Alfred

To my opinion a fake !

Miguel, I mean that the group is most likely complete. The group consits only of this Order of Glory, if there is not a second award book. regards Andreas

I would take the one with booklet.The chance is high, that this is a complete group. regards Andreas

Hi together, I looked through my suspensions and found 5 different producer / factory marks on the suspensions. Has anybody an idea who / which factory produced this suspensions? As the marks are to small for my digi cam I painted them. best regards and thanks Andreas

Hi Alex, even you have the name sometimes it happens that there are no research results. I also have a whole documented group with all documents and there were no research results. Maybe the personel file is lost or the reseacher have no access to the documents (e.g. the soldier worked for the NKVD) There are many reasons for no research results. Dave wrote to this topic: "There are a multitude of reasons an award might be unresearchable:1. It could be a labor award. Wait, you say, Red Banners aren't labor awards! Well, I had one to a civilian film producer who made military-themed films PLUS his Red Star... both were unresearchable.2. It could be a Navy award. These are STILL finicky, I'm shooting at a 50% research rate still.3. It could be a "state security" award - be that GRU, KGB, etc. NKVD and Smersh awards are normally researchable. GRU and KGB ones aren't.4. The documentation could have been lost or destroyed during the War. Remember, while many of the early awards were being handed out, there units were being destroyed. I'd venture to guess it was the rare administrative officer who would risk his life to break out of an encirclement to deliver award citations to the chain of command! Usually that stuff was either burned/destroyed/captured and no longer exists.5. The citation could be classified and the archivist might not have access to it. 6. If it's a late award, the citation might have stayed with the personnel record of the recipient, and at the end of the USSR, never forwarded to Padolsk for their archives.7. If the award was pre-June 1941, your chances of getting the citation drop dramatically. The award card might be possible, but I have yet to see a pre-June 1941 citation. Thus, if you have an unresearchable award, there are quite a few reasons why the research might not come back. There's no "single" reason for an award to be unresearchable, but really many different possibilities - the 7 I listed above are only the most common.Hope that helpsDave" regards Andreas

Thus it is necessary to consider, that very much the most part of the Soviet awards on sale at the western auctions are fakes. At the Russian forums it is often possible to meet discussions of the western auctions and unfortunately even large auctions do not hesitate to sell a forgery. Yes Roman, sadly many dealer sell knowingly fakes to make a quick bug. regards Andreas

Great group regards Andreas

Miguel, please post a better picture of the entries in the award book. In some cases the first entries are correct and some forger ad a few more awards to make the group more valuable. All is possible. The date 1995 for the first entry Order of Glory III 702.391 seems to be most likely possible. The military merit medal is from 1947 and the Bravery medal from 1944/1945. Sometimes the soldier had two award books and the awards were reunite in one book. Sometimes (rare) the soldier add the awards himself in one book. If you are interested in research, research the Order of Glory 3rd class with it?s serial number. regards Andreas

Red Star Squad- / team leader Sargeant Andrej Nikititsch Plasuik for communication in Staff Battery Artillery Regiment 233 Durig the battle he was by his Battery Commander an set up wireless communication lines between his Battery Commander and the firing position. His Division Commander gave him the order to organize the assembly area fora infantery bataillon and a artillery battery in the area of Kronskau. He hold communication lines, gave fire missions and directed the artillery fire on attacking german tanks and soldiers. One tank and a assault gun was destroyed. He deserved to get a Red Star.

Citation for the Red Star

and the attack of the 95th Guards Divison.

Sorry for the bad Englisch translation, I only have a German translation of the text. Additional English translation is welcome. Citation Bravery medal Squad- / team leader Sargeant Andrej Nikititsch Plasuik for communication in Staff Battery Artillery Regiment 233 During the battle at 03.08.1943 around high 191,7 under heavy maschine-gun fire he repaired 12times the telephone lines between Commander Regiment Staff and Commander Division Staff. At 28.09.1943 in the battle around the town Kachanovka he set up communication to the observation post and he hold the hole day communication lines. As a result of communication lines his Division destroyed one Mortar Battery and two field guns with artillery fire. Here is a map of the town Kachanovka near Kremchug.

Citation for the Bravery medal

Personal Data: 1. Last Name: Plasuik 2. First Name: Andrej, Nikititsch 3. Military rang: Senior Sargeant 4. Sex: male 5. born: 1918 6. Palce of birth: Town Balaklia, Balatschanskaja, Poltava Area 7. Party member: Partei-Mitglied seit 12/1943 8. Education: Gardener 9. Nationality: Ukrainian 10. Service Red Army: since 11.1939 ? 06.1946 Service branch: Artillerie 11. service units 233. Garde Artillerie Regiment, 95. Garde Sch?tzen-Division 12. Current place of Town: Ostanje, school teacher for sporta Service and position: 13. Current home Poltava Area, Bagaschantski, Balaklia address: 14. Awards: Bravery Medal s/n: 717.845 Red Star s/n: 1.207.528 Medal Defence of Stalingrad Medal Liberation of Prag Victory over Germany Guards Badge

The award card

The documents for the Prague medal and Victory over Germany medal, sadly the document for the Stalingrad medal is missing.

The documents

His group

Thanks Belaruski

I would say most likely summer 1945. regards Andreas

Hi, found this navy belt buckle on a local flea market. It has no date, but a markers / factory mark. From which time period is this buckle? and from which factory is the mark? thanks and regards Andreas

Researching seems to be ready. Gregory is sorting the newly-arrived research. Hope to get it soon. I will post it here. regards Andreas

Ordered a copy and now I am sitting on hot coals. regards Andreas

Thanks, for the better pictures. But unfortunately it is a fake. Look at the disturbed mint mark. regrads Andreas

and the rest of the group