Bob Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 If anybody could provide pics of these I'd greatly appreciate it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gor Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 My welcome to new forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eric Schena Posted June 19, 2006 Share Posted June 19, 2006 Hi Gor - welcome to the Forum!That is a great example of a very, very rare decoration. When the title was first established on October 25, 1954, it had a statute fineness of 18 karat gold and a weight of 21.5 grams. In 1970, the fineness of the decoration was set at 20 karats and weight at 18.5 grams. At some point, a gilt bronze version was also issued, though I've not yet been able to figure out when or why the bronze versions began to be manufactured.Cheers,Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Here's an interesting brass hero of socialist labour. Not original, but interesting none the less! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 12, 2007 Share Posted April 12, 2007 Wow! One more thing that I see on this forum that I never expected to see ANYWHERE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new world Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Here's an interesting brass hero of socialist labour. Not original, but interesting none the less! Years ago I had exactly the same copy, but with Soviet HSL red ribbon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Years ago I had exactly the same copy, but with Soviet HSL red ribbon!Interesting. More than just "interesting"? Are the fakers branching out, learning things we wish they didn't know?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ed, probably as Soviet copies get better the cast offs get converted.Until eventually (in a year or two) we will see completely fake Orders of Skanderbeg etc. here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Schena Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 You know, that bronze one almost looks like one of those putative "wearer's copies" of the USSR Hero of Socialist Labor. I wonder if some enterprising fellow took one of those and pieced together this thing as an Albanian one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Is the black stripe inked-on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Is the black stripe inked-on? Probably! but quite neatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted April 23, 2007 Author Share Posted April 23, 2007 As background music in this thread I hear the instrumentals from the Jaws movie... because there's something coming closer and closer but we can't see it just yet... oh the suspense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Red box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Open red box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 Custom fitted box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 12, 2007 Author Share Posted May 12, 2007 (edited) Dimensions- ribbon: width of 20.00mm and height (excl ring connector) of appr 14.40mm- gold star itself has thickness of appr 3.35mm at center and 2.20 at star tip- gold star has max widt of 17.4 (star tip to star tip)- total = 17.8gr, star only 13.25grDimensions thus not being fully in alignment with what is currently in Eric's book.Unfortunately unnumbered/unmarked... although I'll request from source the "story" behind the star and - if possible - will share here.This is probably the first time that a scan of a real star (i.e. not from book) is made available on internet! Edited May 12, 2007 by Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belaruski Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Very nice Bob! I'll not ask what it cost.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 How could I have missed this post?!? :envy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunyadi Posted May 29, 2007 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Something interesting here - can you give me the dimensions of the box itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted May 29, 2007 Author Share Posted May 29, 2007 Something interesting here - can you give me the dimensions of the box itself? I'll have a look this evening. Few days before this and also some other items will make their way to a more secure environment further away from my scanner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 15, 2007 Author Share Posted August 15, 2007 (edited) Documented / boxed Hero of Socilist Labor arrived in the mail today Will post some scans over the weekend. Hopefully then also can get somebody to translate the document which appears to have a section which indicates what the achievement justifying the award (from 1989) specifically was: Edited August 17, 2007 by Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Ovrview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 And more detail - translation pending (awarded for something to do with "10 years...". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Last one of doc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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