Avers Series

[Kim]

Has anyone got a copy of the new AVERS? Perhaps a review could be possible...

/Kim

[EricFG]

For us monoglots:


золотая = gold
Серебро = silver
Латунь = brass
Томпак = tombak
Бронза = bronze
Алюминий = aluminium
эмаль = enamel
Краска = paint
Винт = screwback
Булавка = pin(back?), also булавки

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5 preface
6 Introduction


commemoratives and medals:
7 Medals of the February Revolution period
14 Commemoratives and Medals devoted to anniversaries of the October Revolution
19 Commemoratives devoted to the leaders of the Soviet State
29 Commemoratives devoted to anniversaries of Soviet Republics
31 Medals of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union conventioneers


Commemoratives of labor merit:
32 Commemoratives and Medals of hero of labour and shock workers of the first five-year plans
71 Major construction projects and anniversaries of enterprizes of the 1920s - 1940s
97 Commemoratives of marches, expeditions and reliability trials


Badges of socialist competition leaders:
100 mechanic engineering
113 raw materials and processing industry
130 construction
139 transport
160 communication
161 light industry
165 food-manufacturing industry
172 agriculture
186 regional industry
192 trade
195 municipal engineering
200 cooperation
207 enlightenment, science and culture
213 banking and financial industry
214 other sectors of the national economy


216 Medals of award winners of USSR, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and All-Union Central Council of Trade-Unions
227 Commemoratives to honorary degrees of USSR and RSFSR
239 Medals of VSKhV-VDNKh (Exhibition of Economic Achievements)
248 Medals of trade unions


medals of voluntary societies and non-governmental organizations:
283 MOPR (international organisation on revolution fighter assistance)
288 ODVF
295 DOBROLET (aviation society)
297 AVIAKhiM (Aviation Chemistry)
300
302
305
319 OSOAVIAKHIM (All-Union Voluntary Society for Co-operation with the Aviation and Chemical Industries)(?)
323 DOSAAF (Voluntary Association for Assistance to Army, Aviation and Fleet)
335 VSEROKOMPOM/VSEROOBPOM (All-Russian Aid Committee)
339 ODN
342 ODD (traffic management)
346 ROS
348 OSNAV/OSVOD (sea rescue company)
352 Voluntary society of Red Cross and Red Crescent
362 VOIZ, ZOT
367 ODR (system important for the sake of safety)
368 MEZHRABPOM
369 Society of Soviet citizens in China
370 Medals of other voluntary societies and non-governmental organizations


MEDALS OF law enforcement agencies
374 Medals of public order protection agencies (RKM (militia), NKVD (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs), MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs))
398 Medals of State security bodies (VTchK (All-Russian Extraordinary Commission), OGPU (Unified State Political Department), KGB (Committee for State Security))
412 Medals of socialist legality inspection bodies

413 MEDALS of the fire-fighting service

COMMEMORATIVES AND MEDALS OF THE RED ARMY AND USSR FORCES:
421 Insignias
436 Memorable gratuity signs
451 Qualification medals
458 Distinctive emblems
467 Military educational institution medals
504 Sport medals


517 Medals of Central Executive Committee MEMBERS and deputies to the Supreme Soviet


COMMEMORATIVES AND MEDALS OF civil educational institutions:
549 Commemoratives and medals of 1920s - 1930s for graduation
560 Commemoratives and medals of 1950s - 1980s for graduation (made by MD)
568 Commemoratives and medals of 1950s - 1980s (not made by MD)
582 Medals for successful completion of the grammar school


commemoratives and medals:
585 Transport
594 Supply
595 Catering
596 Trade
607 Enterprise badges

SPORT commemoratives and medals:
608 Sport commemoratives and medals of the 1920s – 1930s
634 Medals of GTO and BGTO (ready for labour and defense)
643 Membership signs of DSO (voluntary sports society) of 1936 - early 60s
658 Award medals of DSO (voluntary sports society) of 1936 - early 60s
693 Medals of championships of towns, regions and republics of the USSR, 40s - 70s

713 Medals of the USSR championships


732 ABBREVIATIONS

A thousand thanks to Nikolay Tuzov for the hard work. Late or not, it's great!!

[Shocktrooper]

Hello everybody,

I am looking for the book Avers No. 6 (2003) these days. Does anyone know it`s ISBN or has anyone one of these for sale ?

Thank you !

[medals73]

There is, apparently, no ISBN. A "Russian Thing"?

While I found a "No. 2" for sale ($300), no "No. 6" located.

I know that some think it is just another evil book, but I find I useful, even with limited Russian.

[Christophe]

Originally Posted by medals73

While I found a "No. 2" for sale ($300)...

Impressive !! $300... :yow

And, any price noted for the AVERS (No. 1) (1993), if available ?

You know, the one that quoted HSU at $450, Order Mother Heroine at $25, Nakhimov 1st Class at $ 2500, Order of Glory 1st Class at $ 400....

:thumbsup and :(

[Lapa]

Originally Posted by Christophe

...You know, the one that quoted HSU at $450, Order Mother Heroine at $25, Nakhimov 1st Class at $ 2500, Order of Glory 1st Class at $ 400...

Yep, in a word, the Good Old Time :D

[medals73]

Well, there were the days long before that (1970s and 1980s) when, at OMSA, you might see no more than a single Lenin and a single Red Star (in the whole bourse), with serial numbers inexpertly scraped off, at $9000 and $1050 (I actually noted down the prices in 1976). These were the prices if you beat the obvious KGB boys (either that or FBI) to them. They'd sweep, check for serial numbers, and buy most things is there was any hope of recovering the number.

Now (2009) you see this sort of thing . . .

[EricFG]

I got A2 for less than $10 on ebay, but that was just luck. I have A8 as an e-book and love it. I use it almost every day.
Just wish I had the scratch for the real thing. Maybe this week is the week I hit the lotto! ;)

[Thor Kruuse]

Hey all:)

I've recently was reading the Avers 6 catalog
However prices there seems to be very low comparing to Ebay - for instance

Does prices have changed so drastically since 2003 -
or there is another market where these prices "rule"?

I'm quite new to Soviet medals & badges collection...

Thanks,
Thor K.

[CtahhR]

Prices have sky-rocketed in the last 10 years and it doesn't look to be stopping.

If you're using 2003 prices as a guide you'll find it very rough obtaining anything. If you want to sell anything for those sort of prices I'll be happy to take everything off your hands!

The internet, changing laws and other factors have brought extremely vast changes to collecting Soviet awards and that's without mentioning fakes.