Soviet Boring Award Groups

[Guest Rick Research]

There, now that I got your attention with that fascinating title...

For all that we collect valor awards and look for interesting and exciting stuff...

a lot of career Soviet officers after the war spent decades and got nothing but the endless array of jubilee and wear-'em-all-simultaneously long service awards.

Borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring! ?

Sure-- but TYPICAL!

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each of the three above served 20 years and only one even got an MMM!

This guy below put in at least 25 and retired, without even getting that!

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[Chris Boonzaier]

This guy below put in at least 25 and retired, without even getting that!

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is that black plastic poking out between the ribbons?

[Guest Rick Research]

Yes, these sew-ins have |) shaped black plastic to mimic the curved black painted metal backing of the individual tab backs 7 ribbon bar-- a type I have only seen once before (on the late 1970s updated into 1980s Artillery Lieutenant General tunic bar, below-- not MUCH more "exciting!"), and much sturdier than the sew-in type with a narrow horizontal black felt strip centered across each row to "bulge" the ribbons.

[Chris S]

I found a nice ribbon bar with all his medals and documents!

Chris

[Chris S]

Dmitriev Alexandr Markovish also received these medals but he must have made his bar pre 85.

Chris

[Chris S]

Also included was his wife's Veteran of Labour medal...attached are the pair to husband and wife

Chris

[Guest Rick Research]

That's a nice LATE painted "D" profile type ribbon bar!

Who issued his Lenin 1970?

[Chris S]

In Estonian and Russian...

[Guest Rick Research]

Huh! Poor guy rated a Lenin 1970 as a state employee (presumably) and yet no medals or orders for 25+ years work. Civilians seem to have had some sort of "level" to meet to get one, and at least the guy got THAT.

[Chris S]

Huh! Poor guy rated a Lenin 1970 as a state employee (presumably) and yet no medals or orders for 25+ years work. Civilians seem to have had some sort of "level" to meet to get one, and at least the guy got THAT.

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Rick, well, he did get the "Veteran of Labour" and a "Order of Miners Glory 3rd class"

Chris

[Guest Rick Research]

Could you start a NEW thread on that one? I assume the "Miners Glory" badges were MINISTRY issue rather than a "State Award" and have never seen one-- or its document-- before. THAT'S not "boring" at all!!!!