Cuban revolution
• http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/01/cuba.obituaries - “Del Valle became a tough minister of the interior for more than a decade, keeping dissidents in line and advocating the use of the death penalty”

Soviet

• Military Service Medal with document (no serial nr; awarded in 1971)
• Medal for Strengthening Combat Cooperation with document (awarded in 1981); handsigned by Soviet Minister of Internal Affairs Army General Shelokov (!)
• A (university?) badge
• A document (belonging to above badge?) which is quite thick (more like a thin book) and which folds open to have room for some kind of large medal

Czech

• Medal of Merit in the Protection of the State Border (no document with this one)

Mongolian

• An interesting ‘modern’ item… a Mongolian General badge? No document but it has the same red goo on the back that most of the items in this set have which leads me to believe they were all fastened (either to a uniform or some kind of display) in the same way. It’s light metal with some fake diamond like things
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour Valor with document (awarded in 1983; the document refers to serial nr 5996 but the serial nr was inscribed erroneously on the wrong end of the revers… so you need to flip it over and then rotate it 180 degrees and then the serial nr does match!)
• An additional document which lists several items (unfortunately I only have the document)
  • Honorary Medal of Combat (nr 5075, awarded in 1950)
  • Order of Polar Star (nr 8279, awarded in 1957)
  • Order of the Red Banner of Combat Valor (no serial nr provided, awarded in 1966(
• Document for an Honorary Checkist Badge (unfortunately I only have the document, it refers to serial nr 727 for the Chekist Badge, awarded in 1979)
• 50 Years of State Security Organization Medal with document (awarded in 1972)
• Medal “We Won” with document (serial nr 7265, awarded in 1946)
• Medal “25 Years of the MPR” with document (serial nr 13027, awarded in 1946)
• Document for a 70 year jubilee medal (awarded in 1991), don’t have the medal
• Document for the Medal “50 Years of the Mongolian People’s Army” (awarded in 1971), don’t have the medal
• Document for the Medal “30^th Anniversary of the Victory over the Militaristic Japan” (awarded in 1975), don’t have the medal
• 70 Years of State Security Organization Badge with document (awarded in 1992)
• 50 Years of the State Prosecution Organization Badge with a nice green leather document (awarded in 1980)
• A nice green leather document for a Best Border Guard badge – unfortunately the badge itself is missing – was awarded in 1973
• Badge of 50 Years to Mongolian People's Court with the document. Like the above green ones, this is also a VIP issue one with a leather cover. Awarded in 1976.
• A document for a 60 years commemorative medal (awarded in 1986)
• A document for another 60 years commemorative medal (awarded in 1981)
• A document for a “Honorary Badge of the Ministry of Defence” but not including the badge itself (awarded in 1982)

Finally, also included in the group was a large brown leather document with a silver crest at right hand top and Choibalsans signature on interior? Will post a pic of the interior – may be something interesting written there.

Unfortunately no picture of the general (yet) and also a range of items are missing – incl. because I was not able to obtain them or walked away as there were issues (either very expensive or a lot of loose orders/medals without documents or with serial numbers different than in the documents that I acquired). Seen but not acquired and possibly also belonging to this group are:

• SB order (pinback, serial nr 912, no document)
• Red Banner of Combat Valor Order (screwback, serial nr 1368, no document)
• Polar Star (pinback, serial nr 15922, no document)
• Medal of Combat (serial number 9012, no document)
• A chekist badge (but no document, and serial nr not matching above document which I did get)

Not buying the SB may have been a mistake (aside from that it was very expensive) as the reverse had the same red goo on it which is also on almost all other items in the group.

Some more detailed pics to follow. Help in identifying items / translation would be very much appreciated.

[Bob]

Some more pics of documents:

- 2 Mongolian medals

- the Cuban medal

- interior of document for the Soviet medals mentioned

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-01800500-1398517671.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-79887700-1398517710.jpg

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http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-76859200-1398517803.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-68540600-1398517821.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-74722300-1398517892.jpg

[Bob]

Next:

- the "generals badge"

- pics of the big document with the silver crest on it

- pics of the Czech medal

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-24135300-1398518032.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-89760800-1398518044.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-02772500-1398518057.jpg

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[Bob]

And finally, the intriguing thick folding Soviet document and badge (belonging together?)

http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-87216300-1398518204.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-64446500-1398518217.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-57612300-1398518232.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-20226700-1398518245.jpghttp://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_04_2014/post-679-0-20538200-1398518256.jpg

[Bob]

No research on the Soviet military service medal needed... because it's already right here on the forum:)

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/39929-general-suurin-baldan/page-4

Sedediyn Davaahuu – retired colonel

Interesting, he came out of retirement later to become a general?

Part of a large anniversary awarding of Soviet awards to Mongolians for:

"For the services in the joined struggle against the Japanese militarists, and also in the reinforcement of the post-war cooperation, and in connection with the 50th anniversary of the formation of the People’s Mongolian Army"

[fjcp]

The large Soviet document reads:

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the soviet police forces this commemorative medal is awarded...

Nice group btw.

Jan

[Paul R]

Nice job Bob. That General's badge is the high point. Do you know where the other items reside? With some luck, you may be able to pick up more pieces?

[Bob]

Probably some of the items are still with the family, some with dealers, and the rest spread out all over the world.

The general's badge is a first for me - hadn't seen one before - but it's not particularly impressive in terms of quality - a million miles from e.g. a Marshall's star. I guess that's progress...

[Paul R]

Does it seem to be made of gold?

[Bob]

No gold, i wish it was!

[Bob]

http://www.collectrussia.com/DISPITEM.HTM?ITEM=16919

Suspect this belonged in the red document... ..?