Ed_Haynes

Going through BOXES of loose and orphaned Mongolian documents, it seems that this "Unit 9999" was common for awards of the Societ Medal "Victory over Japan" to Mongolians. For example:

As part of ongoing research on the Soviet awards of Lieutenant-General Damdin Tserenjav see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23322 some interesting wider results turned up. I have the entire text of the order № 3710446 or the Transbaikal Front of 4 October 1945. It lists thirteen Red Banners and eighty-one Red Stars. I have a PDF of the four pages. The file is (of course) too big to post here. If anyone wants a copy, drop me an e-mail.

As part of ongoing research on the Soviet awards of Lieutenant-General Damdin Tserenjav see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23322 some interesting wider results turned up. I have the entire text of the order № 3710446 or the Transbaikal Front of 4 October 1945. It lists thirteen Red Banners and eighty-one Red Stars. I have a PDF of the four pages. The file is (of course) too big to post here. If anyone wants a copy, drop me an e-mail.

True. The patterns of late-war awards distortion begin to clarify.

Maybe not the sexiest award ever, but every bit of history retrieved is a bit of history retrieved.

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Approval

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And

The recommendation

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Reverse

Record card

Medal "For Bravery" # 248062. Very heavily (and lovingly?) worn.

Expect (hope?) to get his second Red Star soon(ish) .....

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But, as it went up the chain of command . . . .

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And

The recommendation:

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Reverse.

The award record card.

Very very nice. Whatever the word is, it is not a common vocabulary item. Dictionary time. Or maybe they just misspelled the Hindi, as the Mongolians did on their Indo-Mongolian friendship badge. I would agree, by the way, with your guess as to both the time period and the significance.

I hope we're not getting into a too-literal reading of the Chinese. What does the Mongolian say? The chap on the front looks to me to be Demchugdongrub (Дэмчигдонров), known in Chinese/Japanese as De Wang. He was a local notable in Inner Mongolia under the Chinese Republic, He became a fairly enthusiastic collaborator with the Japanese and was appointed as commander of their Mongolian Military Government which evolved into the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government (of which he was Head of State). See the picture below. He is (obviously) the fellow on the left, with Japanese "friends". I suspect this medal is from the early periods in the evolution of the Inner Mongolian puppet state, as Demchugdongrub was moving from local warlord status to a tame local ruler under the Japanese. Perhaps something for the Mengjiang National Army?