Red Star.

[Lapa]

I agree with Auke. Here is a closely-related star for comparison :D

Marc

[Koba64]

It is quite weird really, I wonder how long between them?

[EricFG]

I am happy to show here my first screwpost base :D

Wow! Congratulations my friend. I'm very envious. That's one of the items very high up on my list of 'stuff I really wish I had'.

[Koba64]

Thanks Eric, to be quite honest it was a surprise to me because I didn't know what the number range was for screwpost bases, I figured it was much lower.
I did a fairly mad thing by buying a whole bunch of stars on the basis of this rather vague picture ;)



By taking a chance I managed to strike a bit of a bargain, I was more focussed on checking that one of them was an MZPP :thumbsup

[godefroy]

Wagner,


My own, only 6 digits lower. This neighbours, mine and your are perfectly OK.

BR
Krzysztof

[Koba64]

Here's one of my new arrivals from the sunshine of Sevastopol. I got my first screwpost base and my first MzPP, I also got this one.







I've never seen a bit of damaged enamel like this one before. Its starting to grow on me a bit be cause its kind of unique.
I've got a few more to post over the next few days, the good, the bad and the ugly :teehee

[desantnik]

Yes, that unique enamel break was certainly done a long time ago. :thumbsup

[Koba64]

When I opened this package I first thought, "ooh yeah! lovely deep cherry-red enamel, ok, one of the rays has been repaired but so what.."

Then it dawned on me that the 4 dark rays were the replacements..







I'm trying to love this one...I guess in its favour it is a genuine Soviet repair, post 91 no-one gave a damn. Its clear that someone really cherished this award and made an effort to restore it.

[Koopyetz]

Get it researched.

What if it lost it's enamel as the recipient got in and out of a tank or an airplane. Or diving in a trench.

If I read "Echoes of War" correctly I believe it is from June of 1944.

Could have seen some action .

[Kirchgoens]

Or more likely dropped it on the kitchen floor in May 1965 as he was putting it on his coat for 20th anniversary. You never know with 65 years gone by...