1945 WWII Mongolian "We Won" Victory Over Japan Medal & People's Revolution 25th Anniversary Medal Set – Rare Serial Number Mint Error

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Original Items. Produced at the Moscow Artists Cooperative, this pair of official Mongolian People's Republic medals stands as a tangible symbol of the brotherhood-in-arms between Mongolia and the Soviet Union during the final and decisive campaign of the Second World War, a bond forged on the Manchurian steppe in August 1945 when Mongolian cavalry units fought alongside Soviet forces in the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation against Imperial Japan. The "We Won" Victory medal, issued to commemorate Mongolia's direct participation in the defeat of Japan, featuring a bold sunburst disc with the Soyombo at center, crossed swords, the date 1945 in base, and a red enamel star at the crown, suspended from a tricolor bar mount in the Mongolian national colors of red and blue. The 25th Anniversary of the Mongolian People's Revolution medal, a distinctive petal-form disc in gilt carrying the five animals of the traditional Mongolian economy surrounding the Roman numeral XXV, suspended from a solid red enamel mount. Both reverses bear the Moscow Artists Cooperative maker's mark on the screwback fitting and individual serial numbers stamped into the medal body, serial number 8762 on the 25th Anniversary medal and serial number 5309 on the Victory medal.

What transforms this pair from a fine standard holding into a genuinely rare collector's piece is a confirmed mint error present on both medals. On the 25th Anniversary medal, the digit 1 has been erroneously punched in place of the digit 2 in the serial number 8762, a clear and visible substitution error in the stamped numbering. On the Victory medal, the digit 1 has been punched in place of the 0 in serial number 5309, again a distinct and unambiguous mint error visible under normal examination. Mint errors of this nature on Soviet-era Mongolian medals are extremely uncommon. The Moscow Artists Cooperative maintained consistently high production standards, making confirmed numbering errors on individually serialized pieces a genuine rarity rather than a routine occurrence, and the fact that matching errors appear on both medals in this pair makes the holding all the more remarkable.

For the specialist collector, the combination here is difficult to overstate. Two important Mongolian People's Republic medals from the most prestigious production source of the era, individually serialized, commemorating one of the most significant military and political moments in modern Mongolian history, with confirmed mint errors on both reverses, offered together as a documented pair. Pieces where historical significance, production provenance, and verifiable rarity align so completely in a single holding are the kind that appear once and do not repeat.