Recommendations for reference books

[livesinayurt]

Hello--I'm new to the forum. Many thanks to @Chuck In Oregon for informing me of its existence and inviting me. I've been collecting Soviet stuff for a while, but only gotten into the hobby more seriously for the last two years. I primarily collect medals, orders, and some badges (Deputy badges of the SSR republic supreme soviets are my favorite).

 

I wanted to ask about recommendations for reference books. I currently have copies of Reznik's Soviet Orders and Medals book (for orders/medals) and AVERS8 (for badges) and use Mondvor regularly. Reznik's book is pretty nice, but it doesn't really have any additional information to what is already online at Mondvor. I was considering buying another reference book and am considering getting a copy of AVERS6 (not terribly priced on eBay) or The Comprehensive Guide to Soviet Orders and Medals (quite pricey).

 

Do others on this forum have those books and can provide a recommendation on whether I will get more information than what I already have? Are there any other resources people would recommend? Thanks so much.

 

Jonathan

 

[Alfred]

I think the best resource is Mondvor.narod.ru. itself. The Comprehensive Guide is very good, but on Mondvor are more variants describes and more and better pictures.

 

For badges Avers 8 is a good source.

 

Andreas

[livesinayurt]

3 hours ago, Alfred said:

I think the best resource is Mondvor.narod.ru. itself. The Comprehensive Guide is very good, but on Mondvor are more variants describes and more and better pictures.

 

For badges Avers 8 is a good source.

 

Andreas

Thanks! Good to hear I already am using the best references available.