order_of_victory

Hi Dan Glad you like it, I was lucky with this service record Thank you for the encouragement Vic

Hi Andreas, Thank you for the map, it realy adds some more detail to the research Happy New Year Regards, Order of Victory

Thanks to MONDVOR for the the Translation

Heres part of his service record, I have more but I am posting this as it his photo on it and he wareing his Red Banner Order of Victory

Here it is in Russian

The Citation: AWARD CITATION Last name, first name and patronymic: Lavrov Nikolaj Dmitrievich Military rank: Sr. Lieutenant Position and unit: Commander of the 1st mortar company 1st Rifle Battalion, 669th Rifle ?Kobrin? Red Banner Regiment, 212th Rifle ?Krichev? Red Banner and Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division. Born: 1920 Nationality: Russian Party membership: member of the Communist Party since August 1944, Membership ID book # 6695659 Participation in war: In battles of the Great Patriotic War since June 22, 1941 Wounds and contusions: Lightly wounded on October 15, 1941, January 15, 1945 and March 1945; heavily wounded on February 3, 1944 In Red Army: since October 1940 Drafted by: Krasnogorsk Subregional Military Office, Moscow Region Previous awards: Order of the Red Star by the Decree of 212th Rifle Division # 45 from July 27, 1944; order of the Patriotic War 1st class by the Decree of 80th Rifle Corps # 105-N from November 1, 1944 Permanent address: Moscow Region, Krasnogorsk Subregion, village New-Nikolskoye. Father: Lavrov Dmitrij Fedorovich Short description of military merits: During the military operations on German territory comrade Lazarev acted as a brave and courageous officer. He especially displayed himself during the battles for the towns XXlyajn (first part of the name is invisible), Oberhof and Kimverden around the city of Altdamm on March 12 ? 20, 1945. Due to his skillful command, his company successfully repelled XX (invisible) enemy counterattacks, destroyed 17 enemy machine-gun positions, and disabled 2 enemy self-propelled guns. In the battle for the town of Oberhof on March 18, 1945 comrade Lavrov was wounded. However, he did not quit the battle and kept performing his military tasks. He deserves a state award Order of the Red Banner. Signed: Commander of the 669th Rifle ?Kobrin? Red Banner Regiment Lt. Colonel Eskalov Date: April 1, 1945 Deserves a state award Order of the Red Banner Signed: Commander of the 212th Rifle ?Krichev? Red Banner and Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Division Colonel (illegible) Date: (illegible) Signed: Commander of the 80th Rifle ?Pomeransk? Corps Major-General Verzhbitskij Date: April 26, 1945 By the Decree of the Commander of the 61st Army # 500-N from May 18, 1945 awarded with the order of the Red Banner. Verified by: Chief of the 2nd Unit of the Personnel Department of the 61st Army Major of the Administrative Services Sklyarov.

The reverse of the Award Card

He was awarded: GPW 1st class 78546 Red Star 1037556 GPW 1st class 220174 Red Banner 272250 Heres his award card:

The reverse

The research has just come back for one of my Red Banners It was awarded to Lavrov Nikolaj Dimirievich rank of Sr. Lieutenant Heres the award

Glad you like it Dan Well so my research returns have been good, but I will let you know when I find out Order of Victory

Here are some better pics of mine Its going to be submitted for research soon Order of Victory

Thanks Alfred, So they have a narrower gap on the Orginals Order of Victory

No comments at all Order of Victory

Doc, I can recognise workd and phrases I know in Russian, but to tranaslate phrases I dont know thats a different kettle of fish. Well to translate it word by word it comes out there please Order of Victroy

Doc, The rough translation is there it is Order of Victory

Thanks guys glad you like them, I now have a 10x optical zoom and I am not affraid to use it Heres a real close up I did of a saving a drowning person for the fake forum Order of Victory

Close up of the loop Any comments good or bad appreciated

Reverse

Hi What do you think of this one, bought as a possible fake Order of Victory

And order of Glory 3rd Class

Heres another

Got a new camera for Christmas as my beloved Nikon died in November So here are some shots I did while playing around with it BTW the thats the research for the ORB in the background Order of Victory

Very cool award Order of Victory