Marshal of the Soviet Union and Admiral of the Fleet shoulder boards

[achern]

Ok, it doesn't get much better than this:

[toshik]

Marshal is nicely aged replica.

[Jeffrey Meffert]

Marshal is nicely aged replica.

Why do you say?

[toshik]

There are at least 3 imprecisions in the USSR emblem.

[slava1stclass]

Gents,

This old thread is relevant: http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-mi...nuine.html

Regards,

slava1stclass

[toshik]

I don't want to give away all fine details, since the replicas makers monitor forums and would only benefit from it.
I've been trying to get the 11-republic pair for a few years now. Bottom line - it's virtually impossible to purchase the real ones due to extreme rarity. I've seen tens of pairs - ALL replicas, even the highly-priced ones. I'd imagine it might be possibe to get the 16-republic or 15-replublic ones but still very rare.

[achern]

Igor sold out the last 16 republic sets a few years ago. Never seen another come up for sale since then.

[toshik]

Igor sold out the last 16 republic sets a few years ago. Never seen another come up for sale since then.

IGOR??? I guess that's the authorized USSR Marshal's shoulder boards dealer :-)

[achern]

I'm sure he must be ;)