The Fall of Berlin...

[Christian Zulus]

Photograph: Berlin, 2nd of may 1945

Gentlemen,

I have one of the signed original proofs of that famous photograph in my collection of Soviet decorations & militaria:

It shows the Soviet renowed poet Yevgeni Dolmatovski as a genuine Major of the Red Army in front of the Reichstag with the scull of Lance Corporal ("Gefreiter") Adolf Schickelgruber (EK I & wound badge from 1914) under his right arm.

More about that photograph and Dolmatovski's deeds in Berlin at the quiz-thread: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?s=&showtop...st&p=172964 (+ following postings!).

Best regards

Christian

[nesredep]

Hi

Your photos are fantastic , tanks for interesting informations.

nesredep

[Bryan]

Here is an additional medal bar in my collection related with the "Capture of Berlin".

[Bryan]

I thought it would fit here.

[Bryan]

Some GI's in Berlin (July 1945)

Edited September 16, 2007 by Soviet

[Bryan]

A similar picture

[Bryan]

Reviewing stand along the Ost-West-Achse (Stra?e des 17. Juni)

[Christophe]

Hi Bryan,

These are fantastic pics!!! (and nice bar too...).

Cheers.

Ch.

[Ed_Haynes]

Let me add a few Soviet groups, shown elsewhere but nice to see a dedicated thread.

David Mironovich Sup'yan

(The campaign medals are display "restorations".)

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3728

[Ed_Haynes]

Colonel Vasily Terent?evich Belykh

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=4150

[Ed_Haynes]

Major Vladimir Fedorovich Dubrovin

See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=3222

[Ed_Haynes]

And, finally, one of the the most evocative groups I have (he was there when everything happened):

Captain Vladimir Vasilievich Kulishenko

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=20951

[Bryan]

Oh man Ed, your groups related to the fall of Berlin are such an eye candy for me !!!

One day ...

@ Christophe : Thanks for the nice comments!

[Ulsterman]

Knocked out tanks (etc.) in August, 1945-the Potsdam bridge and vicinity:

Edited September 17, 2007 by Ulsterman

[nesredep]

Hi

All photos is fantastic.

Nesredep

[Ed_Haynes]

Private Andrey Leontyevich Kolesnik

Just a lonesome single order of Glory, 3rd class. But, from the recommendation: ". . . during street fighting in Berlin, he and a group of other intelligence men were the first to rush into enemy?s disposition, killing Hitlerites hiding in cellars and attics."

See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22045

Edited October 4, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[hunyadi]

Its impressive to see the bars with the Defense of Moscow combined with the Capture of Berlin...

[Paul R]

Its impressive to see the bars with the Defense of Moscow combined with the Capture of Berlin...

Those bars do express a sense of justice, dont they?

Even better.. Moscow, Stalingrad, then Berlin?!?!

[Ed_Haynes]

Those bars do express a sense of justice, dont they?

Even better.. Moscow, Stalingrad, then Berlin?!?!

And don't forget Kiev!

[Paul C]

I thought this thread was Berlin after the war.

[robert39]

My uncle Joseph Langevin was in Berlin with the ?Fusiliers Mont-Royal? (Sixth Canadian Infantry Brigade) from July 4th to July 27th 1945 as part of the occupation forces. On July 21st, he participated in the Victory Parade in front of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and General Montgomery. He wrote about it in this letter to his family.

[robert39]

My uncle had several photos showing destroyed buildings but I don?t know if they were all taken in Berlin, one of those is surely a church or cathedral. Can they be identified?

___________

Robert

[censlenov]

This group is currently in transit from auction house to me. It's my first soviet "Group" and i got it because as you can see it has the 3 numbered awards i'm sure the research will tell an interesting tale. My gut is leading me to think that the Glory 3 will be for operations involved in the taking of Berlin as the number is within 30,000 of the one Ed has shown.

The MMM is in the 400,000 range and thank to poor photos courtesy of the auction house i'm clueless as to the number on the red star however i've been assured that the red star and all the other awards match the awards card.

Can anyone tell me why there would be 2 different awards cards ones dated 43 and the other 45.

Cheers

Chris

[Alex K]

One from life showing the Reichs Adler from the Reichs Kanzlai being removed and carted off to Moscow where it now resides, Sone awsome souvenir

Alex

Edited February 10, 2009 by Alex K