Bayoswede

Here is an more interesting award, a Romanian medal for 30 yeaqr since the socialist revolution

issued 1975 to an Bulgarian Colonel Lovkov Lovko Hristov

Christer

Hi!

One thing I like when searching for award certs is to find certs from other countries to Bulgarian people or Bulgarian

awards to foreigners

Here is a couple of such papers the first one probably the most common

a Soviet Victory over Germany to a Bulgarian soldier.

Christer

Wow , Fantastic photos

Here is my humble contribution, some from the World War 1

They are not of the same quality , but its my first try.

Kind regards from sweden

Christer

And another one

Christer

Wow , Fantastic photos

Here is my humble contribution, some from the World War 1

They are not of the same quality , but its my first try.

Kind regards from sweden

Christer

Hi !

Just want to show a award cert I bought a couple a years ago.

I love awards given to foreigners and the size of this one made me fall in love

Its big and it is a cert for Order of Alexander Nevski 4th Class with Swords to

an Russian LtCol named Kolodzey Aleksander Maximovitch (or something like it)

given 9th Sept 1947 wich was the last ocassion when this was awarded, after that the communist governement

closed the award down.

Now I just have to find a Order to get the doc complete ......

Maybe there is an Bank nearby?

Christer

Nope. Not Algerian, Tunisian. Never guess when jetlagged:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Sfar

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachid_Sfar

He would have been Minister of Defence in 1981.

Wow !

I love seeing Bulgarian awards given to foreign countries !

They are far between and when you think of the numbers awarded they are rare-rare

Best regards from Sweden

Christer

Hi!

I have gotten me a nice 3rd class order of september the 9th with swords & document & box.

The document says on it 'order september 9th 1944, 3rd class with swords'.

The box says 'order september 9th 1944, 3rd class'. The box does not say 'with swords'. Is this how it should be or have i been given a 'set' with the wrong box?

I cannot keep them together if they are not matching!!!

Hi Bifter!

The boxes are the same for Awards with swords and without its only in the documents you can see the difference

Regards from Sweden

Christer

Another shot from Berlin? Meeting Russian or is it a German Tank crew, exchanging gifts, standards

with some civilian people looking.

In the trenches !

I really like this guys map-table! And the soldiers armed with? I can?t say, weapons expert anyone?

Christer

last one!

Here is a nice one !

In Berlin, armed with russian PPSs , Brandenburger Tor in the Background, I think.

Another shot from Berlin? Meeting Russian or is it a German Tank crew, exchanging gifts, standards

with some civilian people looking.

And here a typical photo of marching men, they are not that young and seems to have been i the Kg for a while by the medals.

Here is a nice one !

In Berlin, armed with russian PPSs , Brandenburger Tor in the Background, I think.

Hmm ! now it gets interesting.... Members of the Kampfgruppen get flowers from beautiful girls from FDJ

Its alwys cool too see the badges and uniforms in use

And here a typical photo of marching men, they are not that young and seems to have been i the Kg for a while by the medals.

Second Photo is of a Kampfgruppen member using a RPG ?

Hmm ! now it gets interesting.... Members of the Kampfgruppen get flowers from beautiful girls from FDJ

Its alwys cool too see the badges and uniforms in use

First Photo is Russians ? and Germans playing music and making cofee...

Second Photo is of a Kampfgruppen member using a RPG ?

Here is the inside ! And all he got was ..... Yep 20 Photos of Kampfgruppen members out on parade and in field

I will show some of the more interesting photos.

Christer

First Photo is Russians ? and Germans playing music and making cofee...

Here is the inside ! And all he got was ..... Yep 20 Photos of Kampfgruppen members out on parade and in field

I will show some of the more interesting photos.

Christer

Here is another interesting Item, after 20 year someone got this red cardboard thing containg ?

Follow the tread and I will show you

Christer

Hi again, some more stuff for the DDR collectors

This award cert for a Ernst Schneller medal in Bronce ( for the GST) was issued in 1973.

My question is , after studying it I am quite sure the signature o GenMaj Teller is for real.

Now would a GenMaj really sign this kind of docs in person ? Or was Klaus-Peter Braun some kind of

prominent person in DDR?

Or am I just wrong ( as usual) and the signature is printed after all ?

Christer

And here is the last one !

Silver grade with an old wooden box, too bad the Bulgarians stop using theese, they are quite nice!

Chister

Here is the second one , with a simplier type of carton box

Christer

Hi all Bulgarian Collectors !

I just want to show my 1st verions of the Bulgarian Order of Labour

I am still missing the Bronce one, they are hard to come by.

First one in Gold with the old wooden box with brass catch

Then a Gold one with a simplier sort of case

Last one is a Silver grade with wood box.

I have information from Bulgaria that only about 50 of theese first issues where awarded? Anyone have any info about that?

Bayoswede,

Thanks for this interesting post. Waffenbruderschaft medals were produced primarily to be given to members of the Warsaw Pact or other communist countries. They were also awarded to the DDR military but mostly to senior officers. Award documents for Waffenbruderschaft medals awarded to DDR military personnel are extremely rare. I would think this document would be of interest on the Mongolian forum as well, and you might want to post it there as well. You are much more likely to get an answer on the Mongolian General there than you are here.

Regards,

Gordon

Thanks Gordon

I put a thread in the Mongolian section, and now I have another Urkund which probably is rarer then I knew before!

This Waffenbr?derschaft medal in Bronce, in issued to an Stabsfeldwebel Albrecht Knippel in 1987

the document is smaller then usual.

All the best from Sweden - And may your postboxes be filled with early VVOs ( old saying in Sweden )

Christer

Hi, this thread was placed in the DDR forum, but since it is an Mongolian General it have its place here to

GenMaj Sengiin Sombosuren (anyone knows anything about this General? I googled him but no matches, probable should have

searched in moholian spelling or Kyrillic ?)

He got the Waffenbr?derschaft medal in Silver in 1982, must have visited DDR or something like that?

It also interesting with medals from other countries to foreigners, have someone some more example of foreign awards to

Mongolian officers?

Have a nice summer everyone

christer

Hi all, Don?t know if this thread should be here or in the Mongolian section?

But anyway here it is, a Waffenbr?derschaft medal in Silver to a GenMaj from Mongolia Sengiin Sombosuren

(anyone heard of him? ) . I have seen some of this medals documented and often they are given to Germans?

I thought this was more of an award given to other socialist countries?

Have a nice summer and hopefully a lot of new items!

Christer

THAT'S come off a uniform...

what are the last two foreign ribbons?

Wow Ed ! and Rick ,

That?s quite unbelivable ! The twin to my big ribbon bar!!!!

3 SB + 4 Order of Labor + 2 Order of red banner labor

it Just cant be another one with this combo??????

It also have an Bulgarian Order + The VERY unusual Yugoslavian Order of the Flag 1st class

and the one foreign I so far coulndt id !! the two clored with some badge ?

Super interesting ! Who was this guy?

Thanks Ed for showing this !

Christer

Hi, Thanks Stogieman , Yes I am the one and only "bayoswede" , known from E and

a couple of other forums about militaria.

Christer

I will now see if I can find out the mysterious ribbons on Ed?s ribbonbar

I?ll be back

Christer