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Reverse.

The next card, obverse.

Reverse.

All untranslated, but an ABUNDANCE of award record cards.

In no particular order:

Card 1, obverse.

Lieutenant-Colonel Ivan Petrovich Imaichev, 56th Gun Artillery Brigade

Once again, no real translations, but the end of the tale is clear: KIA 8 February 1945.

His posthumous OPW 1, #129591.

Thanks, Rick!

As always, all help welcomed. Why am I such an illiterate!!??

And, finally . . . .

Part 3. The bureaucracy.

Part 2 (with the text that fell into the "Xeroxing Gutter" added by the helpful researcher -- wish they did this more often!).

The recommendation, part 1.

Record card 2.

Award record card 1.

Reverse.

Researched, but not translated. HELP?!?!? I do know the general plot-line, though: KIA 26 October 1944.

Temporary award certificate 1.

Junior Sergeant Ivan Stephanovich Sheblikin, 62nd Self-Propelled Artillery Division

His posthumous OPW 2, #815628.

Closeup. In English, strangely enough (or not?).

We all know the khasdars, the "border guards" of The N-W Frontier. They have always adapted their garb to fit the standards of those dominant at any given moment, from Mughal times to the present.

The cap worn by this force today as they guard the Khyber Pass.

Sorry this has taken so long. The shoulder straps on the one I started the thread with.

I'll spare you the documents, unless you are foolhardy enough to ask for them

The back.

Him.

In the newspaper article above, referemce was made to ". . . the son, a Great Partiotic War veteran . . . ."

This is Georgii Gavriilovich Sharikalov, see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23242

Son of Guards Colonel Gavriil Kupriyanovich Sharikalov (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=23237 )

Incomplete, unresearched, but still interesting as a family group.

Missing at least a WWII OPW. The one shown is his second class anniversary award.

On the back of the photo.

The monument.

You must wonder how many -- if any -- of these monuments survive in today's Latvia?