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      YU Submarine Badges

      in Southern European & Balkan States

      Posted

      About gold submarine badges I found information only about gold submarine badge for active officers (so called new form badge). It was given to active officers for 10 years of service on submarine or for 10 years of service in headquarters of submarine unit.

      The gold wash badge of so called old form still remains mistery for me. I still looking for answer, why there are no information about this badge, neither in books where you can find informations about other yugoslavian badges (including submarine badges).

      Dear Sebastijan,

      that I also read somewhere: officer + 10 years service + submarine = gold wash badge.

      So, the "modern" officers YU-submarine-badge in silver might be for service below 10 years and the one in gold for service over 10 years :unsure: ?

      Many thanks, Sebastijan, we already might have some sort of systematism in the field of YU-submarine-badges :cheers::jumping: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Order of Glory Medals

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      A new one in the family! :)

      It just came in from Ukraine this week.

      Dear Bryan,

      congratulations to that beauty :cheers: .

      You have got a prototype, how a real Glory 3cl should look like :jumping: :

      - worne ribbon

      - medal with a lot of patina

      - Spassky-tower still with rather good details

      - rather low serial number

      Glory & Nevski (among the common Soviet awards) bring the best results in citation-quality, when they are researched, as Dave Schwind found out :D .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: The Glory is the only, true & exclusive "In-the-Line-of-Fire"-Order of the CCCP :jumping: .

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted · Edited by Christian Zulus

      :jumping:CONGRATULATIONS :jumping:

      Okay folks... I'm going to go out on a limb and try for another one. They encountered the wine cellars... and I presume it took them that long to drink their way through it. :P

      Dear Dan,

      congratulations to your new victory :cheers: .

      Your answer is absolutly correct: They found the Czar's gigantic & hughe wine cellars.

      Question #164 is now your turn.

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      The Bolsheviks had severe problems with mass-alcoholism and at the end, they pumped the precious wine out to the street - so the people of Petrograd started to drink wine from the curbs :rolleyes::P .

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      MARSHAL?S STAR OF THE SOVIET UNION

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      HSU Radzyevsky, Aleksey Ivanovich (13. 8. 1911 - 30. 8. 1979)

      Dear Bryan,

      the Marshal's Star belonged to Radzyevsky http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=3977 , who got his HSU also rather late: 21.02.1978 ( медаль № 11294) ;) .

      Besides the Marshal's Star & HSU he got two Order of Lenins, six Order of the Red Banners, two orders of Suvorov of the 1st degree, one order of Kutuzov of the 1st degree, one order of Suvorov 2nd degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labor, with Order of the Red Star and a "Motherland" 3rd degree. A rather proud & comprehensive collection :D .

      His name seems to be of aristocratic Polish origin :unsure: ?

      It seems, that Radzyevsky's Marshal's Star is in a private collection and not in a museum of the Russian Federation :unsure: ?

      Market value of the set: I guess, far beyond the USD 100k benchmark :cheeky: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      These came from a French forum. The guy who posted them probably took them from a Russian forum. Now it's on GMIC. An English forum. ;)

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      New question #163

      Gentlemen,

      again a rather easy one, which has to do with the October Revolution.

      Question:

      During their storm of the Winter Palace at the 7th of november 1917 the Bolsheviks encountered severe problems in the basement of that palace and they needed 3 days to finish up with them.

      What were these problems :unsure: ?

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      Congratulations Christian. She was indeed Alexandra Kollontai.

      Apparently Mrs. Kollontai was the first woman ambassador in the world. During WWII she was posted in Sweden and in that position she held talks with the Romanian government representatives regarding an early armistice that was supposed to take Romania out of the war. ;)

      Dear Carol,

      many thanks for your congratulations to my victory #34 :cheers: .

      I guess, that comrade Alexandra had been very proud about her Lenin & 2 RBLs ;) .

      It had been a great honour for me, to celebrate another victory at 90th anniversary of the October Revolution AND my victory #34, because "34" is a magic number: The number of the tank, which smashed the Nazis and liberated Europe - T-34 :jumping: :

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-34

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted · Edited by Christian Zulus

      Alexandra Mikhaylovna Kollontai

      Dear Carol,

      the person is question is Alexandra Mikhaylovna Kollontai:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kollontai

      http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/

      Kollontai has been a pioneer in the fields of feminism, free love, woman-man-relationship, family in socialism, etc. There she broke the ruling conventions.

      Here is her writing from 1920 "Communism and the Family" in English translation:

      http://www.marxists.org/archive/kollonta/1...nism-family.htm

      She had been a leading diplomat and the first female ambassador (20th of september 1942) in the history of the CCCP - during the GPW in Sweden - and that fact maybe saved her existence during the great purges of the NKVD-mad-men in the 1930s.

      As we can see on the book-cover and the photograph, Kollontai got one Lenin & two RBLs and some foreign orders.

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Well, if the situation is that desperate... :P

      The girl in the photo below was born in a wealthy family and hence had the all premises for a privileged life. Her father, a general in the army, weary of the "undesirable elements in public schools", decided that she would be educated at home. Fate had it that the girl's tutors were "undesirable elements" that gave her more education than her father expected. An independent nature, later in life she broke many conventions and ultimately became very active in politics. While a supporter of the ideology, she was also a fervent critic of the regime, which led to her being sent into an unusual exile which made her very special and also saved her life.

