SovPha

Hello, Everybody!

Here are some of my Great Patriotic War postcards. Feel free to share your wartime postcards/letters.

Best regards,
SovPha

1. Military Publishing / People's Commissariat of Defense of the Soviet Union / 1943.
 

2. For the Defence of Stalingrad.




3. In the Carpathians / by painter Titkov / Edition of the Political Administration of the 4th Ukrainian Front.

Hi, John,

Family first. Please take care of yourself and your family. 

I highly appreciate your words. I love this forum and I am glad that I finally joined it (big thanks to @Egorka). This forum feels more like a large family?. I will do my best to help you all as much as possible.

Best regards,
Andrej 

1 hour ago, J Temple-West said:

The information is correct...There seems to be a series of this badge, all using the same die but with slightly different reverse hardware, and are generally referred to as 'flat back, Vienna design' ...maker unknown. The only maker mark found on these Vienna design badges is "EWE"...again, maker unknown.  

Thank you very much for the confirmation.

Have a great weekend and stay safe. 

I had no contact at all to Audrey, but its always sad to loose a great historian. RIP Audrey. 

Here is a new addition to my guard's badge collection. A rare classical (rounded), 45x37mm piece.
The nut includes the following writing:
1. НКПС "Народный Комиссариат Путей Сообщения" - People's Commissariat of Railways
2. ШМЗ "Штамповочный Механический Завод" - Stamping Mechanical Plant

Here I have another nice example of a Grunwald badge. The nut shows the maker "Tłocznia Caritasu -Warszawa" Caritasu pressing plant - Warsaw. 

10 hours ago, PREM said:

Excellent piece! 

Do you have access to the name list awarded with the Order of the Red Star by order number?

Thanks. 

One of my friends is working at the archives. 

2 hours ago, BalkanCollector said:

Beautiful piece! 

How do you determine if the screwplate is made from silver? I've tried the "sound test" with some of the silver pieces from my collection but I guess my ear is not trained enough to know for sure. 

The sound (flip the coin) and one chemical which can be used on the surface. 

17 minutes ago, nickstrenk said:

A nice example of the reverse Shagrens skin-Шагренова кожа.The screwplate is from silver.It is seen from the first sight.

It got this blueish/greenish color.

Just wanted to share this beautiful unresearched ORS # 483587 (1st half of 1944). The enamel is in perfect condition and the screw is made of silver. Research is in progress. Ill let you all know once I have more information on this ORS. 

2 hours ago, BalkanCollector said:

I've felt such pain a number of times. I met a guy last summer who wanted to buy some silver medals/orders from me. After talking for some time he said that he likes buying silver stuff because he melts it to turn the profit. I just said goodbye and walked away after hearing that.

Nice looking bar by the way!

 

I really don't understand this kind of people. Thank you very much.

2 hours ago, OvBacon said:

I wouldn't know what to say when someone would tell to my face that they like destroying history to make a profit. 

I would really have to control myself not to punch someone like that

 

I agree with you. 

Hello, everybody!

I was able to save this bar. The person who sold me the bar was the same person who melted the Lenin, Red Banner, Medal "For Distinction in Guarding...", and the Medal "For Battle Merit". I felt a huge pain in my chest after knowing what happened to the awards. Currently, I am trying to find out who the owner is. This is how greed is destroying history. 

1. Order of Lenin,
2. Order of the Red Banner
3. Medal "For Battle Merit"
4. Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
5. Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
6. Medal "For the Victory over Japan"
7. Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
8. Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"

I was informed that my PAB is referred to as a " scooped out flat back", minus the scoop of a unknown maker. 

Hello, everybody,

I need some help to identify the maker of this PAB.

Best regards,
SovPha

@OvBacon, Cheers.

A nice coloured photograph of a Guards Senior Sergeant. Reverse: During my service at the 100th (Т.Ч.К.О.К.П.) T.Ch.K.O.K.P - 1949.

Thank you for your suggestion, @Egorka.

Т/T - Tank
Ч/Ch - Name of the city/place?
К/K - Red Banner
О/O - Order 
К/K - Kutusov 
П/P - Regiment

Best regards,
SovPha

42 minutes ago, nickstrenk said:

I expected some Bulgarian citizen to get the answer.It is increadible how some people have such kind of information.

Many thanks anyway.

Your welcome ?. I wish you a great weekend. P.S. I used two have two of this kind of badges with the docs in my collection. 

This badge is from 1957 and was released to mark the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Centenary of Sorority which was founded in 1857. 

@CanCol, Thank you very much for recommending me the book?. 

1 hour ago, Paul R said:

This is a really great photo!  Thank you for sharing it.  You have some Ushakov medals?  I'd love to get one someday.

Thank you. I have a southern cavalier medal bar (Ushakov, Odessa, Sevastopol, Caucasus, and OG 3rd class + docs). I will post them in the near future.  

1 hour ago, Paul R said:

Im glad he continued to wear the ribbon to show that he received it.

I got several photographs in which service members wear ribbons/medals like that. I need to find one photograph from my collection, in which a sapper is wearing his 3/4 destroyed Order of the Red Star.

Hello GMIC members,

I just came across this Russian website, which digitized wartime letters. Currently they have 492.691 free accessible wartime letters (1941 - 1945). Its only in Russian but Google translate does a great job.

https://pismapobedy.ru/

I wish everybody a great Monday.

Best regards,
SovPha

This is the best website I've ever seen dedicated to war time letters https://pismapobedy.ru/.

This was my first medalbar plus ring which I purchased many many moons ago. Well, unfortunately, my dog ate the award documents, Militärpass, and couple photographs belonging to this lot from a German soldier (Infantry Regiment) from Würzburg - Unterfranken/Bavaria. 

Thank you. An estimated 14,000 to 16,000 medals of Ushakov were awarded from its creation in 1944 to the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. It will be kinda hard to find him. Currently I have some other medals which are researched and ready to be posted here.