Title "Hero Of The Mongolian People's Republic".

[Bob]

Originally Posted by charlet

I'm really happy for you! I suppose you didn't catch it at the same stratospherical price than the New Jersey one...
But are we so.many amateurs on the avalaible market?

P.S.: I love the blog you posted!

Correct. Generally (it's not always the case) you can apply an x% 'discount' to the prices there to get the regular non-dealer market value of items. I paid a bit less than the usual x% I apply to the published NJ prices. Still not 'cheap' but with only 50 of these items ever manufactured and this one being a very early one (chronologically speaking, Dandar was only the 5th person to be awarded the Hero title and only the 2nd person to actually get a gold star issued) plus to a major character made it worth it.

I've found though that there are also other factors which come into play when acquiring such high end items.

Agree with you on that blog, it was a little treasure finding that one and reading the various articles!

[charlet]

Really impressive. Are you aware of any hints about the origin of such a museum piece? (Directly from the family, a closed museum, the Mint, etc.)

[Bob]

Originally Posted by charlet

Really impressive. Are you aware of any hints about the origin of such a museum piece? (Directly from the family, a closed museum, the Mint, etc.)

No, I am not. Supposedly this item has been in Europe for well over 20-25 years but it's passed several owners during that time.

I do have good reasons to assume that originally it came direct from the family.