11-22-2004, 11:39 PM
I started in 2003.
My first Medal was a Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad and my first Order was a Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class Type 2 "concave reverse" (Thank You Alexei).
Since I was a teenager that the WWII is a subject that fascinates me, so apart from the books and the reading, my first hobby related to WWII was the assembling and painting of those plastic kits, mainly airplanes, but also 1/32 scale dioramas. I still have quite a few unboxed kits for when I retire I guess
Then I discovered wargaming, collected a lot of games and played a few (my only visit to the USA was mainly for taking part in the biggest international convention there was those days, back in 94) but among all my games there is one that is still my favorite, "Turning Point: Stalingrad". Even if the game favors the Germans I always preferred to play the Russians/Soviets.
I guess that's how my interest for the Eastern Front and my sympathy for the Russians started and never stopped growing.
From there until I started collecting Soviet Military Awards it was only a matter of time... and the next logical step on my interests.
Today I have about 120 Soviet Orders and Medals (a few Badges included) + a few hat pins + a couple of helmets + almost all Soviet action figures from Dragon...
I guess and fear my Soviet Awards collection won't grow much more given the fact of the raising prices discussed on another thread, and the fact that most of the Awards I still don't have are high end Awards
Will have to rationalize and take some hard decisions I guess.
Best,
Dolf
My first Medal was a Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad and my first Order was a Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class Type 2 "concave reverse" (Thank You Alexei).
Since I was a teenager that the WWII is a subject that fascinates me, so apart from the books and the reading, my first hobby related to WWII was the assembling and painting of those plastic kits, mainly airplanes, but also 1/32 scale dioramas. I still have quite a few unboxed kits for when I retire I guess
Then I discovered wargaming, collected a lot of games and played a few (my only visit to the USA was mainly for taking part in the biggest international convention there was those days, back in 94) but among all my games there is one that is still my favorite, "Turning Point: Stalingrad". Even if the game favors the Germans I always preferred to play the Russians/Soviets.
I guess that's how my interest for the Eastern Front and my sympathy for the Russians started and never stopped growing.
From there until I started collecting Soviet Military Awards it was only a matter of time... and the next logical step on my interests.
Today I have about 120 Soviet Orders and Medals (a few Badges included) + a few hat pins + a couple of helmets + almost all Soviet action figures from Dragon...
I guess and fear my Soviet Awards collection won't grow much more given the fact of the raising prices discussed on another thread, and the fact that most of the Awards I still don't have are high end Awards
Will have to rationalize and take some hard decisions I guess.Best,
Dolf
