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Room where the capitulation took place Zhukov uniform I can?t recall, but I think it is Besarin uniform. Please someone correct me.

German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst http://www.museum-karlshorst.de/ Hi my dear friends. If you ever go to Berlin I suggest you to make a stop at the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst. It?s a really interesting museum with a focus on the WWII. The museum is based in the building where on the night of Mai 8th and May 9th 1945, the German Wehrmacht under Generalfeldmarschall Keitel signed the capitulation in the presence of Zhukov. The building was the house of the Soviet military administration from 1945 until 1949. The museum opened its doors on May 10th 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War. The museum focuses mainly on the Second World War and the Soviet-German relations. Here is what you can expect to see in the museum. Bulding where the signing of the capitulation took place in 1945 Museum entrance Some things to see

We also want to see the awards!

I'm just a well worned collector freak! Nice medal. I do not have any Odessa medal in my collection yet.

Wow I like your worn medal Dolf! Would you like to exchange it to me against mine Sebastopol medal?

Nice group! Why temporary??? EDIT: I have just read your previous post. Hope I could be the next keeper in the next decade!

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Thanks for your additional informations Gerd. Actually, I have already download a copy of your precious data base last year and I had a look at it. Is it being updated from time to time? Research is not yet in progress. I'm saving money for the time I'm being in Berlin if ever I find something interesting here. But, when I'll come back home, it should be in my priorities with one of my group. By the way, here is the last Red Banner I have in my collection. I got it from a forum member I think last year. Only research could tell if it is a made up group.

Order of the Red Banner #143926 WWII period

My small contribution. Red banner screwback T2 V2 #38786

I also have a small Soviet flag collection. Nothing special, but I like them.

When I saw the background f the picture, I knew where the medal was comming from. Welcome Alexei!

So you are the one who bought it? This is a dream group for me. One day ...

Hehehe, you have to tell me!

Something different.

It's the first time I see a 1995 jubilee medal with a used ribbon like this. Normally they are all new.

Thanks again Rick! It is always interesting to learn from you.

Wow so much information for a so small group! I didn't know at first that it would worth researching such small group with common orders, but now I am really tempted to research it. I didn't know there was so much information lying in those common paper work! This guy must have been lucky to live on the Black See cost in Sochy. It must have been some kind of a reward in return from his services. I know little about commissars, but what make you think he could have been one. And a last question. Considering that the 20th anniversary of the Victory medal is attached to the second medal bar, would it be possible he didn't have the 40th Anniversary of Armed Forces medal, because it would have been placed before the 20th anniversary of the Victory medal. I have no idea.

Thank you very much guys and thanks to Rick for helpful informations. This is only my first documented group, but I guess I'm getting addicted to documentation. I always thought it was too expensive to buy them with the docs, but now I want more. I won't be able to research them before next autumn, because I'm leaving next week for Europe to finish my studies. So I'll need that extra money during my studies. By the way, here are the other paper work. I didn't post them before, because I thought there was enough information with the other documentation. Note the different stamps and writings on the 2 Polish documents.

Thank you guys. Yes I have noticed that, but I will never touch that. I also have a Sebastopol medal in my collection with the Odessa ribbon, which I think is better to leave it like this because there is some wear on it. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I didn't notice it. The first mounted group you are right, but not the second. What is also interested is that the 20th anniversary of Victory medal is not really monted with the other medals, but it has been stitched to the 3 other medals.