slava1stclass Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Gents, Just happened upon this one - a companion to the female wound striper seen in post #74 above. This image of Olga Mikhaylovna dates to November 9th, 1944. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted July 29, 2013 Author Share Posted July 29, 2013 QUOTE (Wild Card @ Dec 3 2008, 21:31 ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think that a good part of the answer to much of this has been in front of us all along; and I apologize for not having recognized it before . In the naval uniform photo, Bareebin has two Orders of Glory and a Victory in Europe medal. This would indicate that the picture was taken sometime between May of 1945 (Victory) and May of 1946 (award of Glory 1st class). So, he was most likely straight army/infantry during the course of the war and then, for an indefinite time served in an unknown capacity that called for a naval uniform. This would also explain the army guards badge on the naval uniform, as pointed out by Rick. Make sense? Wild Card, Possibly. As noted above, however, the Navy switched to the standard Guards badge during the war. Since Barybin left active duty in September 1945 and returned to civilian life (his bio entry makes no reference to continued/subsequent military service), there would have been only four-five months for him to serve in the Navy. This seems very improbable to me - especially if he went from the most senior Army NCO rank to that of a basic seaman. You might also consider contacting one of the researchers to see if they can access the Navy archives to get a definitive answer on Barybin's potential naval service. Regards, slava1stclass Wild Card, Were you ever able to confirm Barybin did in fact serve in the navy? Regards, slava1strclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Gentlemen, The best I can offer - Gds. Sr. Sgt. Pytor Nickoliavitch Bareebin who ultimately became a Cavalier of the Order of Glory - four wound stripes. Wild Card, Here is a wartime image of Guards Airborne Sergeant Major and Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory P.N. Barybin in his army uniform. After reviewing his various award recommendations on the Russian MinDef site, I can confirm there is no reference to naval service. I can also confirm three light wounds as received on 12.1.43, 3.8.43 and 5.5.44 respectively. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanX Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Records are meant to be broken and so it goes with wound stripes. If this vet is legitimate (he does tend towards being a "Badgefinder"), I count 13 wound stripes on his right sleeve - nine gold and four red. This "vet" is a fake http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/54595-fake-awards-for-fake-veterans/?hl=%2Bfake+%2Bveterans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Card Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Wild Card, Were you ever able to confirm Barybin did in fact serve in the navy? Regards, slava1strclass Sorry, no. PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share Posted November 27, 2017 Gents, Another "seven striper." Picture dates to July 5, 1945. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter monahan Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 Either very lucky or very unlucky, depending on one's view of the wolrd. Either way, probably not the most popular guy to share a foxhole with! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 Gents, Until happening upon these images, I had not realized the Russian Federation Armed Forces had reintroduced the wound stripe. HRF Senior Praporshchik Grigoriy S. Kirichenko wears the gold wound stripe (severe wound) and HRF Lt Colonel Alexandr L. Sterzhantov wears the red wound stripe (light wound). Each was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation title (June 21, 1995, and September 25, 1999, respectively) for action against Chechen insurgents in the North Caucasus. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mconrad Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 On 11/08/2008 at 17:40, Paul R said: Thanks Marc. Has anyone ever seen a blue stripe before? On 11/08/2008 at 09:44, Lapa said: Paul, Red stripe: Heavy wound Yellow stripe: Light wound and unofficially, Blue stripe: concussion Marc Probably "Contusion" rather than "Concussion" . The distinguishing of "wounds" ("rany") from "contusions" ("kontuzii") in casualty reports is an old Imperial Russian thing. I think it means a difference between an injury that breaks the skin and one that does not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slava1stclass Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Gents, An unidentified recon Guards sergeant major five wound striper with an OGIII and two BMs. Regards, slava1stclass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BalkanCollector Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Such an interesting thread! Thank you all for sharing these amazing photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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