05-08-2006, 07:42 PM
My start was slow starting. I was buying some low end medals at the open air flea market in Tbilisi (starting in 1997) to give away as gifts. They did not mean anything to me. I could not read the medals and was not internet active.
In 2000 I took a New Testament Greek course at my local Bible College. As I learned the Greek alphabet the thought of the soviet medals came to mind. Although not identical, I had enough knowledge to read some of the Russian words. I also joined OMSA in 2000 because of my own US military medals. While attending the OMSA convention I was hooked on Soviet medals.
I later became internet active and the world of Soviet medals and orders was at my finger tips.
LRE
In 2000 I took a New Testament Greek course at my local Bible College. As I learned the Greek alphabet the thought of the soviet medals came to mind. Although not identical, I had enough knowledge to read some of the Russian words. I also joined OMSA in 2000 because of my own US military medals. While attending the OMSA convention I was hooked on Soviet medals.
I later became internet active and the world of Soviet medals and orders was at my finger tips.
LRE
