Ed_Haynes

The Czech hero Richard Tesař?k (1915-67). A babble-version of http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=1558 follows:

See, yes. Read, no. Get great laughs from the PROMPT translations, yes.

See also: http://www.onderscheidingen.nl/nl/index.html Not yet in English

Fascinating. Many thanks! So much left to learn . . .

Pure (impure?) fantasy. Probably never anything official, but theatrical at best now. For the next "Priates" movie?

Actually, by the end of the Sino-Japanese War in 1895, the Japanese ran Korea. Almost total dominantion (with some Russian influence) until 1905.

Lovely one, Hugh. Lovely. One more reason I wish I'd made it to OMSA this year.

Yes, KBE. And some not-so-shabby Soviet awards (of course).

Yes, a nice double award of the Order of the Red Banner of Military Valor. It looks like his second award was wiithout the "2", but this was pretty common.

In many cases, the central piece is separated from the star prior to melting down.

While the sources are weak (I can't locate my copy of Cardew or Willoughby, they are somewhere in the stacks, but then neither is usefully indexed), Hodson's had a very nasty time of it in Iraq (much of it sounding pretty modern). Their most famous action was their famous defence of the armoured train at Samawa, 3 September 1920. As yet, we have no really serious treatment of the post-armistace actions in Iraq, though I know of several scholars who are working on this (met several of them in the National Archives in Delhi). Sources to start with now (beyond the regimental histories alluded to above): Haldane's self-serving The Insurrection in Mesopotamia 1920 (interesting title?), Jackson's always-valuable India's Army, and the sacred text Gaylor's Sons of John Company.

Damage? Mutilation? Old age?

Let me look.

Some very nice -- and very rare -- orders from the Japanese-puppet Korean administration. Wow!

I think it is probably a fair general observation that (1) contemporary standards for gallantry awards have declined compared to what they were, say, in WWII and (2) the more political a war, the more desire to make a media "splash", the lower the standards.

In posting this, I was worried about possible political directions. May we all be very very careful. Otherwise, I hope Someone of Power will immediately delete the thread. (Not sure I can though simple editing.)

Major Vetchinov Denis Vasilevich http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=9876

(NO good place to put this, so I put it here, out of habit.) Lt-Colonel Timerman Konstantin Anatolevich A nasty computer translation: See: http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=9877

No medals, alas. Just some photos, documents, and research. According to his 1949 autobiography, his brother was wounded 19 times.

Yes, until 1970 the flag was solid red. See: http://flagspot.net/flags/om_musca.html

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can someone please cross check my reading efforts on this award card, please. Thanks in advance.

Thanks!

Just an e-burp, it seems?

This looks lovely. Perhaps TOO lovely.