Labour Honour Medal.

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Here's #4550.

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#4757.

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#4945.

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#7558.

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#22656.

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My favorite. (Even more so than my "No. 2"!) Awarded to: Erdeniin Gombosuren, 30 August 1956. Documented and boxed.

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Hidden inside the box, and unknown to me at the time, were some additional documents.

1- "807.60 Tugrik and 4 rams were collected from the sheep herder Gombosuren. The collection is completed. The bookkeeper of the collective farm. Bamshav."

2. "-- The private petition to the trade union committee and administration through the chief of the second unit. I worked without interuption in the unit from 1950 to 1960, therefore I am asking that my working hours be written correctly into my labor book and that I receive the additional payment for the long working period. The private petitioner, the sheep herder of the second unit. Erdeniin Gombosuren."

3- Appended to her petition.
"-- Herewith I confirm that Erdeniin Gombosuren worked since 1950 in the pasture as sheep herder, cow herder. Senior veterinary. (left confirmation).
"-- Herewith is to confirm, that comrade Gombosuren is herding the animals since 1950. Herder (right)
"-- Herewith is to confirm, that Gombosuren is herding the animals. (down)

4- "-- To the Soum administration: Herewith to confirm, that the persons Chuluunjuu, Choijamts, Gombodorj who gave the confirmation on Gombosuren are themselves workers of the livestock farm. The confirmation on Gombosuren is correct, the confirmation is approved. The secretary of the Soum administration."

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Now that's the sort of surprise you want! Not the "lost in transit" or "dodgy replacement" surprise you usually end up getting! A Medal, a picture and a story too!

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This medal . . .

And note, please, the number on the first one. :rolleyes:

Oops, it didn't clearly reference. This:

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Of course! Have you managed to retrieve any research on #2? and was #1 to the man (Choibalsan) himself?