Eric Gaumann

These are very difficult for me. I've had one for years that I go back and forth on. Sorry I can't be of more help.

And here I thought the post title was a misprint. Nice score!

Anybody recognize the meaning of the stamping in the lower right that seems to spell 'КИРОВСКИЙ РАЙВО'? КИРОВСКИЙ translates to Kirovsky so a regional thing? None of my medal or battle-participation docs have a 'counter-stamp' like that.

Yeah, social media has ruined this hobby as well! (Kinda kidding) I think social media attracts fringe collectors, whereas the more dedicated stay focused on forums. And the funny thing is, at least on the few SM sites I watch the big 3 forums(this one, GMIC,& WPAF) are always mentioned when it comes to finding answers.

Yeah, sad. I pop by a few times a month to see if there's anything new.... I thought I'd hooked a guy on one of the militaria forums on reddit. Made a nice imgur album about Yugo awards after he asked me for some details. And, then like usual, no reply at all. Ah well, more for us I guess?

Yeah, interesting to see what's underneath. Also weird that nobody's posted on these in 5 years.

Interesting part of the Order:

Nice group! I'd like to know a little more about the mini OG3. Never seen one of those before.

Probably awarded in the middle of 1944. Researching Soviet awards by serial number is possible these days and it is not terribly expensive.

Interesting take. That ORB is pretty early. And the CSM is even earlier; would be interesting to see what actions entailed that award. And I think everybody with an OG2, myself included, hope to find out it's part of a cavalier group.

Thanks for the offer! If I didn't have one already I'd jump all over it.

Looks good to me. Probably awarded towards the end of 1944, so a solid wartime award. Shame about the missing ribbon but the suspension looks original to the award.

ORB Nevsky ORS OG3 BM CSM OG2 As posted on another forum I'm curious which award you would research first? And also why? (Too bad there's no poll option that I can find.)

That number doesn't return any active auction.

Try this website: http://medalirus.ru/georgievskie-kresty/ . It might help. The main problem is that there about a thousand variations of the the George Cross and it's hard to tell where the legit variations end and the BS copies begin. Back in the day, during my brief foray into Imperial Russian awards, I registered with a couple of the bigger Russian language forums and posted there. And I got some help, so good luck mate!