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03-16-2018, 07:46 AM | #1 |
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Re: Medal "Soldier-Internationalist From The Grateful Afghan People".
Here is a Document awarded to Aleksej Valer'evich Kornev of the 313th Separate Medical Squad by Decree 0788 on 25th February 1988.
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Medal From grateful afgan People with docs
Grateful afgan people medal with docs and afgan stamp.
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An Afghan medal doc with no stamp is almost guaranteed not real. I personally won't touch an Afghan medal doc with even a Russian circular stamp since in Kiev I saw several blank documents with a round, Russian stamp waiting for any name to be added. I have two filled-out documents (one of which I know is real since I received it from the veteran himself), both with the circular Afghan stamp (in Pushto/Dahri?) pictured above. Unfortunately, I cannot provide a scan since I and the documents are on different continents.
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"To a Warrior Internationalist from a Greatful Afghan People" Medal
Blank documents of this type still abound. I'm not saying that all of them lacking this particular stamp are forgeries, but extreme scepticism should be applied. Yes, Soviets did use Soviet stamps in these, but forgers often hide beneath this and use all kinds of stamps to make these seem legitimate.
The left image came directly from the veteran himself with his Soviet "Internationalist" medal certificate. The other two were obtained under other circumstances in varied places. Note the same Order #240 authorizing the medal and the Islamic date on the right, upper image (the year 1367). |
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It is "Medal from the Grateful Afghanistan people" and I assume its purpose wass to express a "Thank-You" from the Afghanistan communist government to the Soviet soldiers that fought bravely for Afghani peoples freedom 1979-1989.
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"From the Grateful Afghan People" - enamel oddity...
What do you guys think of this one? There's no evidence under loupe that the red enamel was removed. It really appears to have never been there.
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Re: "From the Grateful Afghan People" - enamel oddity...
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Re: "From the Grateful Afghan People" - enamel oddity...
old stock or new restirke on old dies,sold as souvenir to isaf troops,i have spotted it about a year ago here in holland(but with a red ribbon) it was offered with lots of afgani/ussr medals on wrong ribbons the soldier told me that there was more of that stuff in a bazar/shop price 1.00$ each in mixed lots of 25 medals
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Re: "From the Grateful Afghan People" - enamel oddity...
I don't think this one is that. The quality and construction are identical to the "real" one, the ribbon is correct in color and older/worn, and the enamel very closely matches that of a full-colored one except for the missing red. This came out of Uzbekistan in a non-tourist bazaar, a spot that tends to have good Soviet awards kicking around. Also, the southern UZ borders are only open to a very limited amount of traffic and almost no troops pass through here and have not for years.
I'd expect that these Soviet ones found in the FSU were struck in the Soviet Union and not Afghanistan? Holding it in my hand, it's clearly feels to not be a fake. Did the "ISAF" copy you have also have missing red only? |
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Re: "From the Grateful Afghan People" - enamel oddity...
I don't think it's a fake. Looks like a mint error indeed.
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