How To Store And Display Awards.

[Nota Bene]

LavricCat,

You do realize, that some of the items on your display are not genuine, right?

Alexei

[Riley1965]

Alexei,
Which pieces? I'm having a hard time making out the details.

:thumbsup :thumbsup Doc

[Sergei]

Nota Bene, you must be joking! You can't possibly see any detail in there, unless you mean different shades of red on the left and on the right which could be just the light.
Sergei

[LavricCat]

That's a nice collection you have there!!! I see the Nevsky(Eric we'll have to arm-wrestle for it :chuckle ) Lenin, BoH screwback a whole lot to enjoy. Congratulations!!!

:thumbsup :thumbsup Doc

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No reason to arm-wrestle for it ! It's not for sale(or may be after my soul and before firearms and Lavric).
And I really want "XX Years of RKKA" but do not have extra $600.

LavricCat,

You do realize, that some of the items on your display are not genuine, right?

Alexei

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No, I do not.
Which of them are not genuine??? My Collection of Awards pictures from military photos on webshots

And question about this in particular: May,2006. I've paid $70.00+$5.00(S&H). I am sure, this one is genuine!
What can You say?
Thank You,
Yefim.

Thank You.

[Sergei]

Hi Yefim,
With Nota Bene being so cryptic, I thought I would post this before he comes in and destoys my beautiful theory. Indeed, the only thing I could see from the large photo was some disparity in the red enamel strip on the two Labor Glories you showed. I think it might help if you could take a scan or a photo of both medallions together under the same lighting conditions. Not that I am an expert, just a thought.
Sergei

[Nota Bene]

Nota Bene, you must be joking! You can't possibly see any detail in there, unless you mean different shades of red on the left and on the right which could be just the light.
Sergei

No, I am not kidding, ehhh... joking. Even from this small picture I can tell that some items are fakes. For instance the 1928 Marksmanship badge (star with a soldier and a machine gun) - 100% fake, you can tell from the glow.

Possible fakes:

Russian MVD 2nd class (almost certainly a fake);
KGB badge (same);
Voroshilov Marksman (same);
Military Academy Badge;
One of the WWII Excellence badges.

Maybe some more, I just don't want to strain my eyes.

Oh, if the owner would post some detailed pictures of the items I have mentioned we can all see if I was correct about them.... or not.

Alexei

[Sergei]

See what I mean? Come on, Yefim, get your medals out in high-resolution, we're gonna nail NB (or maybe not)?
Sergei

[Nota Bene]

Sergei,

I would only be happy if I am proven wrong.

Alexei

[ericlida]

See what I mean? Come on, Yefim, get your medals out in high-resolution, we're gonna nail NB (or maybe not)?
Sergei

Sergei
Alexei is the most respected, knowledgeble and experienced person on this Forum.
All of us should appreciate his assistance, advise and opinion.
It is just my opinion about some "smart remarks" from some people.
May be I am wrong, but it is just what I feel.
Eric

[Art]

Lavric,

If you'd like my help in getting your images online, please PM me. I'll send you my email address you can send very large images to and I'll get them "forum ready" for you. Looks like we are going to need to move this thread into the Fake Alert group