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And the record page. Unfortunately, BOTH Red Stars were misplaced by the seller of the group. Who months later still could not produce the correct original pieces. I am still very pleased to have what's here.

His Orders Book:

Order of the Red Banner #16,265 per Northwest Front decree 24.7.42 (with citation) His Red Banner screwback was for something (VERY horrid scribbly handwritten, alas) end of May 1942 around a place called Azotov, blowing up 4 somethings, 3 mortars, and 200 Germans as commander of the 1st Battalion (almost never seen an actual WHICH battalion or company!) of 826th Artillery Regiment, 282nd Rifles Division. Fairly typical of the early citations, text is...rather laconic and sparce.

Details from his service record: 3.11.33 Red Army Private 9th Independent Artillery-Transport Battalion DVK 17.10.34 Cadet at Tomsk Artillery School 22.8.37 Cadet Platoon Commander, Tomsk Artillery School 6.12.38 Cadet Battery Commander, Tomsk Artillery School 27.12.39 Deputy Commander of Cadet Battery, Tomsk Artillery School 9.12.40 Cadet Battery Commander, Tomsk Artillery School 27.5.42 Battalion Commander 826th Art Rgt, 282nd Rifles Div (he served on Northwest Front April 1942 to May 1943, lightly wounded and concussed 17.1.42 at village of ?Lyalino?, Leningradsky Oblast) 18.12.43 Deputy Commander of Cadet Battalion, Tomsk Artillery School 24.10.45 Teacher on Artillery Staff of 1st Tomsk ?Order of the Red Star? Artillery School 12.3.46 In position of Commander of Instructional Department, 1st Tomsk Artillery School 16.11.46 Deputy Commander of Instructional Dept., 1st Tomsk Artillery School 28.8.47 Senior Officer of Instructional Department, 1st Tomsk Artillery School 27.8.49 Commander of Instructional Units for Lieutenants? Courses, 1st Tomsk Artillery School 28.2.50 at disposal of Commander of 10th Department, 2nd Main Administration of the General Staff of the Armed Forces ( = ??? but strange Red Star awarded in this period-- ??? Korea??? secret stuff???) 19.6.52 Commander of Cadet Battalion, Guards Kaliningradsky Mortar Artillery School 1.12.54 to 19.1.55 Student at Central Artillery Courses for Improvement of Staff Officers (KUOS) 15.10.55 graduated Central Artillery KUOS 18.10.55 at disposal of Commander of forces, Baltic Military District 17.11.55 Senior Instructor in the Military Faculty, Kaunas Polytechnic Institute 29.3.56 Instructor in the Military Faculty, Tartus City University, Estonian SSR 30.9.58 at disposal of Commander of forces, Baltic Military District 2.12.58 discharged to the reserves at Tartus RVK, Estonian SSR.

Research is in on my "Mirror Back" ORB: Nedashkovsky, Ivan Kirillovich born 4 April 1911 village of Goraditsche, Andrushovsky Raion, Zhitomirsky Oblast Ukrainian, higher education. Member of the Komsomol 1931 and # 8,101,537 of the CPSU 1939. bookkeeper, 1 class at Mechanical Trade School 1928 Tomsk Artillery School 1937, evening courses at University of Marxism-Leninism 1948 Wife Nadeshda Sergeevna Nedashkovna born 1921. Sons Vladimir b. 1939 and Anatoly b. 1940. Served in Red Army 3 November 1933 to 2 December 1958: Lieutenant 22.8.37 Senior Lieutenant 28.3.39 Captain 14.7.42 Major 20.1.43 Lieutenant Colonel 21.8.47 Colonel 18.12.51 His official photo:

All cases, boxes for this medal, whether the "Treue um Treue", or dated like this, are actually private-purchase items. The crosses were issued in wax (blue) paper bags, manila envelopes (occassionally a titled one shows up, but there is disagreement over authenticity) or a blue/brown packet with no title. Somewhere, probably on WAF, there's photos/scans of the actual advertisements to sell the cases.....

OK, Rick gave me clues..........

Nice Saxon-Weimar Rack and pin-back!

Heiko, great photos and great examples. Thanks!

Fake..... now, who can tell me why?

I'm thinking Finnish...........

Igor has posted up a couple and I think Alexei just updated with 2 very nice examples of this beautiful order.

B/W/R one is typical veteran/patriotic ribbon used on literally dozens of things. Really "padding out" his awards. ;>)

The piece sold for under 300- Euro. An absolute bargain with the Albert Cross with Swords easily worth that alone, as a loose piece. As a mounted group like this, I would have sold it for substantially more.....

I did not recognize the high bidder and work constraints prevented me from snagging this one...... Hopefully one of our compatriots won this??

This one has a very interesting silver patina to it. Reverse:

Some additional views, Obverse:

Claudio is correct. Very different obverse and reverse. I'll post a couple of bigger photos shortly. Notice that it is paired with the Honor Cross, No swords.

Yes, a very tasty and real NC bar, across the board. Not just a NC ribbon on the Hungarian WW1 commemorative, but the correct NC medal to match. Quite unusual. Now, part 2: Why is the medal a NC version?

Eric is quite right, not a single, known, authentic, produced badge........ and hundreds (if not thousands) of fantasy fakes floating around since the 1970's...

Bob is close........ But no cigar

Reverse:

Why is this medal bar special?

938 is not silver gilt. There is no sesignation for gilt. Only for silver content

Seems to me we just saw more than one type of EK1 with a round pin.