Bill Garvy

Award Card Order Booklet B 070679 Last name: Gladkii Name and patrionymic: Nikolai Parfirev Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Gender: Male Birthyear: 1911 Birthplace: Piryatin, Poltava Oblast Party membership: since 1st May, 1939 Education: mid-level Nationality: Ukrainian Time in Red Army: 1941-1946 Place of service at awarding: 11th Artillery Regiment, 73rd Rifle Division, 48th Army – Deputy Regimental Commander for Political Units Place of work at present: village of St. Saltov, Deputized by USSR Ministry of Purchases for Repair Items Home address: village of St. Saltov, Selsovet Crossing #1

Wrong forum, post removed!

Posted a few items from the collection. . .

Nice set!

For a comprehensive exposition on this very subject, please reference the following topic: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/40262-fake-army-parachutist-badges/page__p__373528__hl__+heer%20+paratrooper%20+badge__fromsearch__1#entry373528.

I especially like the 1957 versions with his original issue awards. . .

It's a Two dot reproduction. . .

Close-ups of the clasp and hinge. . . Thank you, gentlemen. . .

I am respectfully soliciting your collective best thinking regarding the authenticity of this Panzerkampfabzeichen in Silver. . .

Looks good to me as well. . .

Prosper, two Glory's and a Red Star for about $112 (USD) is phenomenal! Your Red Star, #3463862, is probably a 1956 long service award. . .

The above cross in all its glory. . .

The "LV" manufacturer is unknown to the best of my recollection. On another forum we discussed this topic and came up with the following "LV" marks that have been identified. . . - LV - LV 11 - LV 29 - LV 57 - LV 2 - LV 4 - LV 6 - LV 8 - LV 10 - LV 11 - LV 12 - LV 15 - LV 17 - LV 19 - LV 26 - LV 28 - LV 29 - LV 33 - LV 34 - LV 42 - LV 45 - LV 52 - LV 57 - LV 60 - LV 64 - LV 65 - LV 67 - LV 75 - LV 77 - LV 78 - LV 80 - LV 81 - LV 82 - LV 88 I believe "LV" was a WWI period manufacturer. . .

Reverse. . .

Another "HB" for comparison. . .

Maker's mark. . .

Reverse. . .

It appears to be an "LV__". Here is one of mine which appears similar to yours. I have seen them in the following configurations, LV 11, LV 18, and this one, an LV 67, I think. . .

Yes, I believe those dates are accurate; 304182 would be late 1943, and 216707 early to mid-1943 per Schmitt. . . Could we see the obverse of both, please?

A very nice MZPP variant possibly awarded early 1945 per Schmitt. . .

Thank you, Ferdinand; an outstanding group! The years had not been kind to Comrade Tseplyayev. . .

Citation 3. . . Endorsed Chief of Capital Reconstruction and Repairs Section, 16 Air Army, Engineer-Lieutenant Colonel Lazarev on 27 May 1944 Endorsed Commander, 16 Air Army, General-Colonel of Aviation Rudenko in June 1944 Awarded the Order of the Red Star by Order 111/N of the 16 Air Army dated 22.6.1944 and verified by Air Army Personnel Officer Captain Upir on 14 June 1944.

Citation 2. . . Short description of personal combat feat or accomplishment As the Chief Aviation Technician, Comrade Z.P. Kurkhuli has displayed the best examples of work in the first quarter of 1944. He repaired twelve U2 combat aircraft and during his entire period in the MARW thirty-six aircraft with high-quality repairs. He has trained three junior aviation specialists and one aviation mechanic. For the first quarter of 1944, he fulfilled the brigade’s repair plan by 180%. Going out to the aircraft’s accident site, he conducted only good and outstanding repairs in the established period for which he received three congratulatory certificates from the MARW leadership and rifle units, as well as a cash bonus. For excellent aircraft repair and for overfulfillment of the 16 Air Army’s repair norms, Comrade Kurukhuli is deserving of the Order of the Red Star. Signed Workshop Chief, Engineer-Captain Anakhin on 23 May 1944

Citation 1. . . Award Sheet 1. Last name, name, and patrionymic: Kurkhuli, Zaliko Petrovich 2. Rank: Guards Technical Lieutenant 3. Duty position: Aviation Technician – 827 Mobile Aviation Repair Workshop (MARW – 3) Recommendation for the Order of the Red Star 4. Born: 1913 5. Nationality: Georgian 6. Party membership: yes 7. Previous combat: White Finn campaign 1939-40, 1941-1942 Northern and Volkhov Fronts, and 1943 Central Front 8. Wounds or shell-shock: none 9. Time in Red Army: since 1935 10. Inducted by: Tbilisi Municipal Military Commissariat 11. Previous awards: Medal for the Defense of Leningrad 12. Home of record: Georgian SSR, Tbilisi, Arsenalnoe Highway #31. Father – Kurkhuli, Petr Georgievich

Award Card 2. . . 14.Awards: Designation Serial Number Awarding Organization Red Star 1.120.951 16 Air Army on 22.6.1944 Verified by military commissariat official, Major Khintibudze on 4 May 1947