Bryan Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 (edited) What is your favorite Soviet medal or order in your collection?Here is my favorite Soviet order in my collection. This is nothing very special, but I always wanted a Red Banner screwback. I wish I had a reverse mirror version. Here is the story behind it : http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13597Please show your favorite Soviet medal or order in your collection? Edited June 15, 2007 by Soviet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Here is my favorite medal. It was one of my first big purchases about 14 years ago. Come to find out, the book makes it very special as it was awarded in Turkmen SSR. Note the non-Cyrillic words in the stamp(that goes over the photo). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Closeup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Heres my favorite, I know it is only a Order Glory 3rd Class, but its a complete set and a great history to a wounded soldier http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15323&st=0Order of Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 (edited) Order of Glory designed by N. I. MoskalyovGentlemen,in terms of design & beauty my favorite Soviet order in my collection is Sergeant Gnitienko's Glory 1cl. http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5536 . This Glory 1cl. s/n. 1965 is part of my full Cavaliers set of the 1st grade (= Order of Glory 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class medals with accompanying Full Cavalier award booklet that includes photo of recipient, official military commissariat stamp on photo and date when booklet was issued plus all standard entries).The Glory is a very pure & classic design, more or less in "Art Deco"-style AND it's the only order with some design at the r.v.Due to the fact, that Gnitienko's Glory 1cl. is a very late catch-up award, the condition of the order is almost 10/10 .I also love all the other designs of N. I. Moskalyov, like Kutuzov (happy to have a 2cl in my collection), Khmelnitsky and the medals: Partisan, Leningrad, Moscow, Odessa, Sevastopol (??), Stalingrad, Caucasus and 30th anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy.Best regards Christian Edited June 16, 2007 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Order of Glory 1cl. - detail av. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 Order of Glory 1cl. - rv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 (edited) Order of Glory - 2 Ukrainians participating at the same battles and getting Orders of Glory Dear Vic,that's a really interesting conincidence :Your Private Svinarenko and my Sergeant Gnitienko (both of Ukrainian nationality!) fought at the rather same places:- Crimea 1944 (where Gnitienko got his Glory 3cl & 2cl)- Shauliai 1944, "Operation Bagration" (where - exactly in Jeglava, which is already in Latvia - Gnietienko got his second 2cl and decades later the Glory 1cl)Best regards ChristianHeres my favorite, I know it is only a Order Glory 3rd Class, but its a complete set and a great history to a wounded soldier http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=15323&st=0Order of Victory Edited June 17, 2007 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 (edited) Hi Christian,Wow thats realy great information, its wonderful to think that there memorys will live on together because they have been bought by collectors who value resarch Order of Victory Edited June 17, 2007 by order_of_victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hi Christian,Wow thats realy great information, its wonderful to think that there memorys will live on together because they have been bought by collectors who value resarch Order of VictoryDear Vic,you and I are the memory of Private Svinarenko and Sergeant Gnitienko - both passed away, but their heroic deeds are presented and alive here at GMIC.Two other coincidences:- Private Svinarenko and Sergeant Gnitienko served in the 51st Army from june 1944 on and during the "Operation Bagration" and the (several) "Baltic Opertions", where Private Svinarenko almost sacrificed his life.- Sergeant Gnitienko got his Glory 3cl for rescuing 4 severly wounded comrades from the battle field under risking his own life (Crimea, april 1944) and Private Svinarenko had been himself severly wounded in january 1945, when both - Gnitienko & Svinarenko - served in the 51st Army.I have to wait for further documents about Gnitienko from our researcher and maybe they might show some even closer ties between the two Ukrainian heros.Please inform me whenever you want to sell Svinarenko's Glory 3cl - I will do it the other way round .It would be great to see the Glories of Svinarenko & Gnitienko side on side .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Hi ChristianWow that is staggering to think that Sergeant Gnitienko could have rescued Private Svinarenko Of Christian i will offer it you, it would be a fitting tribute to have the two together Order of Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Wow that is staggering to think that Sergeant Gnitienko could have rescued Private Svinarenko Dear Vic,sorry ...., Private Svinarenko had been too young, so he entered service in the 51st Army around june 1944. Sergeant Gnitienko rescued his 4 comrades in april 1944.Sergeant Gnitienko served at the Crimean Peninsula in spring 1944 in the 2nd Guards Army and moved in june 1944 to the 51st Army, where Private Svinarenko started his service in the Red Army.The 51st Army had been a very, very meritorious army, despite the fact, that they never reached "Guards-Rank": Defending of Crimea, Stalingrad, Caucasus, liberation of Crimea, Bagration & Baltics. The famous Jewish General Yakov Kreiser had been their CO in 1945: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=137101 .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
order_of_victory Posted June 17, 2007 Share Posted June 17, 2007 Yes but Christian, if they were both in the 51st in 1945 it is possible that Sergeant Gnitienko could have rescued Private Svinarenko when he was on the battle field. I know its all speculation but it could be feasable Order of Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Gentlemen,My favorite singular decoration would have to be this Red Banner Order. I just have a weakness for well executed ?mirror? reverses and I think that this is an exceptionally well done example. This particular award was bestowed upon Major Zakar Vasilievich Marchenko, a quartermaster officer with the 5th Rifle Division on 18 April 1942.The date of this award brings up an additional point. These ?mirror backs? were awarded during a time when such awards were hard to come by compared to the situation a couple of years later.Regards,Wild Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 The best part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Yes but Christian, if they were both in the 51st in 1945 it is possible that Sergeant Gnitienko could have rescued Private Svinarenko when he was on the battle field. I know its all speculation but it could be feasable Order of VictoryDear Vic,Gnitienko got his Glory 2cl & 1cl not for rescuing comrades, but for killing Hitlerites and he didn't get any other orders, except a 1985-OPW 1cl.An Army is a rather large unit and so it will be very, very unlikly, that the Sergeant rescued the Private.Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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