Mongolia Halhingol Pinback

[rboomsma]

Here is one of my modified badges for Halhingol, converted to a pin back.

[order_of_victory]

Nice badge,

What is Halhingol?

[Ed_Haynes]

Nice badge,

What is Halhingol?

More commonly and correctly, Khalkhin Gol, the river in eastern Mongolia when Mongolian and allied Soviet troops met and defeated Japannese invaders in 1939. The Mongolian badge/medal was awarded to the Soviet allies as well as to Mongolian troops.

See a more extensive and more focused discussion over at

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5087

Edited March 18, 2006 by Ed_Haynes

[rboomsma]

Nice badge,

What is Halhingol?

Sorry I got lazy and just put the exact words from the badge it is "Khalkhin Gol"

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

I have to ask the following question and apologize I missed the answer somewhere in the other thread.

Can anyone explain why the inscription on the banner, ?Avgust 1939? is in English; as is (more or less) the ?HALHINGOL? on the bottom? Any insight to this would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Wild Card

[Vatjan]

For a very brief period of time (in 1940), around 6 months if I remember correctly, the Mongolians used the latin alphabet as their official script. Then they quickly changed to cyrillic, I presume under enormous Soviet pressure. This badge is the only tangible reminder of this period.

So not really English, rather Mongolian in letters we can read.

Jan

Edited March 19, 2006 by vatjan

[order_of_victory]

Thanks Ed,

I had never heard of it before, I guess I missed the lesson on Khalkhin Gol

[Stogieman]

Moved to Mongolian as this is a Mongolian Badge, albeit one that is often awarded to Soviet personnel.