Jubilee Medal "20 Years Of The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic".

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Here is the Jubilee Medal "20 Years Of The Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic". A good number of unawarded examples of this 2010 Medal were reused as screwplates for Orders.

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How, by melting them down?

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Take a close look at the screwplates here - http://soviet-awards.com/forum/soviet-bl...post238337

I ensured photographing both sides so a broader picture is presented.

The PMR does a lot of reusing. Some PMR Medals are simply restruck Soviet Veteran Of Labours.

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Here is another example.

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#06880, awarded to Vladimir Nikolaevich Zemljachenko by Decree 605 of 4th August 2010. He didn't have long to enjoy it as he died on 4th October 2010 - exactly two months later.

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Here is a cased example.

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#012322 awarded to Petr Ivanovich Karadzhov.

Karadzhov was born on 6th February 1965 and died on 24th August 2017.
A participant in the 1992 war, he was buried in Berdery's Borisov Cemetery.

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Here is another example.