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So it would stand to reason that a country that has had to continuously defend itself and has been the butt of jokes from Europe to the US would be especially proud of the one symbol that remained constant for the longest period of time in their history - the royal eagle. This is all "socio-logical" (intended word play) speculation, but I have to wonder; while I was thinking about other countries and their national "animals," the question arose as to what animal will we have to associate Russia with now? During the 1980s (and probably most of the Cold War) Russia was represented in political cartoons as a bear. A sarcastic line from an anti-war Pink Floyd song always sticks in my head when an out-of-control general is saying, "We've got to bring the Russian Bear to his knees / Well, maybe not the Russian Bear, maybe the Swedes". Now they've gotten the double-headed eagle back as their national symbol, so...? Just another of my thoughts... Phillip
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BTW the korean order you have is not the order of labor; it´s the order of the banner of the 3 great revolutions. But it looks nicer than their order of labor (at least their last type).
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I know I cheated a bit on the korean one. One of the great revolutions was sort of labor related (technical) and it looked so much like the mongolian orbl it begged to be included.
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This is the present day coat of arms of Poland. It appears it has its crown back!
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I always enjoy seeing that collection.
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It's strange, but while trying to reorganize my collection for better displays, I found that something had happened to my Warsaw Pact security services collection. I had started out trying to do as Jeffrey had suggested - pick a theme and get similar items from each of the Eastern Bloc countries.
As time has passed - together with finding a piece here and there from Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, etc - I have managed to actually obtain a more extensive collection from some countries (Bulgaria in particular) than my original or "base" USSR collection. A prime example is in the second page of the following thread: http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/s...b-badge-2.html Clearly, I don't see this as a diversion from or abandonment of my Soviet pursuits, but as someone mentioned before, the "Soviet Satellites" are a natural extension of the Soviet Union - especially Bulgaria and in particular with regards to my specific interests. The basic shared concept of a socialist/communist world is what got me to move to Russia for a few years in the first place and that same concept of a shared goal makes awards from the Eastern Bloc countries appealing, though admittedly not on the same level as that of the Soviet Motherland herself. Phillip
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