Don´t know if this is really a joke, but interesting nevertheless. I highly doubt the alleged provenance of this badge.
the description:
"The exclusive offer.
Soviet Army GUARDS badge.
This badge has rescued a life to Russian soldier to Afghanistan"
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
Esteban_cool Wrote:Don´t know if this is really a joke, but interesting nevertheless. I highly doubt the alleged provenance of this badge.
the description:
"The exclusive offer.
Soviet Army GUARDS badge.
This badge has rescued a life to Russian soldier to Afghanistan"
I think we are supposed to believe that the badge "took a bullet" for the wearer. Of course there is no way to prove or disprove it. I shoud think this would be of great sentimental value to someone or his family (if that's what happened).
Esteban_cool Wrote:This badge has rescued a life to Russian soldier to Afghanistan"
How this badge is supposed to have saved a life?
It walked on its screwback leg and dragged a soldier out of the enmy fire?
No way it has took a bullet hit!
06-03-2010, 10:42 AM (This post was last modified: 06-03-2010, 10:45 AM by ph3s.)
I agree if the bullet hit straight it would gone trough the badge or at list curve it to other shape. if it's pass by there would be damage of metal not only enamel. It's just a curved badge that someone decided to sell. And obviously who we carrying Guard badges in Afghanistan? What for ? To make the snipers live easier?
I think this just came out of a fire (or maybe intentionally burned inside a chimney) and the seller is trying to get rid of it with a typical too-good-to-be-true story.
And I thought the same as ph3s. A bullet would never leave a badge bended, but with a concave shape, I suppose.
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
In other words, a load of hog wash or "hooey" (the latter is a very interesting word since it actually has a meaning in Russian that is not only unrepeatable here, but I don't think I ever managed to get a precise translation other than "all of the four-letter words in English X2").
The Gold Star Medal was introduced on 1st August 1939. The total number of persons who were awarded the medal was 12,745, the great majority during World War II. By the 1970s the award had been somewhat devalued. Important political and military personages had been awarded on the occasions of the anniversaries rather than for any heroic actions. Leonid Brezhnev was awarded four, one each for his 60th, 70th, 72nd and 75th birthdays. All cosmonauts received the medal, one for each flight. The last award was made on 24th December 1991. This medal is not an original, it is an accurate reproduction made for the props department of a major US film studio.
