Albert

Indeed, according to Durov, there is no real difference between the "gold head" and the "silver head" Lenin.  The silver plating on the "gold head" was thin and wore off.  And  I totally agree, this award is as beautiful as it is historically significant:

Out of curiosity, and along the question in post 162, now, almost ten years later, how much would a cased badge go for?

On 7/25/2006 at 00:46, Dolf said:

I'd say rather ~$800-$1000.

Dolf

My skills are a little better now, but still not good enough to be sure about the name in this document. Could someone please translate the name of this gent?

Hi Gerd,

Looks like Vojshnits, Petr Iosifovich (dt.: Wojschnitz, Petr Iosifowitsch)

Best regards,

Albert

I think name aand stamp are iin White Russian, which is beyond my ability to distinguish from Ukrainian--

Boris Mikhailovich Potseluiko got this on 19 February 1951 but cannot translate the stamp! Russian it ain't!

If I may kindly add: the name is in Russian and reads "Larisa Mikhajlovna", so it's for a woman... The stamp is Ukrainian; doc was issued in the city of Makeevka, Donetsk oblast'.

Thanks, Albert for the better scan, and sorry to hear of the circumstances under which you are cutting back your collection. Seeing the scan of the serial number, I have to say I see nothing wrong with the serial number (just problems with the earlier image) or the Sukbaatar. Anyone looking for a good one?

Thanks, Ed!

Thanks for mentioning that, I'd been told about it. Actually I think it is ?1695. From what I have been told, a better scan of the serial number would be nice. Sukhbaatar fakes are now being reported, so some care is needed.

...

Here is a close up of the serial # on the above mentioned OSB that I am selling on WAF. No care is needed with this particular piece as it is 100% original. The reason I am selling my tiny Mongolian collection as well as most of my German collection is health related... The best price is EUR 1630 incl ww registered airmail (this is not an add but rather an attempt to clear up above statements reg. my OSB and to add new pertaining info).

Best regards,

Albert

Good one.

Thanks!

Schwerin maker mark:

Reverse:

Gentlemen,

May I have your opinion please

Thanks in advance and

Best regards,

Albert

Getting on board for a long range recon misson:

Fighter pilots having some fun...

... malnurished ...

Stuka pilots on chow break...

That's a nice pair of gloves Albert! Very similar to what I posted. Are they marked on the inside? My concern with the pair I posted above is the type face of the maker's stamp; I think it's Helvetica or Aerial font, which didn't exist in WWII...

Scott

Hi Scott,

Mine do not have this marking. They are only marked 11; I guess that's the size.

BR,

Albert

That last set seems to have a greenish hue. Could they be police?

Paul

No, mine are Army. My question above was aimed at the pair posted by Scott.

Albert

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# 2:

Thanks Albert

Anyone else? I found these, claimed to be LW Dress Gloves. Any opinions?

Scott

1.

Here are mine of exactly same type; probably same maker. Sure are originals but LW?

Thanks Albert! Very nice . Are the wrist buttons maker marked on the backs?

Scott

Thanks Scott,

They are unmarked:

The LBA markings:

Hi Scott,

Here is the original pair that I have. Blue suede (sp?) leather gloves with LBA markings.

Best regards,

Albert

Wow Prosper. A Russian Aluminum executive! It well could be!! It looks like a night of internet searches!

Thank you very much!

In the early 90ies, while doing a semester abroad in Russia, I met a St. Petersburg collector/dealer by this name. He had contacts to museums and more so to film studios. He had a great collection/stock and was selling a lot of stuff. Most likely that would be him.

If the translations are correct, I can definately see where this guy fell out of favor...

...I asked them about being punished for being encircled and it was one of the few times I have been looked at where someone genuinely looked at me like I had a third eye. The veteran was very adamant about the fact that he had never had any reprocussions from his adventures during the war, nor had the father of the family I lived with heard of such a thing. Given that the father had grown up in an NKVD camp in Siberia because his father had been a White Army senior officer, I don't think he was simply one that had been brainwashed into thinking that punishment didn't exist...

Dave

Dave,

This is not a translation just a loose summary. The things said about the guy are correct though.

The term "encirclement" at this stage of the war is to be seen and understood in the proper historical context. And that brings us to the questions how the Soviets treated service members who got pocketed and made it back to their side, and, more importantly, how the Soviets treated their POWs who made it back from the Germans. Your understanding is/was correct. However, this was not considered "punishment"... and should not be generalized; btw: the roots of this policy can be traced back to the Napolionic war. Anyway, there are also encounters of traitors being simply reinstated, and there even were /are members of the SS living a pieceful life after rehabilitation (reabilitatsija) in post war Soviet Union and now its successor states.

Impossible for me to understand the father of your host family, as the ill treatment of own POWs and encirclement escapees is a very painful part of Russias past with which they are dealing today. There are pretty good modern-day Russian movies out there dealing with exactly that theme.

But it also is a fact that a great many Russians are living in denial...

Best regards,

Albert

Yes indeed... Albert and I are typing and posting simultaneously, so I'll go away for a while. Spent the first half of today on scribbly German, so will take a rest from scribbly Russian!

There is a page showing slowly being promoted from private back through sergeant as he was "rehabilitated."

And people ask "is research WORTH it??????????????????????????????????"

The more the merrier.

How much is research? Maybe I should research some of my stuff ...

Oh . . . quite ominous stuff.

Not anymore. On June 10th 1941, at the outbreak of war, he already was a Company Commander. Then he got "encircled" which in this context means lived under German occupation. This makes him automaticaly a traitor even though he was a partizan. So it took him some time to get reinstated but he remained "stigmatized" and ended up at lower rank Platoon Commander and Sr.Lt.) at the end of the war than he was at the beginning (Company Commander; no ranks at that time but equivalent to Captain).