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http://en.wikipedia....antiago_de_Cuba

http://books.google.com/books?id=u7UnAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=society+of+the+army+of+santiago+de+cuba&source=bl&ots=93mVL_gSkM&sig=J7tT9NBdY4cevcd7goQWF8UcuTQ&hl=en&ei=2ShjTcLwF8aSgQfTk-2MAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

A nice display:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAIkosWKzP4&NR=1

Dan

Absolutely outstanding display! My favorite one though, believe it or not is the last one of the old truck... the rust looks totally real! I only wish I could do work nearly as good as this on the models I build. I've never learned to use an airbrush which I'm sure would help. But my hat is off to whoever did that one in particular... that's one diorama I'd love to have on my shelf here at home. Fantastic!

Thanks so much for sharing these!

Dan

Hi Dan,it seems to be a ST&L,that's been through it for sure. Stewy

Hi Stewy. Many thanks for the additional info. A real shame the vet did that but I'm sure it wasn't the first or the last time such was done over the years to display something like this.

Dan

hi dan, can you inform me where to get the good repro badge like above?

I think it's good for reenacting/combat scenes..

Actually this was a gift so have no idea where it originally came from.

Sorry.

Dan

The bar that is on there actually looks like this:

Again the Lenin is simply placed in the first position by using a strip of hard card stock cut in a rectangle and slipped through behind the ribbons.

Re: the two bars I've shown... when I originally posted these years ago the members who commented on them felt that due to the way the ribbons were mounted that they looked to be put together bars... although all the awards are authentic. I've not yet been able to research the numbered Orders/medals on the bars to confirm this. If it were confirmed then I'd not have a problem with changing them.

Actually to correct that... I'd not want to create yet another made up bar although my intention is that all my goodies will be passed down in the family, but there is always a chance of something getting back out in the market.

I do happen to have both a six award and an nine award kolodka that I could put together a bar for this uniform. But I'd need to know what awards would make the most sense before I'd jump in to do it. I'd also want to do it in a way that at the very least it's a mix of original and replica awards so no mistaking that it's a put together bar. By originals I mean either unnumbered Valor medal/MMM's, Victory Over Germany medal and then replicas of the rest... as to be honest I've never seen a replica of the Valor or MMM's.

Here's what I currently have in my replica boxes that I could use:

I have several 20th Anniversary of the Red Army medals but they have damage on the enamel on the stars. I've got epoxy/nail polish and want to experiment with redoing them but haven't had time to fool with them yet.

One Order of the Red Banner.

I have a couple of sets of the Partisan medals.

One Rescuing a Drowning Person medal.

One Border Guard medal.

One Order of the Badge of Honor.

Two Odessa, one each: Sevastopol, Soviet Arctic, Caucasus, Kiev, Stalingrad, two Budapest and a Belgrade.

Original Victory Over Germany and two 30th Anniversary of the Soviet Armed Forces medals as well as some unnumbered Valors and MMM's.

Any suggestions would be most welcome... if it's possible to put together a bar(s) that would be logical/make sense for this uniform out of what I have available.

Dan

Dan,

Been looking over your choice of medals (rack) and was thinking... Considering the authenticity and awesome look of the uniform, you might want to rethink your choice of medals on the rack. IMHO, the present choice seems unlikely, actually darn near impossible considering the valour awards displayed.

Look at it this way.

Hero of the USSR

Order of the Red Banner

Order of Lenin

Order of Nevsky

Order of the Red Star

Order of the Patritoc War

Medal of Bravery

Our colonel would've earned ALL of these solely against the Japanese?? (You only have the medal for Victory against Japan) Unlikely, actually, I don't think it possible when considering the time it woul've taken to earn these in the very short period of actual combat between the USSR and Japan...

Might I suggest placing a Victory over Germany medal in front of the Victory over Japan medal.

I also notice the lack of any DEFENSE or CAPTURE medal... Not impossible mind you, but a bit improbable considering the other gongs...

Personally, I would take off the 2 anniversary medals clean off the rack (a wartime issue uniform with medals issued 20-30 years later just doesn't look quite right). Add a Victory over Germany and any one of the CAPTURE or DEFENSE medals.

So your 6 medal rack would contain:

Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner, Bravery Medal, Victory over Germany, Victory over Japan, CAPT or DEF medal.

IMHO, it will make your display more believable.

First off, thanks for the great comments! Re: the metal bar... I too felt this way but for now, with the bars available to me I felt this was the best choice My only other WWII bar is this one:

I don't believe this one would make sense for a full Colonel/HSU. First off... as he's not AF he'd have had to have risen through the ranks to have been awarded the Order of Glory... not that this was not possible, but I feel he should have at least one Order of the Red Banner as well as the Lenin/HSU.

Thanks Dan, I saw them made out of metal wire on black cloth and I saw one made out of one piece of metal (I am not sure that could be a fake).

Just a keeper as the set is complete (cap, jacket and trousers).

Andreas

Actually I do believe they were also done in one piece of metal. I'll ask for confirmation on that and let you know.

Dan

Congrats on these great additions to your collection... absolutely stunning! Old world craftsmanship you just don't tend to see nowadays... or at least very rarely. They sure knew their art back in the day!

Dan

Many thanks for the great comments. The tabs appear to be in an heavy metal wire embroidery. The work on both those and the sleeve spools is stunning! Very heavy and extremely well done... top quality work.

Dan

Uh Dan,

I think you might want to double-check that Schott badge. I suspect it's good with a possible pin replacement. But, hey, if you don't want it, let me know and I'll take that "fake" off your hands.

Tim

Hi Tim,

All I can say is... here's the original thread where I posted it and it was declared by several members to be fake.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/37822-uboat-good-or-bad-anything-special/page__p__351657__hl__uboat__fromsearch__1#entry351657

I go by the old addage... if ten people tell you you're drunk you'd better lie down.

But seriously... I would LOVE to find out it's original. But for now I'm lying down.

Dan

Ahh yes .... why read the title of the thread.

let me re-phrase that ... "Three Clunkers in the Fake DataBase" ....

OR ... are the good badges for the Fake Data Base

S'okay... I've had many of those moments myself my friend.

Dan

I know... that's why I put them in the fake database. Plus they were gifts.

I've actually got some other Uboats to add... just have to take some time and scan them but don't know if I'll be able to do it tonight. Soon though... hopefully by the weekend at the latest.

Dan

Sadly, the vet who brought it home removed the hinge/pin/clasp in order to glue it in an album!

But it's all part of it's history now.

Dan

A gift from a friend.

WW1 Uboat badge:

Dan

Dan

Many thanks guys! Again it's what I thought but we just wanted to be absolutely sure. The seller wants $995.00 U.S. for it!

Dan