JapanX

USSR version

Frank, regulation for justice ministry Medal of Valour (in case you don`t have it)

I believe we didn`t see HSU in this thread

Alex "Missing in action" they call them ... Mother waited for her son until her last day ...

There were three of us muscovites Ivanov, Stepanchikov and Zintiyev who defended this church and we sweared that we won`t leave this place!

I am dying, but I won't surrender! Farewell motherland

We`ll die, but won`t leave the fortress

Today he is retired Colonel

After the war he became a career serviceman As lieutenant colonel in 1965

His only awards for Brest were OGPW 2nd class and order of red star.

The prototype of Sasha in the film is Petr Pavlovich Kotelnikov

Most of them, but not all. Some went to partisans...

Unfortunately only two pages in this book (p.79 and p.80) devoted to soviet badges... Example

Another source (in english) will be "Para Wings" by Bragg and Turner published in 1985

Only 4 or 5 pages completely devoted to these badges. An example

Unfortunately there is no book specifically devoted to these badges... I guess your best shot will be Avers #8

Undoubtedly, my dear phaleristic dreamer Yours truly, Japan 10

Dear Hoyden, here you will find learning materials (video, audio, special computer playgames, etc....) for free. http://www.englishonlinefree.ru/game.html A lot of them Cheers, Nick

Nope. You aren't. Especially from profit maximization point of view ... Breaking up a set is always a terrible thing to do... But then again there are always two sides of the story - dealer story and collector story. Many dealers I know (including dealers in soviet medals and orders) are doing this on a constant basis ... They breaking up even well-researched and document groups ... Why? Because of profit maximization... P.S. I wonder what is the real reason behind Taganrog posting on this forum. After all he has his own pet russian forum full of pet forumits where he can post whatever he likes, edit posts of others or simply delete them. Damn whoever he doesn't like. Ban whoever he doesn't like So the group was broken. Terrible misfortune! We will be mourning over this group forever .... Rich is a heartless (or was it ruthless? ) dealer. Now we even know the price that Taganrog was offering for this set (essential information! especially in the context of this thread ...) So what? What is the reason for this posting of yours Taganrog? To point out that good original sets are broken? We all know that without "Taganrog revelations". The "breaking up reasons" are quite obvious too. So you made an offer ("good price") and Rich declined it. Obviously you are upset... So you decided to come here and open our eyes to ruthless (or was it heartless? ) behavior of Rich? It's done! Personally I am terrified!!! Now you can happily come back to your sandpit