Soviet Medal for Strengthening Combat Cooperation

Scarce Soviet medal for keeping the Warsaw Pact together. Fakes vs Real medals. Rare documents
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:37 - Similar medals from Warsaw Pact Countries
09:29 - Why is it rare
06:24 - Medal description and distinctive features
10:35 - Brief discussion of similar badges from Warsaw pact countries
15:14 - Physical medal flaws are it's best features
19:22 - Weights and Measures
21:10 - Medal prototype
24:41 - Correct way of wrapping the ribbon
25:17 - Documents, and two of them will blow your mind
34:44 - Prices

[@user-sn4qf3ky6o]

Thank you Igor for taking your time to instruct collector's of these facinating medals. There may be something in the American archives about Ambassador Andropov's activities in Greece; if they are not classified. They may be obtained under The Freedom of Information Act. James

[@CollectRussia]

James, thanks for the tip re the US archives. I may try and take that route. It would be interesting to see what was going on behind the scenes.

[@LondonHistory1977]

I have a question for Jenda and Igor and all our subs and viewers....what is your favourite Soviet era medal/award/order....mine is Alexander Nevsky all day long....

[@Davidshapira-zn9mq]

For me personally I'd have to say the order of the red banner.

[@user-sn4qf3ky6o]

The Order of Lenin.

[@CollectRussia]

I must say, I really like the design of the Order of the Red Banner of Labor - I think it's as Soviet as it gets, while not being too "over the top". To me, it is a really great example of early Soviet art created before the repressions and rigid control stamped out nearly all the talent in the country. That is not to say that the artwork of the Nevsky or Lenin is not great - it certainly is! We may do separate episodes on all three of these, hopefully in not-too-distant future. Cheers, Igor.