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Hello Paul, I think it is not the original case. They are made for collectors. They are bigger and you can put 20 or more awards in the holes. I saw them somewhere on the internet. I try to find a picture. regards Andreas

Hi, to download the film: I installed the programm "Movie Extractor Scout 2.40a" There are free demos of the programm on the internet In the internet explorer you get an additional button to scan the webside and save the flash video. To play the video you can use the Internet Explorer, but you need adobe makromedia flash plug in. regards Andreas

I think I only get one half of the video. Tomrrow I will describe the way to get it. regards Andreas

I think I have found a way to download the movie It looks that it is 18 MB. best regards Andreas

Thanks, for the link. Is there a way to save the video on hard disk? regards Andreas

Paddywhack, in this serial number range 490.xxx it could only be a first class OGPW 1985 version. Maybe the gold plating is totally lost. This happens sometimes. Are there any traces of gold plating left? Your serial number looks a little bit blowzy/sloppy made. Compare it with the picture. Are there any traces of polishing around the serial number area? Is there a number before the 4? best regards Andreas

Hi Gerd, that are tooooooooooo much for you. I can help you, I?ll take one...... or two naturally the two first classes you hide in the picture Great looking picture. best regards Andreas

Paddywhack, can you make a picture and post it here. Some of the OGPW?s 2nd class 85 have changed serial numbers. to fit them to groups with missing OGPW?s. 461.xxx is a 1945 OGPW made in Febuary. Another possiblity is that the OGPW was a 1st class 85 and lost its gold, that happen sometimes due to cheap quality. best regards Andreas

Great group, Ed regards Andreas

looks not soviet to me. Maybe Rum?nien. regards Andreas

Hello Kevin , nice badges. On ebay you see them also sometimes. 12 cities and the fortress Brest-Litowsk got during the soviet period the title Hero City (list below). - Moskau - Kiev - Leningrad (St. Petersburg) - Stalingrad (Wolgograd) - Minsk - Odessa - Sewastopol - Noworossisk - Kertsch - Tula - Murmansk - Smolensk - Brest-Litowsk (fortress) regards Andreas

and the front of the Red Star

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another one

thanks for the answers, yes the second ribbon could be MOscow regards Andreas

Hello, any information / guess about the City (?) Taonjan 1945 ? thanks and best regards Andreas

oh, 135.957 - 31.12.1943 - Stalingrad Front now I got it to. Maybe a printing error and it is 1942. regards Andreas

Auke, according to Paul Schmitts Echos of War: 135.957 - 31.12.1943 - Stalingrad Front 147.331 - - Air Defence Forces in Stalingrad and my observation 132.xxx - - Caucasus Front regards Andreas

Nice background Gerd My guess, Caucasus or Stalingrad Front. regards Andreas

Difficult to say. The mint mark ist disturbed. From the serial number it could be a reissue of a suspension one. regards Andreas

Yes, definitely a fake and not very good. regards Andreas

Just a guess. Leningrad Front regards Andreas

I will miss his wonderful soviet groups and his great customer service ! Andreas

Very nice group. I always thought navy groups are not researchable. thanks for sharing Andreas

I think the battle is located in the Kuban / Taman peninsula region near Kertsch. Has somebody a better detailed map of the region? regards Andreas