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Rick,

Averyanov, Valentin - Leningrad Front 24.09.1944

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More.

Another.

More.

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More.

Another.

Gents,

Aviators sure have a mind of their own.

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Reverse

Gents,

These two items are now on "E." Order of Glory 1st Class is currently at $710.00 while the Full Cavalier of Labor Glory set has a BIN price of $11,000.00.

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Gents,

Another nice medical corps image.

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Still another.

Another.

Gents,

Some nice images.

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No "knighthood", for sure, but some inventive mounting of a range of exotic foreign awards.

Ed,

MSU Moskalenko does indeed wear the neck badge (as a pinback) and breast star for his honorary knighthood as a military K.B.E.

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To all:

On 12 July 1945, Field Marshal Montgomery, acting on behalf of the King of England, presented honorary British knighthoods to the following Red Army officers:

Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov; Commander, 1st Belorussian Front - Knight Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (G.C.B.)

Marshal of the Soviet Union Rokossovskiy; Commander, 2nd Belorussian Front - Knight Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (K.C.B.)

General of the Army Sokolovskiy; Deputy Commander, 1st Belorussian Front - Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

Colonel General Malinin; Chief of Staff, 1st Belorussian Front - Knight Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)

The ceremony took place in the heart of shattered Berlin directly underneath the Brandenburg Gate. The Kings Company of the Grenadier Guards formed the Guard of Honor with tanks of the Kings 8th Royal Irish Hussars drawn up on either side.

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Gents,

Here is a very nice image of the day in question shortly after the honorary knighthoods were bestowed. From left to right in the picture: Zhukov, Montgomery, Rokossovskiy, Sokolovskiy and Malinin. Notice that Zhukov wears the wide sash for the G.C.B. (from his right shoulder to his left hip) and that all the Soviet recipients carry their award cases - Zhukov in his right hand and the others in their left.

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Gents,

Very nice image of a Legion of Merit (in the degree of Commander) as converted to pinback wear. Note, too, the Russian imperial Medal of Saint George - predecessor of the Soviet Order of Glory.

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Gents,

There is only so much combat a young 'un can take before hitting the bottle.

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Gents,

Say it ain't so!

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Gents,

HSU Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko, 54th Rifle Regiment, 25th Rifle Division (Chapayevskaya), Primorskiy Army, North Caucasus Front.

309 confirmed sniper kills with 36 of that number being German snipers. Participated in the defense of Odessa and Sevastopol.

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The hand written name inside the sweat band.

Gordon,

His middle initial (patrynomic) is P. and not L.

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Gents,

Even HSU Major V. V. Mylnikov enjoyed a toke or two.

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To all:

A post-war photograph of HSU Guards Colonel General G. V. Baklanov. Note the U.S. Army Distinguished Service Cross immediately below his HSU medal (he was one of 53 Red Army personnel awarded the U.S. Army DSC) as well as the U.S. military Legion of Merit. Note, too, that his Legion of Merit is in the degree of Commander, but he wears it affixed to his tunic and not around his neck.

A younger Baklanov is also seen in post # 18 above saluting in formation during the the June 24th, 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow.

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Group of Air Force officers.

Gents,

No further info.

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