Ed_Haynes Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 OK, this will be way too easy and I am NOT happy with it, but . . . We all known that out colleagues who "do" German awards are overly and perhaps perversely fixated on the backsides, rears, rumps, back sides, whatevers of their awards. Dismissing what that may say about them and their predelictions, we also may want to direct some attention to backsides of our awards.What award is this? (Some very modest "image-fiddling" has been done.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Medal Cosmonout of the MPRDear Ed,you showed us the rv. of the Medal Cosmonout of the Mongolian People's Republic .2 of these nice medals had been confered - you have one in your collection .Should the award not be fixed with a needle?Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 New questionGentlemen,another rather easy question:Who am I? I am a hero of WW II and received a lot of medals and orders - among them: Order of Victory, Suvorov 1cl, etc., etc. - and promoted to the rank of a Marshal.Here you see a portrait of me in younger years, before WW II and in civil clothes.Best regards Christian[attachmentid=62392] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Sorry, I really made that one too easy. Not knowing much about architecture and personalities, I was so excited to actually have won one of these through mundane knowledge/guessing regharding awards that I rushed a question out in my excitement. Knew someone would answer it soon. I just didn't expect it would be so soon: Just over one hour from posting to answer! Correct, of course, Christian! And you have already given us your question. No, I do not have one of these badges. Two were awarded, and only three were produced. And the two that have been seen are both screwback (like the one shown). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 (edited) Dear Ed,many thanks for your congratulations .Dr. Herfurth noted in his small booklet, that the medal is fixed with a needle ...What about my new question?He is really a very famous marshal, who played a major role in the liberation of a city - and we all know this medal .You can also see this strategic genius on photographs with comrade Stalin ...Best regardsChristianSorry, I really made that one too easy. Not knowing much about architecture and personalities, I was so excited to actually have won one of these through mundane knowledge/guessing regharding awards that I rushed a question out in my excitement. Knew someone would answer it soon. I just didn't expect it would be so soon: Just over one hour from posting to answer! Correct, of course, Christian! And you have already given us your question. No, I do not have one of these badges. Two were awarded, and only three were produced. And the two that have been seen are both screwback (like the one shown). Edited November 28, 2006 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Dr. Herfurth noted in his small booklet, that the medal is fixed with a needle ...Once again, Herfurt is wrong. Who knows what he based his statements on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedThreat Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Is it Konev when he still had his hair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Is it Konev when he still had his hair? Dear RedThreat,sorry, it is not Konev .But the form of the marshal's face is rather similar, but not the eyes and it is not the Berlin-Medal also ...O.K., it is not Konev and it is not the Berlin-Medal, but there are still some other marshals in the line, who received the Order of Victory .There are not so many capturing or liberation of medals left and our marshal's contribution was really rather important.Best regardsChristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Dear Ed,I believe in your judgement, because you have seen the medals.Best regards ChristianOnce again, Herfurt is wrong. Who knows what he based his statements on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Gentlemen,what about the new question?It is really very easy, to guess, who this marshal is:- 1x Order of Victory- 1x Suvorov 1cl- a lot of other orders & medals- no connex to the "Berlin-Operation"Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted November 28, 2006 Share Posted November 28, 2006 Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Marshall Konstantin Rokossovsky.Sorry Jim,not Koenigsberg .We have following medals left:- Warshava- Budapest- Vienna- Belgrad- PraqueGentlemen,again, look at the eyes of this world famous marshal (and look at my postings at another thread ...)Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I thought he liberated Warsaw.......But a point.....the medals you mention are not all liberation medals. Liberation medals are Warsaw, Prague and Belgrade only Vienna, Budapest Koenisberg and Berlin are Capture medals. Get your hints right Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Liberation medals are Warsaw, Prague and Belgrade only Vienna, Budapest Koenisberg and Berlin are Capture medals. Although having said that....it is a very thin line that separates Liberation from Capture...... and i guess some never knew the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedThreat Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 It's Marshal Tito. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 It's Marshal Tito.Dear Red Threat,congratulations, you have won Now it is your turn to post a new question Best regardsChristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Of course! Now I see it. A well done question and congratulations Red Threat. Wild Card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedThreat Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) Thank you, Christian and Wild Card Christian, you threw us a nice curve ball: Marshal doesn't have to be a Marshal of the Soviet Union In what hero city is this monument located?Cheers,Simon Edited November 30, 2006 by RedThreat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedThreat Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 another pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 This is the Victory Square in Minsk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RedThreat Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Congratulations, Soviet. It's your turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 It was easier to find the answer because of your tip saying it is in a Hero City. I'll post a question later tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Please name my friends at the table, which rank are they and tell me what we are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 (edited) The answerGentlemen,the meeting took place in autumn 1942 in Stalingrad and the four friends are discussing in front of the big map the great military counter-offensive concerning the smashing of Hitler's 6th Army. We see the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front + the Political Commissar of the Rokossovsky's Don Front, comrade Kirichenko + Stalingrad's Party-Dude:The friends from left to right:- Nikita S. Khrushchev, Political Commissar - Zampolit - of the Stalingrad Front; rank: Lt.-Gen.- Alexei I. Kirichenko, Major General (later Politburo-Member and party chief of the Ukraine)- A. S. Chuyanov, party chief of the Stalingrad Oblast - Andrei I. Yeremenko, Colonel General, Commander of the Stalingrad FrontThe 3 comrades in military uniform are genuine and authentic Ukrainians - not Russians, despite the fact, that Stalingrad is part of the Russian Republic . A demonstration of internationalism ...At Yeremenko's uniform you can see his two golden fabric stripes for two severe wounds. No other army in the WW II had so many top-generals among the KIA or among the severly wounded, as the Red Army!Attached you will see of photograph of comrade Khrushchev around one year later, showing him in a correct uniform as a Lt.-Gen. and with his Lenin, Suvorv 1cl, RBL and Stalingrad-Medal.Khrushechev's success as a Political Commissar for the goals of the Soviet Union had been much brighter, than his fiasco as a party leader and economist in later years . Also comrade Brezhnev had been a rather meritorious Political Commissar, but at a much lower level, than Khrushchev, who had been all times political responsible for a Front or even several Fronts! Best regardsChristian[attachmentid=63094] Edited December 1, 2006 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 NEW QUESTIONGentlemen,again a very easy question, to make the process faster :What do we see at the front of SU-Medal: "Medal of Merit in Teaching and Education USSR" ("Medal Sa saslugi w obutschenije i wospitanije CCCR")??????Please describe what you see in a few words - thanks Second, very small additional, question:What is the more familiar name among collectors for this prestigious (and rare) Soviet State-Medal?Best regardsChristian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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