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Some very good deciphering skills!

Thank you!

Some things special, is that according to the information here, and on Pamyat Naroda, Petr Lavrent'yevich was part of a 'Spetsnaz' Group, the Special Forces, which I believe may be quite interesting. Furthermore, the group he was part of, the 1st Guards Engineering Brigade, were the providers and supporters of the 5th Shock Army, of which in their headquarters is where the unconditional surrender of the German Reich was signed by Field-Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, on the 8th of May, in Karlshorst, Berlin - which marked the end of the War in Europe.

Greetings, fellow phalerists! Today I would like to present a Medal for Battle Merit, No. 2186611. I was able to have it researched, and here is the results... It was awarded to a Captain of the 4th Guards Motorized Engineering Warsaw Battalion, 1st Separate Guards Motorized Engineering Brest Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Brigade - LEVCHENKO, Petr Lavrent'yevich. Here is our hero... Now, I will show you the Medal, and the Register Card. Here, we can see the basic information. He was born in 26 August, 1906, in the Village of Moshny, Cherkassy Region, Kyiv Oblast. He had no Party Membership, had 7 Years of Education, and was serving in the Red Army from 1941 until 1946. After war, he was working as Manager of the Teahouse in Moshny, where he still lives. Throughout the war, he received the Order of the Red Star, Medal for Battle Merit, Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad, Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw, Medal for the Capture of Berlin, and the Medal for the Victory over Germany. This will be the story of how he received the Medal for Battle Merit. I will place here the Award Sheet, Original and Translation. First, Original... Here is the following translation... When searching his name, I found that he held an Officers Card, which I retrieved. I will apply it here, but I have not translated it yet.

Gorgeous selection of badges!

An absolutely beautiful example!

It is an Honorary Certificate issued to an E. Noy, for 'Participation in the development of issues aimed at expanding and deepening cooperation in the agricultural sector between the German Democratic Republic and the Peoples Republic of Mongolia by providing technical and economic assistance to the implementation of measures to combat the ectoparasitic diseases of livestock of the Ernst Thalmann Foundation for the Expansion of Agricultural Production' - This is only a rough translation, so there may be some/many errors. There might have been a new rank, or occupation granted to E. Noy, but it is best that a better translation should be made. Signed by Minister of Agriculture of Peoples Republic of Mongolia - S. Sodnomdorj. 15.04.1986, Ulaanbaatar.

Thanks for the correction, I hadn't realised that there was a different name. Learn something new everyday. 🙂

Thank you very much for this valuable link!

The 3rd is definitely the Medal for the Order of Academic Palms. The ribbon is wrong, and is probably the case for all medals here. Because of this, it will be difficult to determine what the medals are, as French medals have very similar obverse designs. Full example:

Greetings! I would like some advice on these medals which are currently for sale. I believe they are all original, however some seem of lower quality, as if they were made of cast metal. Is this normal for these medals? Here are the photographs, of 4 different Crosses. This one below possibly looks like silver, but I could be wrong. This one below in particular looks like a cast product, but it seems like an original. Lastly,

I see ‘Военный Знак’ which is a medal producer I have heard of. Usually abbreviated as ВоенЗнак.

Can someone help me confirm if this is an authentic order? Thanks!

Thank you very much for answering!

I found this medal online with a very interesting document. However it is a little difficult to read, but from what I see, it could be: chorąży K. P. Sterecki Franciszek s. Mi….. Signed by Komndant R.K.U. Kanownik, kpt. Can someone help me find the recipient? I couldn’t find such a name on pamyat-naroda. Thanks for any help!

Perhaps it could be a sort of freemasonry?

Yes it is possible. There are researchers that can go to archives that will match the Order, using its number, to the recipient. One of the most known researchers is Igor Korenev (Research Egorka).

Wow, these orders are number neighbours!

It should be about the end of 1942, and first few months of 1943, so let’s say 1942-43 Winter. Going by the information on mondvor-narod, your order is a Variant 3, 4 (Вариант 3, Разновидность 4). Your mint sign has a breve above the ‘И’, thus it is ‘МОНЕТНЫЙ’. Some don’t have a breve like yours, and looks like ‘МОНЕТНЫИ’. With this information, I think yours is an authentic order.

Understood! Just as well, I didn’t go for it in the end.

There is also this medal that is from Mos-Stamp. It looks original but I want to make sure. What does anyone else think?

Here I am looking at 3 similar medals. They are all blackened medals, from Mos-Stamp. №1 and №2 are the original variants, and №3 is from the update in December 2017. Can someone confirm if these are truly original medals? Thank you for help!

Okay thank you!

Is this an authentic medal? Please tell me if you also know if the block is native to the medal. I believe it is not silver, the weight is 19 grams. Thanks for help! Sorry for the added comment, there was more photos to be added but wouldn’t be allowed in the main post.

I believe this is the type 1 version, produced by Mondvor. Can anyone confirm if this is an authentic medal, and is it quite rare?