Just bought the coolest item

Check this out.

An original Chernobyl liquidators medal passed out to volunteers.

Shows Alpha, Beta and Gamma rays passing through a drop of blood.

a reply to: TinySickTears

thats pretty cool have you got a Geiger counter comrade....

Read somewhere that 2 of the first 3 people to go into that nightmare are still alive.

originally posted by: putnam6
a reply to: TinySickTears

thats pretty cool have you got a Geiger counter comrade....

Read somewhere that 2 of the first 3 people to go into that nightmare are still alive.

i have one at work
i will scan it

These are not rare.
they passed out 600,000 of them.

coolest thing i have bought in a while. i have never seen or heard of these.

top of the cabinet for sure

I have never seen one of those before.

originally posted by: rickymouse
I have never seen one of those before.

me either
just stumbled across it

had to have it

a reply to: TinySickTears

How "authentic" is it...did you do any homework before buying it?

Cool find though.

a reply to: TinySickTears

Huh.

They actually have a series of them and a 30 year commemorative.

Never even heard of them... cool find and thanks for sharing!

If you want to collect the rest of them, just Amazon search "Chernobyl liquidators medal"

originally posted by: DrumsRfun
a reply to: TinySickTears

How "authentic" is it...did you do any homework before buying it?

Cool find though.

no homework
ebay dude from the ukraine

for what i paid it dont matter. if it is in fact original its a bonus

a reply to: TinySickTears

Well its a cool design,whatever it means.

When I think about everything that happened to those poor men and the sacrifices they made it gave me chills.

It makes one hell of a statement .

I will state the obvious. That is bizarre. Guess you have a taste for the macabre.

That was absoutely a human traagedy. The fact that commemorative metals are being made to "honor" celebrate" the death and destruction to life and nature is really "off" "odd" and not at all impressive.

However, definitely, an unusual find. Is that why you bought it?

a reply to: Justso

The fact that commemorative metals are being made to "honor" celebrate" the death and destruction to life and nature is really "off" "odd" and not at all impressive.

I hope youre not serious.


well someone starred you, youre not alone.

originally posted by: Justso
I will state the obvious. That is bizarre. Guess you have a taste for the macabre.

That was absoutely a human traagedy. The fact that commemorative metals are being made to "honor" celebrate" the death and destruction to life and nature is really "off" "odd" and not at all impressive.

However, definitely, an usual find. Is that why you bought it?

if you think the medal is to honor and celebrate death and destruction then i can not explain it to you and will not even try.

originally posted by: Rikku
a reply to: Justso

The fact that commemorative metals are being made to "honor" celebrate" the death and destruction to life and nature is really "off" "odd" and not at all impressive.

I hope youre not serious.


well someone starred you, youre not alone.

not a lot of brains going around apparently if people really think that is what the medal is about.

actually i will because you cant really be that thick'

The liquidators are widely credited with limiting both the immediate and long-term damage from the disaster.

Many liquidators were praised as heroes by the Soviet government and the press, while some struggled for years to have their participation officially recognized.

Firefighters who immediately responded to the reactor accident

Civil Defense Troops of the Soviet Armed Forces who intensively worked on removal of contaminated materials and deactivation on the reactor itself and all affected territories

groups of female janitors tasked with cleanup of food left inside abandoned homes to prevent outbreaks of infectious disease

Soviet Air Force and civil aviation units who fulfilled critical helicopter-assisted operations on the reactor building, air transportation and aerial radioactive contamination monitoring

A team of coal miners who built a large protective foundation to prevent radioactivity from entering the aquifer below the reactor.

jesus christ man

get with it

a reply to: TinySickTears

Obviously, you stated they were made for the volunteers. Bizarre. Who would want to remember?

Dead serious. Not meant to be funny.

This is just a sad reminder. Really, bad taste. Maybe something lost in the translation to our western culture, but you found it worth owning so there's that. I guess.

Nice find though I'm also curious if it is authentic.

originally posted by: Justso
a reply to: TinySickTears

Obviously, you stated they were made for the volunteers. Bizarre. Who would want to remember?

the question is who want's to forget.

whatever

dont know what youre problem is. youre not stupid so i dont know why you are saying what you are saying.


ever see the 9/11 memorial type stuff? whats it say?

never forget

same damn thing

originally posted by: karldun
Nice find though I'm also curious if it is authentic.

dude i bought it from has thousands of transactions with positive feedback.

from ukraine

even if it is a replica for what i paid for it it is worth it to me