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And we have a new winner on the VE Day !!! It is indeed the Victory Tribune on the former Siegesallee. And it was later replaced by the Sowjetisches Ehrenmal in Tiergarten (Soviet War Memorial). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_War_Me...28Tiergarten%29 Here is an other pictures from the tribune from the book "Berlin then and now" from Tony le Tissier.

Hint: They replaced him after he died.

My questions : #1 What is this? #2 Where was this located? (Please name the city and the exact place) #3 When was this build and what later replaced this thing? #4 What was special with this place throughout the Cold War?

Anatolia Konstantinovitcha Fomenko Starchina means First Sergeant or in German Stabsfeldwebel.

I will think about a new question tonight.

Hehe, I know the exact answer. 1. Whose office is this (or was this) ? Erich Honecker's office 2. Where is (was) this office ? City : Berlin Building : "Palast der Republik" which is being destroyed right now. 3. What is (was) the color of the carpet ? The carpet was orange and not "Schwarz, Rot, Gold" as you already told me.

Order of the Liberation for sale at Carsten Zeige

There is nothing so special about the break service. The motor inside is from a Porsche. It cost way more than the breaks.

A starting price of 200 EUR or something like that.

No, I decided to have a low profile on the other forum for some reasons.

Why do they want to compete with Alex Filer database? http://www.soviet-screwbacks.com/

Description : Der angebotene Stalinpreis 1.Grades, die damals h?chste Auszeichnung der Sowjetunion, wurde 1951 dem deutschen Wissenschaftler Reinhold Ernst Reichmann und seinem Forscherteam posthum verliehen. Besagter Chemiker war 1945 bei Kriegsende mit seiner Ehefrau und einem Kleinkind in die Sowjetunion umgesiedelt worden, wo er bis zu seinem Tode an einem Forschungsprojekt in der N?he von Suchumi bei der L?sung wichtiger Spezialaufgeben mitwirkte. Der Orden und die Verleihungsurkunde sind in einem guten Zustand. Lediglich die auf der Urkunde befindliche Unterschrift Stalins weist eine geringe Wischspur auf. Die ?bersendung der Auszeichnung erfolgt nach Eingang des Kaufbetrags postalisch zu meinen Kosten.

This is curently on eBay at a very low price! Seems to be a really neat documented award.

Order of Bravery (Orden za Hrabrost) 1 Class with 3 Types 1 - Soviet Production 2.1 - Yugoslavian ZIN - Numbered 2.2 - Yugoslavian IKOM - Numbered 2.3 - Yugoslavian IKOM - Unnumbered Order of Bravery Type I, WWII issued, Soviet production Order of Bravery Type II Order of Bravery Type III, IKOM unumbered (late issue)

Nice first class! It seems it was wear proudly! I also need to add one like this to my collection!

Welcome to the forum Croat! Please feel free to show your collection with us if you have the chance!

Medal for People's Merit - (Medalja Zasluga Za Narod )

Labor medal (Medalja Rada) Here is mine cased

Medal for Military Merit (Medalja za vojne zasluge) Complete with case. I don't think I have received the good ribbon though. EDIT : There are 2 types for this medal. Type II :

Here is a WWII Bravery medal side by side with a post-war Bravery medal.

I can't because I do not have the book.

I will try some of the questions. 2) Exact location: near the Berlin Brandenburger Tor (Platz des 18. M?rz). I will go for May 1st 1945, but it may be later http://www.alt-berlin.info/cgi/stp/lana.pl...avigator=?96,63 3) Yevgeny Khaldei (Евгений Халдей) 4) Zhukov ? 6) Soviet composer : Shostakovich ??? Here are some nice pictures from Yevgeny Khaldei : http://fotosoyuz.ru/ru/catalog/&vqFrne...ntvat_pheCntr=9

Thank you guys! I appreciate modest groupings that were awarded to simple soldiers like Olefirenko. Too bad the documents were not available with that group and that the Victory over Germany medal is not available as well. Nowhere it is mentioned that he obtained the Berlin and Warsaw medal, but I'm 100% sure they belong together. I like the plastic covers as well.

Hi Christian, Many thanks for your comments. The group is indeed really nice with the uncracked ribbon plastic protectors. In regard to your question, I have no idea. it is just written that he is "Analphabet", so I can't comment more than that. I presume he was not to school or he was to school, but still cannot read. He was enlisted at 35 years old and was a farmer. I guess it was just propaganda to say that the whole Soviet Union knew how to read. There are still illeterate people in Canada and Austria even with our school system. So I don't think there is a big deal with that soldier that was illiterate.

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