Mongolia Lieutenant-General Damdin Tserenjav

[Ed_Haynes]

It being some silly US holiday that carries with it significant family infestations, it may take some time to get this all up, but to start off on this group with his awards, part 1:

Sukhbaatar 723 (10 March 1970) -- missing -- ANYONE HAVE IT???

Red Banner of Combat Valor 1416 (no document)

Order of Combat Valor 95 (September 1946)

Order of Combat Valor 552 (10 September 1954)

Order of the Polar Star 1555 (26 September 1945)

Order of the Polar Star 2624 (1 May 1948)

Honorary Medal of Combat No. 1341 (no document)

Khalkin Gol Medal

Medal "We Won" 904 (6 June 1946)

25th Anniversary of the Revolution 13405 (suspension repaired) (17 August 1946)

There are two other entries in the order book (see later on) which I cannot decipher at present. One is a missing Polar Star.

Edited November 21, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Ed_Haynes]

Part 2.

30th Anniversary of Khalkin Gol

50th Anniversary of MPA

50th Anniversary of Revolution

50th Anniversary of State Security

30th Anniversary of Victory

40th Anniversary of Khalkin Gol

60th Anniversary of Revolution

70th Anniversary of Revoluition

Brotherhood in Arms

Border Buard #305

[Ed_Haynes]

And some things from a neighbor.

Red Star 1780090 (1950)

Red Star 3700041 (1971)

Victory over Japan

25th Anniversary of Victory

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And him, with son (?).

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Closeup.

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More to come . . . .

[Bryan]

Fantastic group! Are you going to research the Red Stars? Maybe you could be lucky with the citations!

[Ferdinand]

Wow, really cool group! Is al three-star General a Lieutenant-General in Mongolia?

[Guest Rick Research]

A VERY interesting point--

ARE awards to foreigners in the Soviet archives?

I have seen nothing come back in the other direction for foreign awards to Soviets.

[Ed_Haynes]

All I have ever gotten for Mongolian awards is the award record card. Somewhere there is a Red Star to a Mongolian that I have only as a document; see: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14692

Edited November 21, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Bob]

Great group!

Hope you get the red stars researched. I have 1 red star in that small "awarded to Mongolians" range undergoing research but no luck sofar

[slava1stclass]

A VERY interesting point--

ARE awards to foreigners in the Soviet archives?

I have seen nothing come back in the other direction for foreign awards to Soviets.

Rick,

Yes. NavyFCO has posted examples of Soviet award record cards for American general officers who received Soviet orders during WW II.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Ed_Haynes]

Moreover, Dave wrote a very good article in JOMSA.

[Guest Rick Research]

DOH! Right-- Eisenhower etc. NOW I remember. So maybe there is some hope for research on your Mongolian ? Captain/? Colonel or whatever he was at the times he was decorated.

[Ed_Haynes]

I will be sending off for research and hoping I live long enough for results.

As most of the documents are pretty familiar, I won't bother posting most of them.

The order book:

Edited November 22, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

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Next.

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Closeup on photo.

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Next.

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And, finally, the very full awards page. Still need to do some deciphering here with the help of friends in UB.

He seems to be missing an additional orders book and the KG document is, unfortunately, gone.

[Ed_Haynes]

There's probably more interest in his Soviet documents.

Red Star 1.

I find it interesting that he signed this one in bichig, while he signed his Mongolian book in Cyrillic.

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Next page.

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Red Star 2.

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And.

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Victory over Japan.

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And a closeup on the prime bits.