kimj

Here is a close up of my latest treasure, Excellent Torpedo man.

/Kim

Anybody here that collect the different types of Excellent Baker etc. badges? These badges are one of my personal favourite areas of collecting. Only problem is that they are so faked nowadays

This is how I display them or at least all the different variants. Yes, I do have some variants other than the ones shown.

/Kim

No awards at all... Perhaps it's not his uniform but his after-work outfit

I have some strange hair cut photos. But my favourites are the ones with big moustaches. I think there was a trend, late war, with BIG moustaches. The idea was probably to show "machismo" but looks very much like the Village People

Next photo is not a moustache one. This is just an example of the lazy solution of attaching ones medals. The ribbon behind the screwback awards was probably red. Also notice that the medals are in the wrong order! He has pinned the highest ranked ones at the top. It looks good when you wear it but if it had been a medalbar it would be all wrong acording to regulation.

/Kim

Forgot his name... this is colonel Nicolay Kubasov

Great service Marshall! In the spirit of sharing I can offer what I can find in:

Ordenskaya Knizjka, Geroi Sovetskogo Sojoza. It's the book that lists:

Serial number; Name; Award date; Date of death

Stalin's Eagles. A book on soviet air aces from ww2 and Korea.

In the last on I found your guy Rick. But not much other info that already in the russian book. It also confirms the date that Marshall found.

/Kim

It is a strange one and I guess it will remain a mystery.

Here is one more. This one is not that strange, just a bit odd. Notice the ribbon under the Lenin. A case of "Are you telling ME, a Hero of the soviet union, how to wear my awards?".

Photo of Yuri Makarovitch Maznyi (at least that is how I transcribe his name), dated 1948.

/Kim

The photo is not reversed, as I also thought at first. But when I looked closer I saw that his "kitel" buttons the right way and that the medals are faced the right way.

I forgot to write the date of the back of the photo, 1956. But the old rule for Red Stars were not valid as he is also wearing Red Army 30 years medal, from 1948.

The big question is why he is wearing his medals and orders on the wrong side? Did he go to China before 1943 and when he returned he didn't care to check regulations... On the lower row of medals to the far left he has the Sino-Soviet medal. But 1956.....

/Kim

And thanks for the welcome!

As this is my first post I better start by introducing myself. My name here kimj is just short for my real Kim J. I've been collecting soviet militaria since early -90. I'm Swedish so any strange use of language or spelling comes from that fact..

But enough with the boring stuff. I'll start my of my first post with a strange photo. Perhaps Rick has an explanation on why this guy has pinned his awards the way he has, I don't.

/Kim