Medal "Veteran Of The Armed Forces Of The U.S.S.R.".

[deValcourt]

Originally Posted by ph3s

Well i have a little info now, I don't know about factory made ones or gilded yet. But I was talking with a person who use to serve in SU Air Forces. He told me that it was common in his regiment to cover those with dioxide of titanium, In nearly based aviation factory. Kind of a custom for retiring.

That would explain the "dusty" look to the medal (especially the reverse), but I always thought of titanium as a silver or "white" metal. I don't think I've handled much titanium in my day.:rolleyes:

Phillip

[ph3s]

Originally Posted by ph3s

Well i have a little info now, I don't know about factory made ones or gilded yet. But I was talking with a person who use to serve in SU Air Forces. He told me that it was common in his regiment to cover those with dioxide of titanium, In nearly based aviation factory. Kind of a custom for retiring.

At list the person used to serve in aviation :)

[Alfred]

Great picture :thumbsup

[deValcourt]

Agreed - fantastic photo, especially since he is wearing veteran medals above and before Soviet ones (including the non-standard medal I started this thread to discuss).:thumbsup

Phillip

[ph3s]

titanium is , but dioxide of titanium can look goldish ;)

well I received my gold veteran today. No question main is home made. I didn't pay for it more that would for usual and seller was honest. The point I got it is document. The persons surname is Chaplin but doc is real :D

[deValcourt]

You can definitely tell the difference between the ones an individual decides to turn gold (paint?) and the ones from a factory. At least you got the document out of the deal and still have an "unusual" medal for your collection.:)

Phillip

[Nota Bene]

Ph3s,

The name is :thumbsup:thumbsup Would you mind posting some detailed scans of the medal. From what I can see, it was apparently gulded after the enamel was applied.

Alexei

[ph3s]

here it comes. I still didn't managed to get a new scanner thou :(, but hopefully my USB microscope x200 would arrive shortly, so I will be able to post really small details in 50kb :)

The medal is definitely home made, there is bad gilding around the ear

[deValcourt]

It does have that "dusty" look that could well be from the titanium oxide. You can see where the gilding was difficult around the star. I know you are probably tired of dealing with this medal and our requests, but I would really like to see a closeup of the star and at least one shot of the reverse since that's where the gilding seems to come off first.:)

Phillip

[ph3s]

no probs. :rolleyes: