Lieutenant General Jambyn Jamyan (1916-2007)

[Bob]

Here we have some kind of heavy brass commemorative display to put on a general's desk or cupboard.

There is an engraved plate attached to it:

"The command of the South Military Unit is showing deep respect and honor to the Mongolian friends. May 19, 1977. Budapest city."

Unfortunately not named to Jamyan, but from a reliable source and an indication of the incredible international network Jamyan must have had (before facebook / linkedin!)

[Bob]

3 passports: one civil passport from 1987, an official one from 1992 (short Uighur script revival?) and an official one from 2005. Interesting as it contains pictures of Jamyan (of course) and visas. Even long after he was retired and Mongolia had become a democracy, he was still travelling to Vietnam, North Korea, China, etc. – continuing to maintain good relations and on official government business?

Some detail pics of his earliest passport (at least, earliest in my collection)

More to come (although i guess detailed award doc scans really is more for the hard core Mongolia collectors).

Also possibly more to share in a few weeks... branching further and further out beyond just orders/medals to get a very complete and rich "picture" of this important General.

[medals73]

Interesting reissue for an early Polar Star. Which type is this?

[Bob]

Originally Posted by medals73

Interesting reissue for an early Polar Star. Which type is this?

You have an eagles eye :thumbsup

It has the serial number at 7 'o clock. It also has a serious amount of solder to fix the screw and some rivets which must have gotten a bit loose at some point in time.

[Bob]

A whole stack of documents – will highlight a few as it is a pain to photograph them all.

Roughly, the list is as follows (not sure if this is entirely correct):
1. Honored meritorious person certificate of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party
2. Certificate of -----//-----------------badge
3.--------//-------------- meritorious person certificate
4. Certificate of honored pioneer
5. Certificate of honored badge of 70th anniversary for border protection authority
6. Certificate of honored badge of Mongolian organizations of peace and friendship
7. Certificate of honored badge of 60th anniversary of People’s Education
8. Strict declaration of association for assisting defense of People’s Republic of Mongolia
9. Certificate of honored warrior
10. Certificate of Mongolian Red Cross
11. Certificate of honored badge of state civil defense
12. Certificate of Parliament group
13. Certificate of honored badge of the Association for assisting the state defense
14 Certificate of badge of United Nations
15. Certificate of letter of remembrance and badge
16. Strict declaration of membership of Mongolian Trade Unions
17. -----//-----------------------------------
18. Certificate of deputy of Great Khural
19. Certificate of honored pioneer

Some interesting ones will get some pics in later posts.

[medals73]

Originally Posted by Bob

You have an eagles eye :thumbsup

It has the serial number at 7 'o clock. It also has a serious amount of solder to fix the screw and some rivets which must have gotten a bit loose at some point in time.

Ever more interesting. Polar Star numbers, as you know, are insane, all over the map. Help us, Urnukh?!

Actually, I show the reported serial number range for this type (what I call type 3.1, slightly concave reverse, right?) as 2-6952

[Bob]

Originally Posted by medals73

Ever more interesting. Polar Star numbers, as you know, are insane, all over the map. Help us, Urnukh?!

Actually, I show the reported serial number range for this type (what I call type 3.1, slightly concave reverse, right?) as 2-6952

OK - then it would in there. It indeed has slightly concave reverse. It's also a pretty thin polar star I have to say. Unfortunately am not at home so not in a position to compare with some other examples in the same range. The 1393 in Jamyans group is of the same type (7 'o clock, concave) but is significantly thicker. Manufacturing variation i guess.

[Bob]

First, a “diploma” in French for what appears to be some kind of peace medal and awarded by the “conseil mondial de la paix”. It is a commemorative medal (I only have the document) for the 30th anniversary of this organization in 1980.

"The World Peace Council (WPC) is an international organization that advocates universal disarmament, sovereignty and independence and peaceful co-existence, and campaigns against imperialism, weapons of mass destruction and all forms of discrimination. It was founded in 1950, emerging from the policy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to promote peace campaigns around the world in order to oppose "warmongering" by the USA. Its first president was the eminent physicist Frédéric Joliot-Curie. It was based in Helsinki from 1968 to 1999 and its headquarters are now in Greece."

Good old fashioned cold war rhetoric on wikipedia:D

World Peace Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Bob]

Second, a 1984 one with a plastic cover added to it – so probably important enough that it needed to be kept safe against wear and tear? On the reverse is a note included in Mongolian – maybe give some more clues?

[Bob]

Third, one I have not seen before, a light blue “parliament” document from 1966?