Gerd Becker

Wow, you are fast. Here is the stamp again, rotated 180 degrees:

Personal Record Part 4 Thats it. Rick, give me a sign, if these are ok. Thanks in advance. Gerd

Personal Record Part 3

Personal Record Part 2

Personal Record Part 1

Citation lower half:

Citation upper half:

Other side of the award card:

The first part of his award record card

Fortunately there was a photo in the in the personal record. He looks a bit like Raymond Burrs long lost brother. He is already Colonel on that photo.

Hello everyone, i got research today and part of it is the research to this T2V2 Order of the Red Banner. My friend Rick is so friendly to provide the translation for this, so stay tuned. Firstly the Order itself:

Thank you, David Gerd

Gentlemen, can anyone enlighten me on the weaponcodes byf, bnz and so on and their meaning? I suppose, its an abbreavation, isn?t it? Thanks in advance Gerd

Dave, i am allways again astonished about your knowledge about international orders and Medals and your variety of sources. Good to have you here Gerd

Research is complete for the ORB, which started this thread. Please move to the proper section. Hey Rick, he is a Raymond Burr lookalike : Thanks Gerd

Ok, here is the research, i got today. First is the Award Card. Obviously he only had this two awards. Gerd PS: Thanks, byf

David, the links above are not working. Gerd

Ahhhh, now can i see the reason for your new avatar, Darrel Indeed very nice awards and the Chief Commander Cross is really beautiful. I love all kind of enamel Thanks for sharing Gerd

Andreas, sorry, i cannot help, but i didn?t want to withhold the translation, i got on Worldlingo for that text: " Locket mit der Girlande. Auf wieviel mir abgebaut wurde, auf der Grundlage von die Scans vorhanden f?r uns, Eierst?cke f?r das locket dort waren drei. Sie schauen auf dem Scan. In ihr ist Unterseite der Krabbe 2, auf, welcher scheinbar L?ge die Bl?tter an dem wie Zeigerplatz anzeigten er steht etwas vom Herd das Wiener hervor? Gerd

See! A man and his car

Once again a fantastic award to a brave soldier I guess, the award, he appreciated most, was the car Again, thanks for sharing.

This is awesome And some people thought, i am mad to research my Glory 3rd class Thanks for sharing this most intersting citation. She obviously was a brave woman and would have deserved the Order of the Red Banner. Btw, research is still (or better again) possible. If you need a contact, just let me know. Didn?t you do research on your own? best, Gerd

Wonderful little piece, Tom

Nice one, Darrel What do these go for nowadays, also the gold and bronze version? The version without swastika was very underappreciated for obvious reasons. But though, they seem to become scarcer lately. A lot of people, who disregarded them in the past, are now interested in them. I think, its an important badge of the area. It was often worn proudly additionally to Combat-Awards(especially WW2) and obviously had a certain esteem to the soldiers. Gerd

Very nice, Peter. These are new to me as well I allways avoided everything from the Iron Crosses series with swords attached. I have seen some Spangen with crossed swords, but they looked very weird to me. I wonder, if something like that existed as well. Gerd