Egorka

Previously Boris Kandibin (1920-1993) was mentioned in the Combat Journal of the 305th air assult division (ShAD).

He was awarded Hero of the Soviet Union on 19 August 1944 for 84 combat missions. Served in air force for for may years after the war and retired in 1979 as Major General. He wrote book "305th assult division in the fight for Motherland", where he writes about his mates. 

"A group of 8 IL-2 was tasked to strike the rail station Valga. The wing commander Cpt. Gorodnikov was in the leading aircraft. The rest Chufarov, Nosachenko, Kolganov, Sivokon, Zhuchenko, Markelov and I.

As the we knew that the station was heavily covered by AA artillery, we were heading at altitude 2000m. We aproached the target from North-East direction and were hit by AA fire. The Gorodnikov's machine suddenly fell into uncontrolled dive. The aircraft of his mate Chufarov caught on fire and began descending slowly turning towards friendly forces. I increased my speed and assumed the wing leader position. AA fire was still heavy, the group was weakened and had no resources to suppress the AA batteries. We continued attack. First run - ombs dropped ar the rail tracks, but not hits to the trains. Descendet to 70m and assaulted the trains with rockets and cannon fire. Several vagons caught on fire. The objective was complited, but we lost our wing commander Gorodnikov, who lost the plane (for the 3td time) and jumped with parachute, and was captured. Chufarov crash-landed on our territory."

Excerpt from the combat journal of 305th ShAD for 29/Jan/1945:

"Due to bad meteorological conditions only 6 aircraft were used for combat missions. The first pair lead by Lt. Sobolev was on the mision to attack railway trains on the station Saldus, but reaching village Bené encountered dence snowfall and complete lack of vertical and horisontal visibility and returned to the base.

The second pair lead by Cpt. Kandibin (note this name) took off at 13:10 with same objective, but receiving westher report from Sobolev returned to the base.

Only the pair lead by Sr. Lt. Chufarov completed the mission. It's objective was to attack traffic on the raod Lauki- Yurdi. Munition used: 6 FAB100 (HE 100kg), 80 AO-2.5 (cluster bombs), 8 RS-82 (rockets). As the results of the assult one truck damaged. No losses to our aircraft. 

The flight leaders had no radio contact with the guidance station. Two othe regiments remained in readiness untill 10:00. After that changed to combat training program and training flights on PO-2 aircraft.

Weather: Cloud cover 9 okta (maximum), height 200-400 meters, intermitent snow during the day, visibility 200-600m."

Sr. Lieutenant of Soviet air force shoulder board (post 1943).

The citation for the order of Red Banner 98061.

Short and specific description of the acheivement:

"Recomended for the state award Order of Red Banner for 23 successful missions on IL-2 assult aircraft. Participating in the fighting on Soth-Western front and later on 3rd Ukrainian front since September 1943, Sr. Lt. Chufarov showed remarkable qualities as combat pilot, bravery, courage, and boundless loyalty to Socialist Motherland. Excelently piloting IL-2 aircraft and skillfully using its weapon systems, punishes enemy with full force. All combat missions executes perfectly.  Just during the last 23 missions personally destroyed 17 trucks with cargo, 4 tanks, 2 self-propelled guns, 12 horse carriages, suppressed 3 AA positions, destroyed military depot, despersed and destroyed up to 2 companies of facists. In total flew 54 combat missions up to date. Worthy of the state award Order of Red Banner. 

30 May 1944.  Commander of 237 ShAP Lt. Colonel Shelamov"

Excerpt from the award order mentioning A.Chufarov.

Please meet Sr. Leutenant of airforce Chufarov Anatoly Vasilevich, born 1923, a squadron leader (3 aircraft) of 237th ShAP (assault air regiment) of 305th ShAD (assult air division). In service since June 1941. In active service since September 1943 on the South-Western front and 3rd Ukrainian front. 

Awards: Red Star, Patriotic War I, Red Banner 98061 on 12/Jun/1944 (this one), Patriotic War II, Red Banner. 

The heros signature is on the second page of the register card.

Hello Ron!

Welcome to the club! 