      1. Who is the girl?

      2. Name a few of the conventions she broke in life.

      3. What was the nature of her exile and what made her special?

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      YU Submarine Badges

      in Southern European & Balkan States

      Posted

      Christian, your information is correct. The "new submarine badge" was instituted on the 7th February 1970. So, from 1970s the new form badge was given to active officers and the old form badge was given to seamen.

      Dear Sebastijan,

      many thanks for your expertise :cheers: .

      So, the "old" YU-submariner-badge is neither old, nor so rare ;) .

      Was the gold-wash-version of that badge the one for active officers up to 1970 :unsure: ?

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Order of the Red Banner, 2nd Award

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted · Edited by Christian Zulus

      What would they go for now?

      Dear Paul,

      taking the weak Dollar into consideration, I guess, that a dealer might ask for an ORB #2 about USD 2000,- and for an ORB #3 more than USD 3000,- (for items in really excellent condition).

      For "numbered" ORBs, which are already researched and the result shows, that they are no long-service awards, the asked price might be much higher, I assume.

      "Numbered" ORBs in rather "normal" documented & complete groups might push the asked price for such a collection into "stratospheric" heights :rolleyes: - imagine: A "normal" officers-group, but with ORB, ORB #2, ORB#3 & ORB #4 inside (and the ORB #4 is the only long-service ORB) ... :cheeky:

      So, your purchase of an ORB #3 for USD 250,- in 1992 would have been a rather good investment ;) .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: I already posted my mentioned RB#2 & RB#3 here at GMIC:

      RB#2: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24254

      RB#3: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24256

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      90th anniversary of the October Revolution

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted · Edited by Christian Zulus

      :jumping:2.000 posts at the GMIC-quiz & 2.000 post from comrade Zulus :jumping:

      Gentlemen,

      I want to use this thread to clebrate my post #2.000 at GMIC and also to draw your attention to our quiz, which has reached today the benchmark of 2.000 posts http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=218223 :D .

      Both #2.000-incidents happened today at the 90th anniversary of the "Great Socialistic October Revolution". :cheers:

      Last night - at 02:00 Moscow time - I had been watching Eisenstein's "October" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October:_Ten_...Shook_the_World on DVD together with a good bottle of excellent Austrian white wine (Gr?ner Veltliner from the Wachau valley of the Danube). Well, there hadn't been so many people around, who wanted to watch with me Eisenstein-movies at midnight in Vienna ... :(

      Today is at 20:40 - 22:25 at the French/German-TV-channel ARTE a documentary about the October Revolution: http://dyninet.wdr.de/inetepg/ObjekteZurSe...kmark=&Pos=

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Sergeant Gnitienko's "Glory-Trio"

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      It probably is his brother! Pyotr Platonovich Gnitienko was born in Shostaki, Poltava Oblast, in 1913, just like 'your' Gnitienko. Pyotr was a gunner-radio operator in a bomber in the 5th Bombing Aviation Regiment. He died on 25 December 1941 near the town of Litvinovka in an aircraft catastrophe. Flight commander V.F. Tsarkov, gunner-bombardier Junior Lieutenant I.P. Limarenko and gunner-radio operator Master Sergeant P.P. Gnitienko died. They are buried in the town of Pogoreloye, on the cemetary two kilometers north-west of the military post.

      Dear Auke,

      many thanks for the translation and your expertise :cheers: .

      Pyotr had been 10 years younger, than "our" Gnitienko, but he died at the beginning of the GPW ... :(

      "Our" Gnitienko entered service in the Red Army almost 40 years old - rather late :unsure: -, but made a rather "heroic" career.

      I guess, that the propability is almost 100 %, that the 2 Gnitienkos had been brothers.

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: I hope, that I will get soon the last documents about Sgt. Gnitienko from our researcher :D .

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      :jumping:Quiz reaches outstanding benchmark at the 90th anniversary of the October Revolution :jumping:

      Gentlemen,

      with the next posting we will reach the benchmark of

      - 2000 postings

      - more than 20.000 views

      - at 100 pages

      ... and the incident happens exactly at the 90th anniversary of the "Great Socialistic October Revolution" :jumping:

      Congratulations to Christophe and all the participants of the quiz :cheers: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: Carol's new question might be posting #2.000 :D .

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      Sergeant Gnitienko's "Glory-Trio"

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted

      Gnitienko's younger brother, who died in 1941 :unsure: ?

      Gentlemen,

      I just found that entry http://allaces.ru/p/people.php?id=00000001198 in the internet, which shows a Gnitienko with the ident "Father's Name":

      Петр Платонович Гнитиенко (Pyotr Platonovich Gnitienko)

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      Страна: СССР

      Годы жизни: 1913 - 25.12.1941 (ПАК)

      Вид авиации: Бомбардировочная

      Категория: Стрелок (стрелок-радист)

      Места службы: 5 ба??25.12.41 Стрелок-радист

      --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

      Родился в 1913 г. в д. Шостаки, Супруновского с/с, Полтавской области.

      25.12.41 г. в районе с. Литвиновка потерпел катастрофу самолет. Погибли командир звена ст. лейтенант В.Ф.Царьков, стрелок-бомбардир мл. лейтенант И.П.Лимаренко, стрелок-радист старшина П.П.Гнитиенко. Похоронены в с. Погорелое, на кладбище в 2 км сев.-зап. Военного городка.

      Источники информации:

      1. Мемориал.

      2. ЦАМО, ф. 58, оп. 818883, д. 389, л. 4,5.

      My knowledge of the Russian language is too weak - maybe one of our experts might translate the information in a correct way - many thanks :love: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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