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It might be a commemorative piece as stated, have you tried checking to see if any memorial looks like this piece? Usually at the unveiling of a memorial or anniversary of a certain memorial they handed similar items out to Veterans.

The only problem is that the bar has a 7th or 8th on it, and you're making a huge stipulation that there was something higher than that on the bar. Whatever it was on there might not be there any more, now there is a 7th or 8th on there, if that's what you like then go for it Plus I could go digging in a list in the archives to find his visit documents, but unless this is 100% sure that this ribbon was like that (ie a 5th, 6th slips out of that ribbon) I'm not sure it would be well worth the time to look I'll take a look if you want

Hair dresser? / Barber :D

It is also good to have fake groups etc, the documents might be legitimate. They certainly look so to me (again I am no expert) Just because the medals are made up doesn't mean everything is Keep it anyway, it is a good tool for future use. You can compare areas etc and thickness on the medals. So you can avoid this type of thing in the future :)

By the looks of the stamp it looks like he is Ukranian Have you tried ordering research or asking about him ? Ferdinand on our forum would be a good choice (Auke would definitely be a first step in this) It kills me when I see doctored orders and medals, I mean you ruin one order or medal to make a totally different one. So in essence the forger is killing 2 or more groups by editing these numbers....

Ohhhh very nice arrival, if you need them translated, send me a pm

I'll find the citations by Monday and pm them to you from the Japanese side. Should be pretty easy from there to narrow someone down

Fantastic Paja really awesome, I'll check my Japanese sources for requests for the order soon (just as soon as I finish studying for tests this week :(

Wow, that is sad, why even bother faking these less "bling bling" awards and orders :S are the documents valid? (like the photo and other stuff) the book is obviously added on to if the medals and orders are off.

If only I won the lotto last couple nights ago hehehe Thanks for posting this beauty of a set Nick :)

:o *jumps thank you so much Paja for finding these :D

Wooo Red enamel observation was ok this time for me hehehe

The first thing I noticed was the enamel, but I'm not into badges etc, so I don't know how the Red enamel on them compare to the orders and medals. I also noticed the screwback seems very thin. Again having never seen one of these in real life, and not being a badge guy, that's all I can say about that Could you give us the name of the badge, so I can at least google image search it hehehehe

Some type of Duplicate? :S

I got really lucky on this one such a cool citation Award sheet Award sheet Last name, first name, and patronymic: Karmazin, Ivan Alekseyevich Military rank: Guards Private First Class Position and unit: Medical orderly / stretcher-bearer in the 112th Medical Battalion, 108th Nikolayev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Guards Rifle Division Nominated for: Medal for Combat Merit 1. Year of birth: 1896 2. Nationality: Russian 3. Since when in the Red Army: Since October 1941 4. Party affiliation: Not a member 5. Involvement in combat (where and when): In the Civil War from 1918 through 1921 and in the Patriotic War since 1941, serving on the Southern, North Caucasus, 4th Ukrainian, and 3rd Ukrainian Front 6. Wounds and contusions received: Wounded on August 10, 1942 on the Southern Front 7. Awards received previously (for which merits): None 8. Drafted by which military commissariat: Military Commissariat of the Khasavyurt Raion, Dagestan Autonomous SSR 9. Permanent home address (of the prospective awardee or his family): _______________ Short, concrete description of his feat of arms or merits: Serving as a wagon driver in the medical battalions supply platoon, comrade Karmazin showed himself an indefatigable toiler. He keeps the horses in exemplary condition. He ensures that water and firewood are delivered in a timely manner. During the offensive from the Dnieper toward Odessa, comrade Karmazins wagon, which is always ready for combat, was the medical battalions only transport vehicle. In muddy and roadless terrain it was used to transport medical equipment necessary to provide medical assistance to the wounded at the forward medical post. In the past comrade Karmazin was wounded while carrying out a combat mission near Rostov in 1942. For his selfless efforts to provide medical assistance to the wounded and his exemplary performance of duty, he deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit. Commander of the 112th Medical Battalion Guards Captain of the Medical Service [signed] /Plyushchov/ May 31, 1944 He deserves to be awarded the Medal for Combat Merit. Chief physician of the 108th Nikolayev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Guards Rifle Division Guards Major of the Medical Service [signed] /Semyonov/ May , 1944 I award the . Commander of the 108th Nikolayev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Guards Rifle Division Guards Colonel /Dunayev/ , 1944 By Order of the 108th Nikolayev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Guards Rifle Division nr. 015/N of June 10, 1944 awarded the Medal for Combat Merit. Chief of the Personnel Section of the 108th Nikolayev Red Banner Order of Suvorov Guards Rifle Division Guards Captain [signed] /Belous/ and pics of the CMM (a recent pick up from the show), notice the cool hallmark on suspension too

If I win tonight's lotto maybe, and even then I would probably just buy 10 HSU sets lol

They are all mad that they decided to wear eye liner to look like their flag

Yeahhh great uniform Paul

Always awesome groups and medals great find

Is it me, or are some of those members wearing eyeliner?

Nick will know about this for definitive, but the rear of the Lenin almost looks like gilded brass (don't be alarmed until an expert chimes in, could be the lighting etc of the picture, plus I'm no expert ! ) You also want to double check which type of beard Lenin has, if this type is common with Pointy beard or Smooth beard etc Be especially careful when purchasing this kind of order, lots of fakes out there so definitely a good idea asking here.

Have you tried the dates for independence July 4th etc? Or one of those options individually, July, 4 etc ? I'll try joining this evening and if it goes through will let you know.

A problem of forgetting you won, would be a cool one to have hehehe Maybe I'll have this issue in two years from now!

Totally agree here It'd also be nice if there was a "viewers poll" for those who didn't place in the categories Similar to what we do in model aircraft competitions it creates a nice 1,2,3 for who viewers liked in the categories :)who didn't have a chance to place.

Congrats to all who entered