Yes, the numbers are traceable in most of the cases. You can find out the name and other information about the recepient. Sometimes the citations are quite facinating indeed! With some extra efford more information can be gathered about the soldier, his unit and the circumstances of his service. 

I can help with tracing the hero's name and with the research on him and his unit. I will send you a PM. 

I am a new colletor and focus primarily on the awards with provenance. Find it more important than just numismatic aspect, which often dominates. Will soon lay out the research on the a couple of Red Banner orders from my collection. 

Kind regards/ Igor

Spectacular!

Thank you all!

The order is genuine and I added it to my collection. I will soon present you the research on the officer awarded this order. He was a pilot flying IL-2 assault aircraft. 

Hello, 

Please comment. The ribbon is replacement I presume.

The Cross was instituted on 25 November (7 December) 1913 to be awarded to military and civilians for meritorious service during the First and Second Balkan Wars of 1912-1913. An alliance of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia threw the Ottoman Turks out of almost all their remaining European territories in 1912 and the First Balkan War ended with the Treaty of London on 30 May 1913. The Cross was made by Arthus Bertrand of Paris and Huguenin Frères of Le Locle, Switzerland.

Hello, 

What do you think about this one? It is really my first acquisition of a German bar, so I am a but blank here.  Any comments are welcome.

Bar: Rotes Kreuz Medaille & Kreuz Kriegshilfsdienst.

Were there a Red Cross medal in zink?

Interesting! The whole life of a man in front of you... 

That what they say: one man's trash is an other man's treasure!

Hej Michael, 

Here is the scan from the Royal and State-calendar. But I see almost exclussivly danes. Am I looking at a wrong medal?

Curious about the price...  My impression is either you get very lucky, or sellers imagine that what they have is very-very expensive.  

Also one thing I remember is that the real Star has 4,5 jewels in the Crowns arm.

Here is on the right is Alex's star. On the lest is the star from OP.

God bless their souls!

I think, the medals could have ended up on the same bar because a family member mounted them together. 

Just got the lot for 180USD including all the charges. I think it is OK price. Encourage me!

Increasd my Japanese collection from zero to something.

Don't know why the photos are horizontal.  

2 hours ago, dedehansen said:

It is the bar from a german lackey, the photo was taken by daylight,

and definite not silver.

Kind regards
Andreas

If you are sure it is gold, then it must be 8 carat model. The Frederik IIX gold medal wad struk in 24 carat gold in 1906-1909. And 1909 to 1912 in 8 carat. The later must see whiter. I think yours is 8 carat then. 

About the recipient list, let's see what Michael has to say. 

Exciting stuff! 

Just one correction. This medal is not in god. I think I wad deceived by yellowish glow on the photo. 

It is a silver medal without crown. The list should be much longer than 99.

But in the Royal Calender, there are almost no foreign names (except one Norwegian) for 1906-1912 period. Just been to the library.

If you trust, that this group is not artifitially made, then an option could be, that this medal was given without suspension piece, i.e. without right to bear. But the owner ordered privatly the suspention to be added. I say so, brcause the Danish Royal Calender only mentions medals with bearing permission (in that period anyway). 

Maybe it is time you show us the whole group. Don't be shy! 

OK, OK.

I understood that it was mainly Christian IX who was known to hand out these medals liberally without much paperwork. Or paperwork that was supposed to be done later, which often never happen properly. 

But the later Dansh monarchs introduced more order into this process. So I was hopping that the Frederik IIX pulled himself together and streamlined the process.  Though I am afraid it actually happened much later.

So THAT is why I was thinking to be able to find the list in the "Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender".

Michael, don't you think the list should be in the "Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender"? 

So, Andreas, you know the name already?

2 hours ago, dedehansen said:

Hej Egorka,

it seems that you have the rolls, could you please crosscheck the list?!
My research resulted in 23 German individuals including two persons

from the court of Hertugen af Cumberland.

Kind regards

Andreas

Hello Andreas.

I don't have the rolls. I might have an idea where to look them up in the archive or library. But this may take some time and I am curently top busy at work. 

Right, the VM is the one most interesting here. 

OK. But lets also explain for others shell they be interested. 

The rest of the medals are worn in the order as registered in the Geraldic Register. Simply speaking by date of issue. 

So it is easier than we thought.