Thanks for the welcome. And you're right - I am collecting for myself as well, just as my grandmother did with the dolls. She never asked me if I liked dolls, just like I never asked my nephews if they were interested in Soviet doodads 
. But it is nice to have something to leave them one day.
I definitely have noticed that there are few women doing this. I guess the topic doesn't interest most women. I'm not a communist, either - just someone who is interested in history and it's remnants.
I'm also falling in love with really good enamel. The enamel on old orders and badges is just gorgeous. Unfortunately, I can't afford most of them....
What really spurred me on was about a year ago I was working on a project with a Russian consultant who had been in the Red Army for 30 years. One day he, I and another co-worker (who is a major in the Air National Guard) were talking and they started talking military stuff. Turns out they were the same rank (or had been), just on opposite sides until 1991.
I sat there fascinated as the 2 of them swapped stories for more than 2 hours.
It was shortly after that that I started prowling Ebay ::lol:::
Liz
. But it is nice to have something to leave them one day. I definitely have noticed that there are few women doing this. I guess the topic doesn't interest most women. I'm not a communist, either - just someone who is interested in history and it's remnants.
I'm also falling in love with really good enamel. The enamel on old orders and badges is just gorgeous. Unfortunately, I can't afford most of them....
What really spurred me on was about a year ago I was working on a project with a Russian consultant who had been in the Red Army for 30 years. One day he, I and another co-worker (who is a major in the Air National Guard) were talking and they started talking military stuff. Turns out they were the same rank (or had been), just on opposite sides until 1991.
I sat there fascinated as the 2 of them swapped stories for more than 2 hours.
It was shortly after that that I started prowling Ebay ::lol:::
Liz
