I thank you all for the nice words of support. Indeed, I like this medal but as a "wanna-be" collector, I regret not having being able to immediately detect the problem with the enamel.
In fact I realized the defect only when back home. :(
Off the records, I could negotiate a cheaper price if I would have seen the repair before paying for the medal.....:D
You learned a good lesson and it only cost 10 or 20 bucks. That's not bad. Many of us have paid dearly for our life lessons. :)
"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.'
It's good to go. It's probably a GPW catch-up or October Revolution or similar award given in the mid/late 60's (after the "long service" days) but pre-Afghanistan.
11-05-2008, 12:21 PM (This post was last modified: 11-05-2008, 12:26 PM by ericlida.)
It is hard to see.
I am not sure 100%.
The first word looks like: "O gnev" - I am not sure about the correct translation - ANGER
The second word looks like: "naroda" - OF THE PEOPLE :confused:
I'm with Marc on this one: "Ognev Nikolai." First, that's what it looks like. Second, using family name followed by first name with no commas is a normal name-writing convention in Russian. Today on current stuff in the daily course of work, I see names listed that way more than with first last. Third, I've seen names scratched on awards like this before. Fourth, it would be very grammatically incorrect if it said "anger of the people" because it would actually be a somewhat butchered form of "of angers of people", and "people" would have the incorrect ending ("-a" when it should have been "-ov") (I think) so I am certain it's actually some dude's name.
