Gerd Becker

Gentlemen, thank you very much. I have seen David Glantz?s books and will get a few of them now after your recommendation. Will keep my eyes open for Ericksons books too Thanks again Gerd

Gentlemen, unfortunately i don?t have any good recommendations, but i rather look for some books about the war on the eastern front in general, the soviet army, Bios of soviet officers in english and other printed sources worth reading about this topic. Anyone has a good advice, what i should look for? Thanks in advance Gerd

Holy Moly, Jaques Awesome collection of Spanish Crosses. I have never seen so many on one picture

Hi Rick, yes, indeed it is. You know, i loved my minis, but i never could afford a traceable mini-chain or was patient enough to save up for one and this one is really big fun for me now as its much more personal. Thanks Gerd

Glad, you guys like it. In my opinion this beautiful awards have to be displayed and presented in a decent way. Whenever i look at them, i see the stories and faces behind these orders and medals and that wouldn?t be as much fun as if i had to store them in boxes, i guess. Thanks for the compliments

VERY interesting Researching these awards is a great way to learn about the soviet habits and regulations.

Ed, as far as i know, the Schlesian Eagle was awarded to Members of the Borderguard of the 6th Army Corps. 2nd class for 3 months good conduct in the borderguards for Schlesia. 1st class for 6 months good conduct in the borderguards for Schlesia. The badge had to be purchased by the awardees themself. Versions with swords or swords/oaks were unofficial. Gerd

Nice Medalbar, mate These researchable british groups are very tempting, but i better should stick to soviet

Ed, everythin, i could say, would be an understatement, but though, absolutely fantastic State Security trio and an awesome collection alltogether Gerd

Alan, i am very sorry to see, such a nice group turned out to be put together. I know, i would be very depressed. I sincerely hope, the rest turns out to be legit Gerd

Thanks, Christophe. I am glad, you like it. The black background is indeed very good, but you can see every single atom of dust on it Gerd

Outstanding, Ed You have a few most interesting groups there, fantastic Gerd

Thanks, Andrew. A very useful reference when an orders book seems suspicous.

Thanks, Ed. That was my thought as well.

And here is a little Mongolian Frame

i close with a little representative Frame with Albanian awards:

A frame with a few wartime OPW?s and some Red Stars. 1. OPW 2nd class Nr. 268.404 2. OPW 2nd class Nr. 95.477 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11140 3. OPW 2nd class Nr. 101.270 4. OPW 2nd class Nr. 141.357 5. OPW 2nd class Nr. 146.113 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10282 6. OPW 2nd class Nr. 514.183 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1304...mp;#entry126282 7. OPW 2nd class Nr.741.561 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10352 8. OPW 1st class Nr. 177.608 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13950 9. OPW 1st class Nr. 72.620 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12891 10. OPW 2nd class Nr. 511.279 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12921 11. OPW 2nd class Nr. 340.638 12. Red Star Nr. 1.781.725 ("D" Duplicate) researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13727 13. Red Star Nr. 217.937 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1541 14. Red Star Nr. 589.943 research in progress 15. Red Star Nr. 3.703.545 researched see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13698 16. OPW 2nd class Nr. 831.821

And a frame with a three Orders of Glory the left one documented and researched: Order of Glory Nr. 207.058 to Pavel Filippovich Velichko: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9156 Order of Glory Nr. 304.970 awarded to Vasilii Ivanovich Boiko: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=13321 Order of Glory Nr. 121.304 awarded to Private Viktor Ivanovich Polikarpov: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=14994 Lower row two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor, one "short oval" and one "Long Oval" on the right, both undocumented.

A frame with a few assorted Orders of the Red Banner. ORB Nr. 105.120 awarded to Guards Captain I.T. Karelin: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=7126 ORB Nr. 72.925 and ORB Nr. 355.301 awarded to Colonel K.G. Shashel? http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2405 ORB Nr. 369.473 awarded to Colonel P.I. Yenbekov http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1542 ORB Nr. 114.934 awarded to Valentin Akselevich Filenius: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=10295 ORB Nr. 261.483 awarded to Viktor Ivanovich Makarov http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=12867 Research for the last one is pending...

Here is another group to sergeant Baktybai Zholmukanov, probably a Korea Adviser. Now researched: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=6655

Next is a small group,researched, see link below. This was a gift of our forum member Chris Boonzaier. Thanks again, mate Better pictures in this thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5252

Next is a group with an Order of the October Revolution. It is researched and the Order of the Red Star was awarded for two serious wounds, Comrade Mukhin received in WW 2. Here is a thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=2771

Second is a small group to Sergeant Major V.K. Raevsky, researched, more info in this thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1249

Hello Gentlemen, i would like to show off my collection and put it together with the related links in one thread for myself. So here we go... First is a group to Captain A.A. Gavrilenko, completely documented, researched and posted in this thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=906

Thanks for the replies, Gentlemen. I read about the reasons before, but just couldn?t remember. Gerd