Soviet Show your early Bravery and Combat Service medals

[Bryan]

I have just add this Bravery medal to my collectiojn. Too bad the ribbon is not WWII original and that the enamel is gone. Is the suspension a replacement?

If you have documented early Bravery and Combat Service medals, I would be very interested to see them !

Medal for Bravery T1 V3 #115545

Medal for Combat Service T1 V3 #112804

Edited October 28, 2006 by Soviet

[Ed_Haynes]

Nice pieces with history. Any plans to research them? Usually nice tales to tell!

Thanks for sharing.

[Bryan]

Not yet. I have few other things to research before. I'm still waiting for my first researches I ordered a month ago.

[order_of_victory]

Heres my medal for combat service No14198 Its bit earlier than yours

I do apologise for the poor pic

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[Bryan]

Thanks for your picture OoV. It seems your suspension is slightly different than mine. Is it curved and not straight?

[order_of_victory]

Thanks for your picture OoV. It seems your suspension is slightly different than mine. Is it curved and not straight?

Hi Soviet

It looks like its been bent at some stage

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Edited October 29, 2006 by order_of_victory

[JimZ]

If you had to pull hard enough at the medal the lower part of the suspension will give! I guess OoV's got a tug at some point in its life. It is of course meant to be straight.

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I am attaching a pic of two T1V3 medals which came together as a 'group'. The enamel is gone as there are no screwplates. I have not yet made up my mind as to whether they deserve to be researched! Fact is, a) I think the ribbons are replacements and b) I still have some reservations as to the suspension. However only research will confirm whether they do belong together as their award booklet claims. Sorry but I have yet to take pics of the reverse of the medals and the award booklet.

Jim

Edited October 29, 2006 by jimzammit

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

Here is a first type combat service medal which was awarded to Pvt. Ekaterina Emelyanovan Timofeeva, a telephone operator in the Artillery Commander?s Coordination Platoon, 120th Rifle Division on the Leningrad Front.

The recommendation for this medal states that during the combat operation between 13 and 24 August 1943 she worked as the switchboard operator of the Artillery Commander of the 120th Rifle Division. On the 14th, as part of the team was sent to repair telephone lines, she worked at the switchboard for 16 hours, uninterruptedly transmitting orders and instructions of the Artillery Commander and Artillery Headquarters to artillery units of the group...

[Wild Card]

Reverse.

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

The medal issued above to Pvt. Timofeeva is a type 1 variation 3. I thought that some of you might like to see a type one, variation 1.

The differences between the two are:

A. The numbers on the variation 1 are proceeded by the prefix ?No? (with the "o" underlined) and,

B. the variation 1 has a smaller silver screw post with a correspondingly smaller backing plate.

This medal was awarded to Dimitri Timofeevich Teterichev, a partisan. I do not know what it was awarded for.

Best wishes,

Wild Card

[Wild Card]

Reverse.

[order_of_victory]

Its intresting to note that Wild Card's has a curved bar as well

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[Hauptmann]

Hi all,

Here's my contribution to the thread... one each of the Variation 1 Variation 3:

Bravery (Obverse):

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Bravery (Reverse 1):

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Bravery (Reverse 2):

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[Hauptmann]

Combat (Obverse):

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Combat (Reverse 1):

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Combat (Reverse 2):

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I hope to get them both researched some day.

Dan

[usairforce]

Bravery

[usairforce]

photo

[Wild Card]

Gentlemen,

Here is a bravery medal which appears to have had a retaining prong (like on the early Neveskys and OGPW?s) or some such device affixed at one time to it?s reverse.

Any other opinions as to what this might have been are most welcome.

Thank you,

Wild Card

[Wild Card]

Reverse.

[JimZ]

Here is a bravery medal which appears to have had a retaining prong (like on the early Neveskys and OGPW?s) or some such device affixed at one time to it?s reverse.

Any other opinions as to what this might have been are most welcome.

Wow.... interesting medal. Never came across that before on these medals so this my idea is that it could be russian ingenuity/improvisation to avoid the medal from swinging too much when worn on the battlefield?

Gee did I actually post that idea!!

Speaking of bravery medals, my absolute favourite one for which i would probably pay an arm and a leg for is the dug up Bravery Medal (5 sided suspension) shown in Echoes of War. Having been folded over and having been hit by a bullet, the medal has two holes (one in the medal itself and one in the suspension). I drool over that page whenever I see it!

Jim

[Bryan]

Here is a bravery medal which appears to have had a retaining prong (like on the early Neveskys and OGPW?s) or some such device affixed at one time to it?s reverse.

I have to admit that this one is a keeper! Really nice piece!

[Gerd Becker]

Unfortunately i don?t have any of the early MMM?s or Bravery Medals, but they will be some of the next things to add to the collection.

[Wild Card]

Hi Jim & Soviet,

Thank you for the compliments. I apologize for this late acknowledgment; but I was away for some time on a business trip and trying to concentrate on that combined with jumping in and out of the forum led to some gaps that are just now being addressed.

I agree - a keeper for sure. Whatever that is, or was, on the reverse we will never know; but it does certainly give it character.

Thanks again and best wishes,

Wild Card

[order_of_victory]

Here are some better pics of mine

Its going to be submitted for research soon

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[order_of_victory]

Here are some better pics of mine

Its going to be submitted for research soon

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[Hauptmann]

Hi Vic,

Beautiful! Sure hope I'm able to get one of those script "No." types some day. Best of luck with the research... hope it's a great one!

Dan