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Last page with some signatures. Again, any help filling in the gaps with translation would be very much appreciated! Thanks, Alex

This translation is really sloppy, but it gets the essence. Any help with the question marks would be appreciated! "As an 18 year old he was drafted into the army and as a rifleman in the 160 Rifle Division took part in offensive operations on the 4th Ukrainian front from May 1944 to December 1944. December 15, 1944 - in combat in Koshta, Czechoslovakia he was seriously wounded by an explosive bullet in the left arm. He was treated in field hospital 1614 Baku (?). His arm was amputated (?). The wound is confirmed by certificate AG-1614 No. 364 of 21.5.1945. His is disabled. He is currently an engineer at motor enterprise No. 07065 at Zarorozhye. _____________ (no idea what this is about - characterized positively? involved in public life? draft?) ________. From October 1941 to October 1943 he lived in territory occupied by the Germans but did not work. His awarding is in agreement with the local party and government bodies"

page 2 of the Award Record Card

I did the translation myself with google translator, so it is a little bit spotty. I think I got most of the important information correct, though. 1. Last Name: Kolomoyets 2. First Name and Patronymic: Ivan Ustinovich 3. Rank: Private 4. Sex: male 5. Birthyear: 1926 6. Birthplace: ? 7. Party Membership: non-party 8. Education: basic 9. Nationality: Ukranian 10. Service in the Red Army: 4/1944 - 5/1945 11. Place of Service and Duty Position at Time of Awarding: 160 Rifle Regiment, 226 Rifle Division 12. Place of Service and Duty Position at Current Time: Engineer at motor enterprise #7065, Zaporozhye 13. Home Address: ? 14. Other Awards: none

Order of the Red Star #3,597,994 was awarded to Ivan Ustinovich Kolomoyets on 15.2.68 for serious wounds received on 15.12.44.

"1977," you are correct! Your turn now! Alex

Pending Sergey's return, I'll ask one! 1. What is this structure? 2. Who designed it? 3. Why was it never built? Good luck! Alex

The Mongolian group

And the groups.

Hi All, I recently added quite a lot to my collection, probably marking the highest ratio of new material per time in my mere three years of collecting In the last few weeks I picked up four late-issue Orders of the Red Star and two soviet groups. I am awaiting research on all but one Red Star (the lowest numbered one, a long-service award). One Red Star is certainly for wounds. Another is only about 70 numbers off from one awarded to a high-ranking general, and the third is in a very odd serial number range where I have very little data to compare it to. I am hoping these prove interesting. One of the groups features a soviet combat merit medal awarded to a Mongolian Lieutenant Colonel, one of only about 200 such awards (see Sharavyn Jamsranjav). The newest group is a 1968 Order of Glory 3rd Class awarded in 1968 and an Order of the Red Banner of Labor awarded in 1974. I really love this group because of the combination of awards. When research arrives, I will be posting these medals in the soviet section of the forum. Enjoy! Thanks for looking! Alex

A Mongolian member on another forum ("Muugii1234" from SMAPF) translated the "War Veteran" document as: "Dear Mister Sh.Jamsranjav, For your consecutive dedication to the military service and for contribution to develop the defence sector hereby award you ‘’war veteran medal’’ by order—2001 March 01 of Minister of Defence. Ministry of Defence 2001 march 01 Ulaanbaatar" I also commented that the badge name, "War Veteran," didn't seem to fit with a 2003 award to a soldier who had no combat experience, to which "Muugii" responded: "Your assumption might be true because we Mongolians have a custom that every organization and office receives their pensioners after the lunar new year celebration annually, often award them like this medal." Alex

Ed has identified the unknown document as being for the "War Veteran" badge (C45), as it is called in Dr. Battushig's book. There appears to be very little other info. Any help with this award, either more about it or a translation of the document, would be very much appreciated! I am going to try getting this group researched by name in the Soviet archives. -Alex

70th Anniversary to Mongolian State and 40 Years of the Mongolian People's Republic #14120 medal documents. Writing on the back is from the 70th Anniversary document (scan edited for better contrast). Any ideas? Thanks!

60th Anniversary to Mongolian Army and 40th Anniversary of Khalkin Gol medal documents. Any idea what that says on the back of the Khalkin Gol document?

The document I am unsure of (top row, center, right under the medal in the scan of the entire group above). Note the 2001 award date. Help identifying this one please! Thanks!

Page 2:

First, the Soviet document:

Gentlemen, I am excited to post the first Mongolian group in my collection! It consists of the following: Documents only: Medal for the 40th Anniversary of Khalkin Gol Medal for the 70th Anniversary to Mongolian State Medal for the 60th Anniversary to Mongolian Army Medal for 40 Years of the Mongolian People's Republic #14120 Unknown (?) Document and medal: Soviet Combat Merit Medal Scans to come in the following posts! Before I bought the group, I checked the name of the recipient, Sharavyn Jamsranjav, against the research Bob had for the Suurin Baldan group (thanks, Bob! ). Sure enough, Jamsranjav is listed as a Lieutenant Colonel on the top of page 13 (see post #43 on the linked thread). As far as I know this is the first Soviet combat merit medal and document awarded to a Mongolian that we have actually seen. I have managed to figure out what four of the Mongolian documents are from looking around the forum. Could someone please help with the last one? There is also some faint pencil writing on the back of some of the documents, if anyone could please translate. Any other insight is also greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Alex

Very interesting story! I've never seen that medal before. Perhaps some commemorative award? Could we please see the rest of the picture? It looks like there is also an Order of the Red Star at the very least! -Alex

Just purchased my first Mongolian group It consists of a Soviet combat merit medal w/doc and 5 other Mongolian documents, although I'm not sure what they are. I believe it was awarded to Sharavyn Jamsranjav, who appears at the top of page 13 in the Ukaz (lieutenant colonel). I will post as soon as it arrives. Alex

Sorry I'm about 3 years late replying to this thread. I just noticed it I actually have a similar 1950's flight-time group (albeit, much smaller and less impressive) in my collection: http://gmic.co.uk/in...showtopic=28617 Major Didusenko earned two Red Stars (one long-service, the other for bombing in Manchuria) and a missing Order of Lenin for flight time and other feats of aviation. I have copied the citation below: "As a navigator he is well prepared. He flies the Tu-4 in all conditions. He has a total of 2132 fight hours, 1551 during the day. He has flown 1035 hours on the Tu-4, 634 hours in the day. He flew 180 hours in 1954, 85 during the day. He was allowed solo flights by order of the 184th Guards Bomber Aviation Long-range Aviation on October 31, 1950. He is a flight instructor. During 1954, he complete 13 bombing raids with a score of 4.6 and did 8 photo shootings with a score of 4.6. He set up 25 flight paths with a 4.7 score. He loves to fly. He systematically trains new navigators for mastering flights on the Tu-4 in all conditions." He was originally recommended for a Red Banner. I'm still trying to work out if he had anything to do with nuclear testing. In any case, Toropigin's 208 hours for the Red Banner were 1,924 hours short of Didusenko's Order of lenin. And even for career flight time had 661 hours fewer, despite having a more significant war record. Hope this sheds some light on the topic. I'm very interested to hear anything else concluded from this info Also, Dave, could you please post the award card for this group? Thanks in advance! -Alex

Thanks Auke! Here's a picture of the entire group, finally:

Last document in the group, for a hard-worker badge, awarded to their son? Help again appreciated! Thanks, -Alex

This annotation was on the back of one. Help translating is again greatly appreciated! Also doc for 28th army veteran's badge.

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