09-27-2002, 12:05 PM
Tal,
I'm assuming that you are posting this picture as a fake set as well, so I might be restating the obvious, but I don't like it either. Granted, it is strange to see the lower end items there, but only the Lenin is original for the book, and it may have been added as well into a blank book. The Lenin and book are 1951 issue (probably Long Service). The Nevsky would be 1944-45, and its in different ink, so it was added after 1951. The Red Banner and Red Star are post war but should be for around the mid 1950s, but received five years apart, but they are also added to the book in the same ink. I also do not like the style of stamps and writting for any of the awards, although that doesn't mean they are incorrect as a lot of 1950 books have strange writting. If I had to bet money, I would say that the awards were added to the book to make the available lower end medals more attractive because of the Lenin and Nevsky.
Just my opinion,
Ed
I'm assuming that you are posting this picture as a fake set as well, so I might be restating the obvious, but I don't like it either. Granted, it is strange to see the lower end items there, but only the Lenin is original for the book, and it may have been added as well into a blank book. The Lenin and book are 1951 issue (probably Long Service). The Nevsky would be 1944-45, and its in different ink, so it was added after 1951. The Red Banner and Red Star are post war but should be for around the mid 1950s, but received five years apart, but they are also added to the book in the same ink. I also do not like the style of stamps and writting for any of the awards, although that doesn't mean they are incorrect as a lot of 1950 books have strange writting. If I had to bet money, I would say that the awards were added to the book to make the available lower end medals more attractive because of the Lenin and Nevsky.
Just my opinion,
Ed












