Shawn,
it is absolutely new product.
Kim,
yep, it is in the I.I Likhitskiy book. I just didn't noticed it. Also I have the b/w book and you are very right: altough the poor picture you can see differents in details. For example look at letters.
I find a short article with photo in finnish magazine.
It is from 1990.
The article says: "The collector sources of Moscow tells that there has been made a few prototypes of the badge "Karelian Isthmus 30-XI 1939". The badge was meant to give for the quick ending war. But as the result of the war it was never giving to the soldiers. The photo is from a private collection of the Moscow collector."
The writer of the article is a very seriously researcher of orders and decorations and I have no doubt that the picture is really from the the private collection. Is it an original is another question? But we have to remember that the picture is taken in Soviet Union at late 1980's.
The photo which is unfortunately b/w and my scan is not clear, but I think there are some differents if you look the earlier colour picture in this thread.
More info:
I have been told that the badge is also in the book "Znaki voinskoi doblesti".
It is written by A.S. Domansk and printed in Moscow 1982.
The badge is named "To the participant of the battles on the Karelian istmus ", so as in the I.I Likhitskiy book.
I haven't seen the book and I don't if there is a picture.
If someone in the forum has this book, please tell what it says about badge.
Maybe a scan?
Regards,
Jussi-Pekka
it is absolutely new product.
Kim,
yep, it is in the I.I Likhitskiy book. I just didn't noticed it. Also I have the b/w book and you are very right: altough the poor picture you can see differents in details. For example look at letters.
I find a short article with photo in finnish magazine.
It is from 1990.
The article says: "The collector sources of Moscow tells that there has been made a few prototypes of the badge "Karelian Isthmus 30-XI 1939". The badge was meant to give for the quick ending war. But as the result of the war it was never giving to the soldiers. The photo is from a private collection of the Moscow collector."
The writer of the article is a very seriously researcher of orders and decorations and I have no doubt that the picture is really from the the private collection. Is it an original is another question? But we have to remember that the picture is taken in Soviet Union at late 1980's.
The photo which is unfortunately b/w and my scan is not clear, but I think there are some differents if you look the earlier colour picture in this thread.
More info:
I have been told that the badge is also in the book "Znaki voinskoi doblesti".
It is written by A.S. Domansk and printed in Moscow 1982.
The badge is named "To the participant of the battles on the Karelian istmus ", so as in the I.I Likhitskiy book.
I haven't seen the book and I don't if there is a picture.
If someone in the forum has this book, please tell what it says about badge.
Maybe a scan?
Regards,
Jussi-Pekka
