Mongolia Friendship Medal

[rboomsma]

Just wondering what is the going price of a Medal of Friendship?

[Guest Darrell]

$370-400 depending who you get it from.

[rboomsma]

$370-400 depending who you get it from.

Thanks

[Ed_Haynes]

$370-400 depending who you get it from.

Really . . .

Terribly glad to have one, then.

[Guest Darrell]

Really . . .

Terribly glad to have one, then.

*SOMEONE NEEDS TO READ THE THREAD TITLE ---- MONGOLIAN AWARDS "

Sorry ... thought you meant the Order of Friendship of Nations "Soviet" award ....

Edited April 17, 2006 by Darrell

[rboomsma]

Really . . .

Terribly glad to have one, then.

Any ideas on price Ed?

[Bob]

Any ideas on price Ed?

If it helps: I got mine a while ago for around 100 USD. Haven't seen that many on the market recently though (unlike for instance recent tsunami of virgin land cultivators) so I'm holding on to mine as if I paid a lot more for it

Odd though... more than 10.000 of these awarded yet where are they? Sometimes this is just a bit odd, similar to the Soviet Mother Heroine order... 500K awarded yet it is not that easy to find one with booklet / award document at all.

[rboomsma]

If it helps: I got mine a while ago for around 100 USD. Haven't seen that many on the market recently though (unlike for instance recent tsunami of virgin land cultivators) so I'm holding on to mine as if I paid a lot more for it

Odd though... more than 10.000 of these awarded yet where are they? Sometimes this is just a bit odd, similar to the Soviet Mother Heroine order... 500K awarded yet it is not that easy to find one with booklet / award document at all.

THanks I have the ability to purchase one so I didn't want to pay to much.

Edited April 18, 2006 by rboomsma

[Vatjan]

Odd though... more than 10.000 of these awarded yet where are they?

Most of these were, and are still, awarded to foreigners, hence hard to find in Mongolia

Jan

[Ed_Haynes]

Have been checking, paid about what Bob did.

[rboomsma]

Have been checking, paid about what Bob did.

Thanks guys I just picked up ser#2324

[Ed_Haynes]

Congratulations, nice low number. Now we need to find some with documentation!

[Dolf]

I paid $125 for mine about a year ago.

One of the very rare items I bought from the well known NJ dealer.

The next one he listed, right after I bought mine, was listed for $150... none on his site right now.

Obverse:

Dolf

Edited April 18, 2006 by Dolf

[Dolf]

S/N 4328.

Reverse:

Dolf

PS: Ron, btw just curious, how much did you pay for yours now?

Edited April 18, 2006 by Dolf

[Stogieman]

Nice scans Dolf! This is one of the medals that has intrigued me... always wondered what constituted award criteria....

[Dolf]

Nice scans Dolf! This is one of the medals that has intrigued me... always wondered what constituted award criteria....

Rick,

I thought these were (still are?) awarded only to foreigners, hence the difficulty to find them in Mongolia.

But as Jan says above that "Most of these were, and are still, awarded to foreigners..." I'm not sure anymore.

It seems logical that a Mongolian Friendship Medal would be awarded to foreigners, not to Mongolians, right?

As for the award criteria I also don't know, but most probably for foreigners that helped Mongolia in some way I guess, but unfortunatelly no details

Dolf

[Ed_Haynes]

Yes, I'd assume that most would have gone to friendly Warsaw Pact countries or to places like North Korea and, thereby, vanished because no one knew or cared what they were. Ever worse for the documents, I fear. A few probably would have gone to Mongolians involved in international relations (though, on quick glance, I can't find any in Battushig).

As I understand it, the Medal of Brotherhood in Arms (# A 59, sorry I don't know the Mongolian name) was awarded on a more balanced basis.

[Vatjan]

Found on a russian forum, for us number freaks, this is a new high, well low actually

[rboomsma]

S/N 4328.

Reverse:

Dolf

PS: Ron, btw just curious, how much did you pay for yours now?

I got in lieu of selling some medals for someone else, so I really got it for free kind of

[Dolf]

I got in lieu of selling some medals for someone else, so I really got it for free kind of

Ron,

Excellent deal

Dolf

[rboomsma]

Ron,

Excellent deal

Dolf

I actullay got about 25 mongolian medals and orders for selling some of items. So it was a very good deal for me.

Edited June 30, 2006 by rboomsma

[Guest Rick Research]

Here's one being worn by a certain Mongolian, posted by Ed:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...ost&p=91085

3rd ribbon in the 4th row from the bottom, underneath Cuban and East German stuff, and following the Soviet 1970 Lenin jubilee!

[Ed_Haynes]

And awards to Mongolians seem immensely uncommon. Most awards went to Soviets or other COMENCON "friendlies". Shall be posting a documented set soonish.

[Dolf]

I actullay got about 25 mongolian medals and orders for selling some of items. So it was a very good deal for me.

Ron,

Wow! So it was even a much better deal than I thought!

These Friendship Medals are not among the easiest to find and they are certainly not among the cheap Medals either!

Best,

Dolf

Edited July 1, 2006 by Dolf

[usairforce]

I haven't find this medal