"Honoured Member Of State Security" Badge.

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Those mint marks really do it for me.

I would say the main concern in collecting Mongolian items is not fakes but actually receiving what you have purchased. Over 50% of Mongolian items I have purchased have not arrived. Dodgy dealers or poor postal system I'm not certain. I have seen an Order I purchased from a dealer in Mongolia that never arrived, offered for sale by another dealer a year later, who happens to be a US based forum member. I didn't receive a refund either. That's one of many negative tales I could tell about buying Mongolian - Lots of happy stories too.

Guess you just need to buy from reliable sources. I am, I think, either at 100% happiness or close enough to it that phaleristic bhodisattva status is assured.