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Enlisted of the Wojsko Polskie STERECKI Franciszek son of Mieczysław. Koszalin (military commissariat of issue). This award is from 1946. If he didn't get other awards, it is not likely to find him on Pamyat-Naroda...

Hello, Yes, the award number can be researched itself to find name. But if you think it belonged to you grand-dad, then you have full information on him like full name and birth year and place. So, you can check the Pamyat-Naroda.ru Or else share his full name and birth year if you need assistance.

is the thickness 2.9-3.0 mm ? Also, it is not an exclusive sign as it can be 50/50, but if you see concentric circles on the on he reverse, these are definitive sign of authenticity. But not all authentic medals in that range have those.

As for me, it is 50/50, but maybe someone else can speak up.

The Distinguished Labour Medal is definitely bad... For the FCM, I am more open... though the engraving stile is not quite matching the range, according to my limited knowledge. But there is a chance the medal is good. Would it be possible to make a sharp photo of FCM reverse but under an angle (not straight down)?

For "Crossing from the Tamtsak-Bulak (Mongolian Peoples republic), across the Greater Hingan mountain range, across whole Manchuria until the mountains of Port Artur." (quote from one of the HQ officers of 39 Army). And the face of Lt. ULYANOV Vladimir Leontievich 1926.

The decree 18 August 1936 on bestowal of the of commanders, political workers, engineers, technicians and military doctors of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. For outstanding achievements in combat, political and technical training of military units...

I am glad then for you having such nice early item and with an interesting personal story behind! Thank you Konstantin for pointing at the relevant forum!

Greetings! I don't think I have ever seen such engraving style on these OBH from 1936. I have a bad feeling about it...

One reason (among others) for some veterans getting two jubilee 1985 awards, was the fact, that people could be recommended for those by different organisations: work place, veteran organisation, local Communist party offices. This lead to double awards in a many cases. Taht is apart from the general disorganisation.

"15 November 1939" It is not visible that great, but it is the only option to fit to a Serbian word for a month name. "in Belgrad" - place of bestowal.

He was born in 1924 and would be 84 in 2009. Quite possible... According to the 2010 census in the Russian Federation, there were ~50.000 men born in 1924. IT would be very similar for Belorussia, I think, where the veteran got his 65 year jubilee medal.

Marcel posted the personality, who is likely the recipient of those medals. but it is not 100% certain. Good: there is only one person with the same full name and officer rank. On the down side, we don’t know his birth year. Meaning, it could be a younger man, who became an officer after the war graduating from a military school. Such man possibly didn’t get any awards during the war, hence would be “invisible” in the online database. Farkas, could you post the award booklets open so that it can be read. Also, there are two booklets for 40 years of Victory medal.

Thank you! It helps already. The date inscribed on the badge is 16 September. That is the date when U-511 was officially transferred to Japanese command under the name RO-500. It gives the idea that the badge was also possibly handed out to the crew on that day.

Hello! Assisting a friend, I am looking for help on this badge, which should be quite interesting according to the story. Has someone seen this badge or mentions or photos of it? Also if possible to get help on the Japanese translation. The story goes, that this badge was issued to the crew (and only to them) of the U-511 submarine, which was the first to reach Kure, Japan on 07.08.1943 after a 90 days voyage from Germany. There is a good deal of material online on this whole German program "Marco Polo" and particularly on the U-511 and the faith of the crew. But I have not seen yet particular mentions of this badge issue, neither photographs of it... Maybe our Japanese speaking members could help with some Japanese sources. Would be great! Another related question and avenue of investigation is war diary of Heinz Rehse 1918 who was master mechanic on U-511 and was with it all the way, until the day U-511 was gifted to Japan and became RO-500. Late war and post war fate: Heinz Rehse survived and ended as an USA citizen in 1950s. He died in 20.11.2015 at the age of 97. Several articles about U-511 refer and quote the diary. Does anyone knows how to get access it?