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Very nice discovery! It should be: 4th year of the Taishō era (ndr: 1915), November 10th, a memento of the Enthronement ceremony I think on the 17th of that month, that is on the day of the banquet in the prefecture council palace, I received (ndr: this medal). In kanji (row by row): 大正四年十一月十日 御即位式紀念 今月十七日信、即 饗饌縣會議 事堂於賜

Most appreciated!

May we see the reverse? Thanks!

Hello Andreas, could it be possible to see the reverse of your ORB? I thank you in advance...

And how can we contact you?

raj is just the diminutive of rajon - district.

You are right Alex, the 34th RD was in the 15th Army in November 42, on the Far Eastern Front. I guess that what your documents should have said is 103rd Guards RR and 34th Guards RD (which were under the 28th Army in Nov 42 on the Stalingrad Front). But I guess that is an understandable error, after almost 40 years. As far as page 2 of the Award Citation, I just love these 80ies chains of command! signed by General Major Beznoshenko, Military Commissiar for the Moldavian SSR and then by the First Deputy CinC of the Troops of the Military District in which Burov lived. General Lieutenant Kirillov! Big wings Rajsobes: I'll give you a clue divide the word in raj (district) and sobes.. :rolleyes:

ORB #543873 - 1970, Arbab-Israelian Conflict

A remarkably interesting research - I agree :rolleyes:

Ok, I will have a guess on this even if I am not really "on the edge" regarding Tsarists uniforms! I see a little stripe on top so I'd say Gefreiter (Corporal) of the 3rd Auto-vehicles (The hemblem on the boards looks like this to me) Division or Brigade ?

The answer to A and C is to contact me :rolleyes:

And I am curious, which Olive Oil did you use? Regular, Diluted, ExtraVergine? :cheers:

You just have to ask 43. Увольнение командного и начальствующего состава из кадров РККА производится по выслуге сроков действительной военной службы (глава 6 настоящего Положения) и по болезни, а также может быть произведено: а) за невозможностью использования в связи с сокращением штатов или реорганизацией; (http://www.rkka.ru/docs/all/p220935.htm) In few words... point "a" states that personell could be discharged due to the resizing of the Army or its Reorganization. A lot of soldiers have this on their Service Record.. It basically means.. once the was is over.. people were discharged. :cheers:

Name looks like Volokitin Grigorij Nikiforovich, Chief of the ... of a battalion of the Budapest (?) Order of Aleksander Nevskj Regiment of the MVD troops.. And yes, a Senior Lieutenant It is pretty small The doc looks authentic but there is no way to prove it belongs to the awards (unless of course, researching).. anyway thats a pretty sad example of how to create a "I researched my order but found nothing" :angry:

Given the recent developments I comunicate that I am able to supply S/N based and Name/Booklet based Researches. Very fast (1 day -> 1 week usually), at lower prices and you get back nice color photos. You can contact me by PM.