"Polar Star" Order. - Page 6

Nota Bene · 06-25-2008, 06:55 PM

To me this looks like a screwpost/rivet repair gone bad. This was often done by veterans themselves.

Alexei

Riley1965 · 05-27-2009, 06:12 PM

A 32.1 In Dr. Battushig's Book
Order of the Plar Star
S/N 2276

:) Doc

claretbaron · 12-05-2009, 06:29 AM

it is my collection.

medals73 · 12-05-2009, 04:15 PM

Thanks, Brendan.

Just to give some context to this post, these are the major varieties of the Order of the Polar Star (though Order of the Golden Pole might be a better English translation). The serial number ranges on this one are pretty chaotic, though efforts are presently underway to sort these out by reference to the archives. I'm planning a JOMSA article on this order.

Type 1 ca. 1936-39 - observed range 316-909, est. 300 awarded with many specimens escaped from the bank

Type 2 ca. 1940-41 - observed range 8-2878 (four sub-varieties)

Type 3 ca. 1941-70 - observed range 2-15000 (three sub-varieties)

Type 4 ca. 1970-2003 - observed range 15015-30426

Type 5 since 2003 - observed range 31650-39785 (but still being awarded) - it seems to be the only order actually to be awarded in this ugly brass form

medals73 · 12-05-2009, 04:34 PM

And, in case anyone is interested, the two ribbon bars for the Polar Star, 1944-61 and 1961--.

Nota Bene · 01-15-2010, 10:25 PM

Ed,

The last one is brass, right?

Alexei

medals73 · 01-16-2010, 05:54 AM

Yes, brass, It seems to be the only one of the solid brass (and very very ugly) generation of Mongolian awards actually to be issued. The others seem to be escapees from a produced but as yet unawarded stock for future needs. Some day, all those other nasty brassy awards (except Sukhbaatar) will be awarded.

Lapa · 01-16-2010, 06:19 AM

Ed,

Care to post these beauties individually, showing us both front and back?

Marc

medals73 · 01-16-2010, 06:32 AM

Glad to, when I have scans at hand. Otherwise, I'll need to fetch my babies home to scan. They are overdue for "home leave".

I've been working on a JOMSA article on these, but sorting out the serial numbers is completely impossible. Polar Star numbers are absolute chaos.

Type 1

(I'm using shorthand here, the actual tentative breakdown is much more complex.)

medals73 · 01-16-2010, 06:36 AM

Type 2

With Mongol bichig (not any of the other ways you see it described!) legend. Note the number. This type has four varieties.

06-25-2008, 06:55 PM	#51
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Re: Mongollian Tragedy To me this looks like a screwpost/rivet repair gone bad. This was often done by veterans themselves. Alexei

01-15-2010, 10:25 PM	#56
Nota Bene Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: New York USA Posts: 2,296	Re: Order of the Polar Star Ed, The last one is brass, right? Alexei

01-16-2010, 05:54 AM	#57
medals73 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Earth, most of the time Posts: 2,016	Re: Order of the Polar Star Yes, brass, It seems to be the only one of the solid brass (and very very ugly) generation of Mongolian awards actually to be issued. The others seem to be escapees from a produced but as yet unawarded stock for future needs. Some day, all those other nasty brassy awards (except Sukhbaatar) will be awarded.

01-16-2010, 06:19 AM	#58
Lapa Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St Petersburg, Russia Age: 63 Posts: 2,397	Re: Order of the Polar Star Ed, Care to post these beauties individually, showing us both front and back? Marc

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