kimj

Yes, very nice photo. It's harder to find good civilian photos with awards than military ones.

Without a close up I would guess Excellence in Socialist Competition, Narkomat of Oil.

/Kim

Here is a page that I would need some better translation of. As I understand it it?s a note of him being released of service because of health reasons. At the time he was only 48. So was it ?health reasons? or health reasons...

/Kim

Thanks for all the kind words! Sharing makes the hobby more fun for all.

Handwriting can be a pain in the *** even when it?s in Swedish. So when it comes to Russian I depend on native speakers and other internet based experts..

There must be some reference book over police districts online or at least a book. But that will be a side project for now.

The portrait photo has nothing on the reverse. Maybe he just took a trip to the photo studio. Any order in 1937 would have been a big deal.

Nice badges Rick! I have some police cap badges... perhaps time to dig them up and start a new thread.

Soviet: If Rick says sleeve shield then it must be correct name.

Here is his order book photo.

The other one is from the inside of the reserve officers ID. Matveev is now in his new uniform with shoulderboards. Unfortunally those soviet high collars never really worked for him. On the positive side he never seems to have had problems eating well...

He joined the party in 1926 and I suspect it is related to him becoming chief. Another interesting thing is that he was the director for three months at the Perm Bureau of Correctional Works. I guess this was a prison..?

A small group.... but nice.

/Kim

This is from his ?Voenij Bilet? with his career in it.:

Nov 1921- Jul 1922--Red Army man, staff of special designation (probably the OSNAZ) Retired for long term vacation;

Sep 1923 -Dec 1925--Sr.Policeman, Dobryanski Police Dept;

Dec 1925 -Aug 1928--Chief, Dobryanski PD;

Aug 1928 -Mar 1930--Chief, Cherkazy? PD;

Mar 1930 -May 1930--Director, Perm Bureau of Correctional Works;

May 1930 -Apr 1932--Chief; Perm City PD?(unclear);

Apr 1932 -Nov 1932--Chief, Molotov PD;

nov 1932-apr 1933--Cadet, Central Police School;

apr 1933-nov 1934--Chief, Molotov PD;

nov 1934-apr 1941--Chief, Votkinsk PD?;

apr 1941-aug 1941--Narkom Deputy, NKVD Udmurtia ASSR;

aug 1941-may 1943--Chief Deputy, Votkinsk NKVD Dept;

may 1943-feb 1944--Chief, Votkinsk NKVD Dept;

feb 1944-jul 1945--Chief, Sarapul NKVD Dept;

jul 1945-apr 1948?--Minister Deputy, MVD Udmurtia ASSR.

Inside the order book.

There has been lots of very nice stuff posted lately. So I felt a need not only to lurk but also to post some of my own stuff.

This is from a group that once belonged to Aleksey Michaijlovitch Matveev. Mateev had a long career as a policeman and later as a politician. Most of his life seems to have been spent in the Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (UASSR). He was awarded the order of the badge of honour in 1937. (Very special year in Soviet history, could it have been awarded for rounding up enemies of the state or long service?) His other awards are a Red banner, ca 1945, and a order of Lenin, ca 1951 (must be for 30 years of service, unfortunately missing from the group).

The sleeve badge did not come with the group but looks nice.

Ed is right! That?s our man: Hakim Abdel Amer (عبد الحكيم عامر)! He made hero 13 may 1964, gold star #11 225. (I wonder where that is today...)

He got his title when Khrushchev was in Egypt to see the Aswan Dam. Amer had got to know Khrushchev in Moscow on a mission to get soviet help for the dam. Khrushchev was rather generous with ?political? hero titles and awarded Nasser the same day as Amer. Ben Bella got his two weeks before. I guess you have to bring some gifts to your hosts when you visit. Personally I think flowers or a bottle of wine is more than enough....

Amer was also the big Egyptian loser of the six-day-war. He was stripped of all power and ?retired?. He and a group of co-conspirators were later arrested and accused of plotting a coup against Nasser. In jail he got the Rommel choice: trial and a certain conviction of treason OR suicide. Amer chose suicide and full military burial.

/Kim

Here is my question. This is a pic of a soviet hero from outside the USSR. What is his name and when did he become a Hero? For extra credits write a short essay on why he became a Hero....

/Kim

Didn't recognize her from that first pic. But that is Alla Pugacheva the world(?) famous singer. Made National Artist of the USSR in 1991 (last one? Probably last year anyway.)

