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Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics Awards, Uniforms, Research and everything Soviet Union (Союз Советских Социалистических Республик) 30th December 1922 - 26th December 1991. |
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08-28-2002, 02:05 PM | #1 |
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For what this is worth I'll add this story...
Quite a few years ago I would regularly see Dmitri Markhov at the Meadowlands Militari Show in New Jrsey, where I would sometimes aquire an item from him. At one of the shows I commented that I had never seen any Soviet Orders or medals being offered in their original cases or boxes. In fact, I had no idea what the cases might even look like. Dmitri replied that there was no special signifigance atached to the boxes, and as a result they were not generally saved. At the next show, when I reached Dmitri's tables, he reached underneath the table and took out the small red box with the canvas-style covering, white interior, and no insert. He handed this to me and told me that this was the presentation box for virtually any Soviet award of signifigance. I asked him what had happened to the insert which I was sure must have been present at one time to receive the medal. Dmitri explained that there were no inserts; the box was used without any insert at all. So as of perhpas 10 years ago that was the information that I received from Dmitri on award boxes (By the way, when he handed me the box at that show it was not simply to show me an example; he was giving it to me as a gift). |
08-28-2002, 05:02 PM | #2 |
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Nice box:
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09-22-2002, 03:17 PM | #3 |
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Gentlemen,
Here's a boxed OGPW 2nd class, type 1, variation 2. Alexei |
09-22-2002, 03:21 PM | #4 |
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1962 MOOP silver badge...
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09-23-2002, 03:09 AM | #5 |
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Two quick comments.
1) In Moscow I once picked up a WWII era Distinguished NKVD award badge in a genuine HSU presentation box - small red box with the red velvet covered cardboard insert. A hole had been made in the insert for the screwpost. I am not sure if it was the original issue box.... 2 It is odd that the other East European countried were so much better at boxes - Czech, Polish and best I have ever seeen - Yugoslav!! Shawn |
09-23-2002, 07:44 AM | #6 |
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Strange
Indeed, Eastern European communist countries had excellent boxes.
Maybe the intention of the USSR was that an award shoul be worn, and nice box will be at home. However, we saw some great exeptions. Tal
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09-24-2002, 02:33 AM | #7 |
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Tal, or ayone else,
I am curious as to how people display awards with boxes. I is not a problem with the few Soviet ones I have but all of my small collection of Bulgarian awards are cased as are half my Yugo and 1/3 of my Polish. I never know what to do with them. Just closed cases don't look too nice. I keep mine in glass fronted drawers so the boxes can't stand open since the drawer is not tall enough. Usually I lay the medal/order on the closed box but that starts to take up a lot of room. Shawn |
10-10-2002, 06:08 PM | #8 |
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Shawn,
One of my customers uses three large glass curios to display his collection. This of course doesn't exactly save the space :) Alexei |
10-22-2002, 11:39 PM | #9 |
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This Order of Friendship among Nations was supposedly presented to a Bulgarian official. Looks like the usual leatherette box, but with a velvet interior.
Some boxes illustrated earlier have cardboard inserts pasted to the back end of the box, implying that the box could also be upgraded with the addition of the velvet "roof" and the velvet "pillow board". Last edited by ibaya; 10-22-2002 at 11:43 PM. |
10-22-2002, 11:51 PM | #10 |
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The previously mentioned plastic "presentation case" for the Jubilee Medal 100th Anniversary of Lenin's Birth
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