Hauptmann Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 (edited) Hi all,Here's my one and only medal in the restoration, reclamation and development category of Soviet awards. I hope to add more in time.Definitely another piece that has that "been there, done that" look to it.Dan Edited May 11, 2006 by Paul R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 Very nice example. I will post mine this afternoon. I think that my example is a different variation.RegardsPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 (edited) Very nice example. I will post mine this afternoon. I think that my example is a different variation.RegardsPaulHi Paul,Many thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing yours and seeing the differences between them.Thanks, Dan Edited May 11, 2006 by Hauptman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 The ring seems a bit different Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 The ring seems a bit differentHi Paul,I'm awful at seeing minor differences any more so I'll take your word for it. I'd probably have to see them side by side, if then. Never been good at estimating distances either. But that's a fine looking medal... not extremely salty like mine! Hey, I just love em' all! Thanks for sharing, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I actually like yours! It is a sure thing that someone wore it with pride!My question is, how would someone earn this medal? By simply farming a certain area or was there a quota that had to be met to qualify for this medal?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 (edited) I actually like yours! It is a sure thing that someone wore it with pride!My question is, how would someone earn this medal? By simply farming a certain area or was there a quota that had to be met to qualify for this medal?PaulHi Paul,Yeah, the old girl has definitely been there and done that. Got it from Alexei many moons ago. Great piece. He always referred to it and the others in this series as "The Gulag Medals". He told me they actually went more to the guards who watched over the prisoners as they worked on these various projects. I'd always thought they were for the folks who actually did the work.No idea what the qualifications were but assuming McDaniel's book goes into that. You can't tell I'm like pining away to get that book, can you? Perhaps one of the other members will kick in and let us know on this one. Thanks, Dan Edited April 22, 2008 by Hauptman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Here is mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 It apparenbtly required "two years" in the areas, which implies over-wintering and really PIONEERING work. McD&S say over 1,500,000 awarded, and cite the statutes for labor in Kazakstan, Siberia, and the Northern Caucasus. A lot of stuff about collective farms issuing these...sounds like people were shipped there en masse and just plunked down to their own devices.I've read about "student volunteers" and so on-- they were apparently sent out as seasonal labor, but would never have qualified for the medal.The consequences of all this has led to the destruction of their inland seas and generally turned vast areas bigger than European countries into the slag heaps of fictional Mordor, so pretty as these are, they represent politically induced ecological catastrophe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 The consequences of all this has led to the destruction of their inland seas and generally turned vast areas bigger than European countries into the slag heaps of fictional Mordor, so pretty as these are, they represent politically induced ecological catastrophe.This has to be the quote of the year. I could rattle that off to the wife and I'd get that "Deer in the Headlights" look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I could do that in French, too. Would take even longer but sound pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Document exterior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Interior. Translation help please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 To Dmitry Tukalo on 20 August 1957. If you zoom in on a close up of just the rubber stamp (right side up) that will reveal who actually issued this.I've always wondered what the final end date was for this medal-- were they still being handed out in the 1980s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Thanks, Rick.The stamp: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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