Ed_Haynes

Oh . . . . . . . . . lovely . . . !!!!!!!!!!!!

At the risk of giving a partial answer, but in hope of helping others (if I am right), I'd guess this has something to do with the ChON (Russian: chasti osobogo naznacheniya, ЧОН= Части особого назначения), formed 17 April 1919. There were many Komosol members, some as young as 14.

I know this is no where near answering the question, but am I totally lost???

OK -

keywords to help -

Boys

and

Leather (notice the jackets of everyone else in the car?)

I would advise against merely Googling these terms . . .

Finally (though some is "in the gutter" here too).

Signing-off on the award.

But those thick bindings . . .

The core.

OK, I lied.

Just as a "reward" for the handwriting, his OPW2 recommendation.

Let me know if closeups on any of the sections would help. The scans are gigantic, but being in color doesn't aid the legibility for these, I fear. But then I can always make them grayscale.

Being scanned does help the quality of the picture though. Makes it look like a picture!

Shall add the recommendations later.

Plus the service record photo.

Service Record 5, the interior part the last

Service Record 4, the interior part 2

Service Record 3, the interior part 1

Service record 2, the back.

I am sorry to have to inform you that the handwriting won't improve (until we get to the typed award recommendations).

Service record 1

I think we're going to need another clue. (At least.)

Thanks, Rick.

This is a group I ordered from Eugene Rabkin, paid for, and which only after arrived after much delay and even more prodding. Not fun.

Oddly, the research came (through Alexei) before the group arrived.

Thanks, Chuck. And we look forward to hearing of your adventures too.

And nasty, nasty, writing, I can tell that much.

Not MY fault!!

So . . . in English . . . what is it Rick?

May just have to post more documents as the scanner is under one foot of stacked books in several lanmguages, none of the Svenska. . . .

Very nice, and VERY surpising for the Baltics!

Very nice indeed. It would be good if the Chinese archives promised any research possibilities.

Fascinating and, I think, important -- especially in the face of all the whining that gave birth to that clasp.

Thanks.

Surrendered 15 February 1942. And -- at least for the Indian Army -- medal qualifications here were VERY complex. POW service didn't count, much, as Churchill saw this as a defeat, undeserving of any medals (even for what came down in France).

Only for you Bambi, see the price for one picture

Hope that one day, color photos of the 4th Class medal for clerc/veterinarians of the Pakistanese (2nd type of the 1971 issue) will drive this price - this day, one will be the Maharadjah of Bharatpur

Not quite sure -- or am I?? -- what your point here is, Franky. But that photo you link seems a real