Ed_Haynes

Almost everything that is there is Soviet and even the Mongolian stuff is worn wrong. Not many Soviet awards were given to Mongolians and Mongolian awards are worn completely differently from Soviet style. Look at some of the other threads here, especially the "decorations in wear" thread. It is a Mongolian, not Soviet, uniform, although any effort to recover the history is probably now obscured by fantasy awards being added.

The uniform may well be fine. It is hard to tell from these images. I'd suspect it is OK.

All the awards are fantasy (at least as connected to this uniform) and are worn completely improperly.

The group has arrived. See http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23128 -- thanks Eugene and thanks to all here for their support in a very trying time.

There is still one more, smaller, group yet to come, and I await full resolution of the immensely troubling situation.

The entire group can be (can soon be?) seen at http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23128

The only interior text.

Part of a larger group whose thread is still hidden away from public view. This will soon chamne, when one of the Gods logs on.

In the interin -- the cover:

A somewhat damaged, but nice one, part of the Ivanov group.

See http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23128 for more.

A documented specimen, part of the Invanov group.

So have I but I don't look that rough.

Paul

Yet, Paul . . . yet . . .

Thanks for the patience, translations/summaries, and comments.

And inside, single page only.

Document, outside.

And, finally, the somewhat uncommon Bulgarian Medal for the Patriotic War, 1944-45. Worth showing as a medal?

And detail.

Belgrade

Stamp/signature area.

Vienna.

Detail.

Budapest.

Closeup.

Victory over Germany

And a closeup on the "juicy bits".

The Caucasus certificate, it has also had a hard life.

The awards are mainly familiar, but with some damage (serious on the OPW2, minor on the ORB).

The OPW2 is, however, sufficiently interesting -- I think -- to deserve its own closeup? It has had a hard life, but seems to have survived the conversion experience mostly unscathed.

And the awards page.