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Hello Gerd, both dates 21.02.1945 (Lenin) and the 03.11.1944 (Red Banner) are dates were Long Service Awards were awarded. And as on the award card in the last column for both awards a UKAZ is mentioned and not a military unit they are Long Service Awards. Sorry Gerd no interesting citation, good for my database 114.934 is the earliest Red Banner for long service in my database. 1. Last name: Filenius ? 2. first name: Walentin, Akseljewitsch ? 3. rang: 4. sex: male 5. year of birth: 1901 6. place of bith: 7. party member: 1941 8. education: 9. nationality: russian 10. in the Red Army since: 7/1919 sorry Gerd no better translation regards Andreas

here is amother map. The 77 RD consisted of the 105, 276, 324 Rife Regiments and the 230 Artillery Regiment In april 1994 the 77 RD belonged to the 51 Army. (On the map near the city Melitopol)

Hello Gerd, nice award and citation. Here is a map of the area. regards Andreas

Oooooohh.... Prettty metal!!!! But have you researched them yet??? -------------------------------------------------------- No Dave, I haven?t researched them yet. Unfortunately the third Nevski is not mine. My next research projet will be on two high serial number Red Stars. 3.714.591 and 3.687.452 In three months I will post the results here. best regards Andreas

Hello Gerd, a few variations .... regrads Andreas

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What do you think about this Nevski? regards Andreas

www.soviet-screwbacks.com lists one OGPW starback with serial number 380.003

Many thanks Andrew, you are a genius. Now I can put two and two together. The set was sold a few months ago. Now the same seller sell it again, with the justification the buyer couldn?t pay it. And now I understand the "bad" picture with light reflections of the order book. regards Andreas

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What do you think about this orderbook with slava 3rd and 2nd class? regards Andreas

This is what I have in my Database, but I am not sure where I found it. 107.895 - 20.02.1991 regards Andreas

Here is a fake mother heroine medal with large rivets and no serial number and a genuie one to compare. But there are different variants of mother heroine medal witk different position of the rivets and different mint mark stamps.

Pictures would be interesting, I only know that there are medals with mint mark stamp (LMD) on the ring and without. regards Andreas

and here is the reverse of the fake: - separate soldered ring at the tip of the star - bad engraved serial number - the hole on the reverse has the wrong diameter - stick pin has the wrong form - inside the hole you can see traces of polishing (lines) - a lot of pock marks ....

On the left is a original OGPW 2nd class and on the right a fake. Hard to recognize from pictures of the obverse. The second picture is a magnification of the i (left original - right fake) regards Andreas

I visited theCentral Museum of Armed Forces and the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War (WW2 1941-1945) in 1998. They are woth to visit, but when I was there englisch explanation to the exhibit were rare. In most cases there were only russian explanation. Never found the Central Museum of Federal Security Service (FSB). It was mentioned in the guidedbook but I couldn?t find it. Also worth to see is the Revolution museum near the Metro Station Majakovskaja. There were some very interesting civil awards of the revolution time. To get in, just buy a ticket. regards Andreas

It is possibly that this one was awarded in 1988 or 1989. Without researching it is impossible to say exactly, sometimes there are jerky leaps in the searial numbers and dates. Serial number 107.895 was awarded in 20.02.1991. So there is an chance that all serial numbers before were awarded. regards Andreas Attached is a picture with awarding dates of the Order of Lenin, here you see very good the jerky leaps. (I hope the dates are correct)

I compared the number six with the picture on the Mondvor side, and the lines of six looks to fat. regards Andreas

Great Pictures Ed, thanks for sharing it. I visited the museum in 1998, it?s great. regards Andreas

Looking for: Medal for combat service Nr. 2.633.847

Here is another Khasan document regards Andreas

Just a guess, maybe one of his other awards were classified and so the hole file. When he was a "Waffenmeister" perhaps he work in a research and development factory of arms after the war. regards Andreas

Nice Gerd, regards Andreas

Dan, try this link http://www.soviet-awards.com/forum/showthr...ht=order+stalin regards Andreas