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Oh, by the way, he wasn't a pilot... he was a former pilot, that later became a Commissar... Thus the early pilot's badge on the later tunic!

Here's the inside of the file, plus a few photos that came with the group. Note that he was a Lt. Colonel by the end of the War, but the uniform was never updated. Odd. Probably a good story, but my crystal ball broke...

This is a nice uniform group and personnel file that belonged to HSU Chernikov...

You know, there are some folks that just come from a nice looking family. This October Revolution doesn't have a single bad looking sibling, in my opinion.....

Welllllll hellllllo! I HATE it when they forget to take the posts off....

Here's a "Hanging" Red Banner with a little secret...

And the backside....

This was one of those "lucky" buys about a year ago. I think I paid a whopping $100 for it...

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I can remember when these were cheap enough that you could make cool little designs on your scanner with them....

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Chuck- This one really needs to be researched. I think that the two screwback Red Banners might be added to the document. Note how they were put in at the same time, in rather unsual ink, with rather sloppy handwriting for the number... And then note how the last digit of the first award earned has been altered? The first Red Star entry dates from about December 1947... So the book being issued in January of 1948 is pretty much "spot on", but the top of the "7" appears to have been erased to be a "1941" instead... I also find it odd that the two sb Red Banners would be added after his late 1952 award long service Red Banner. Could be legit, but I think it might be worthwhile getting the research just to confirm... Dave

For those who can't read the citation, here's a bigger one...

A gramota that was given shortly before the award, thanking him for his service...

And the inside of the book....

Here's one awarded to a civilian worker that was an advisor in Vietnam during the War...

Bruce- Just looked him up, it's A. L. Kovalyov. Here's more of the group... Enjoy! Dave

Let's try on the colors of black, yellow and white for size? Those were the original colors of this flag, and the colors that several White units fought under. Check out this link and note the colors of the "civil ensign" that flew until 1883... rather familiar? http://www.vdiest.nl/Asia/russia.htm Dave

This was when he was selling it with his collection about 3-3.5 years ago... This was how he had it displayed in a frame...

that one is fine. Want to see a photo of it from it's original owner in the US? Dave

Yeah, AND include in the Red Banner to a "common" soldier... Two Glories, a Red Banner and the HSU... WOW... I can also post some of the documents/photos that came with the Riechstag group later this evening if anyone is interested. Incidentally, most of these photos are singles from anywhere from 3 to 10 that I have of the complete group... Should anyone like to see more of them, I can post up more photos! (I've got about 800 that I've saved over the past seven years...) Dave

And the final (for now) coup de grace from Igor... Thanks to the current owners of these groups for allowing them to be drooled over on here!

One of my favorites... as it was enroute to my collection!

Here's another... This guy was a pilot, and it has all of his flight logs and documents...

This is why it needed a second post...