She was pretty popular in Sweden too in the 80s. Made som duetts with the Swedish ballad-elite...

Of course she's on the net:

http://allapugacheva.ru/main.php

I read on wikipedia an anecdote about her. On the day Ho Chi Min died she had a concert and is said to have made this statement: ?Don?t feel bad! Ho Chi Min might be dead but I?m still alive!? [My translation.] She never really liked Soviet rule but was too popular and got away with comments like this.

/Kim

Here is the earliest one I have, a Adrian from Russian service. I don't know if the painted hammer/sickle is Civil War period or later added. But the helmet has the brown color one expects from original Czarist ones. Liner is repaired but period.

/Kim

It's the Mecca of the Soviet Union: The birthplace of Stalin in Gori!!

I guess comrade NKVD-man is doing some PC soviet-sightseeing. Wonder if he showed slides when he got back home....

Here is one in colour from: http://www.expatmonkey.com/photos/georgia_...gia03072018.htm

Nice pic Chuck!!

/Kim

Excellent helmets gentlemen!!!

I have a few helmets myself but lost most of my old pics in a computer burn out recently. Still have the helmets but no pics. This in combination with a new baby makes for a bit of a collection time stand still. But I'll try to get new pics when I have some spare time. Here are a couple that I posted on the Swedish collecting site: http://samlarforum.skalman.nu/viewtopic.php?t=1402

Soviet: The last helmet is a very bad copy that can fool the beginning collector. I have had my hands on this type. It is much heavier than the real ones. Not to mention that they don't look like anything like an original. But I guess they can fool somebody buying the first helmet for his collection from internet pics only.

/Kim

It looks like a P to me. If the writing is anything like older Swedish. So perhaps George has namned your man...

I also found an other spelling of what could be the same guy in a quote:

The infamous speech delivered by General Vannovsky in Moscow [...]

http://marxists.nigilist.ru/archive/lenin/...1901/dec/20.htm

Taken from the collected works of Lenin... on-line of course. But you might want to check your paper copy ....

/Kim

Not much hard facts in the disussion. Everything comes down to theories and more or less "educated" guesses. You can check the thread yourself at the Soviet Award Forum.

I think that info on the VOKhR uniform will continue to be hard to find. I mean they are not the most exiting subject.. Anyway here is a link to some caps:

http://www.undertheredstar.com/vokhr.htm

/Kim

The VOKhR is a mystery that has me puzzled as well. On another forum we disussed VOKhR and one theory was that their unforms were regulated by the ministeries they sorted under. This could be an explanation for the many different types of VOKhR caps out for sale.

Here is one of the guards.

/Kim

Thank you for you for the reference book! A very generous gift to the rest of us collectors.

/Kim

I still have no hard facts about this one. Even if it's proved bad beyond reasonable doubt I?d still keep it. I still have my poor detailed fake Iron Cross 2nd class that I got 15 years old. It keeps me reminded of the darker side of the hobby.

/Kim

Nice Christmas present Dave!

I looked in C.C. Sharp vol. 7, about Naval Infantry. It said that the 83rd Brigade held out until the 20 may 1942 near Kerch before being annihilated. Your man must have been one of the very last defenders.

/Kim

Thanks for the reply guys! I'll pass on the info and I'm sure it will be appreciated.

/Kim

Thanks for the ID Christophe! I guess I did my home work badly and missed it. Anybody got a site for Italian awards...?

/Kim

Oooooooo..... Khasan GREAT group Rick!!!!! I think this is the first group I have ever seen with a no doubt connection to Khasan. Not the more common: "Well, in this range of serialnumber it should be..." and so on.

Now I think I need to comfort myself with my Khasan badge..... without document...

/Kim

Closeup on Order X.

This group came up on a Swedish forum. It was inherited and has lost it's information. No papers with it either unfortunatly.

The mounted orders are Swedish Order of Wasa and Estonian Order of the Red Cross, I think 5th class. But what is the other? The owner thought Italian, I have looked at all the sites with official Italian awards...nothing. So any ideas?

Text on the unkown "Italian":

Obverse: REG.AC.MILIT.ORDO.S.CASIMIRI.

Reverse: FUND.AD.MCMXLVI.

/Kim

Nice orders gentlemen! OOR is an under appreciated order.

I remembered this photo of a frontovik I "found" recently. Mr Vladimir Nikofirovich got a nice mix of combat award and post war labour awards. One of them being October Revolution.

source: http://www.stalingrad-info.com/index.htm

/Kim