Soviet Award Card For the Liberation of Belgrade

[order_of_victory]

A question on this, beacuse I have never seen one

Does any body have any scans of an example of an Award Card For the Liberation of Belgrade or a fake one

Any help as always greatfully recived

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Edited September 3, 2007 by order_of_victory

[Ed_Haynes]

A really REALLY interesting question! While it is my long-term goal to get all the GPW campaign medals in fully documented gallantry groups, it is now the only one missing. While I have the medal , it is sadly and lonsesomely undocumented .

Rarer than we think??

[order_of_victory]

A really REALLY interesting question! While it is my long-term goal to get all the GPW campaign medals in fully documented gallantry groups, it is now the only one missing. While I have the medal , it is sadly and lonsesomely undocumented .

Rarer than we think??

Hi Ed,

Me too its the only campaign medal i dont have a doc for, I have never seen a medal with one for sale

I have not seen any for sale until recently. There has been 4 availbale for sale recently two on ebay and two with a soviet dealer

Here is the page with the two for sale on:

http://www.russian-awards.com/Medals.htm

One of the ones on ebay was a 1985 issue

The other being a 1947 which has got a Order book with it and a couple of pages from his military ID book - I bought this one

The seller wont let me use his pics so will have to wait till get here

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[Ed_Haynes]

Thanks for the heads-up.

[order_of_victory]

Thanks for the heads-up.

Its my pleasure Ed

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[order_of_victory]

Well here it is at last my Belgrade group any comments as always are welcome

First up the award card

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[order_of_victory]

Here is whats left of his ID book

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[order_of_victory]

Here is whats left of his ID book more

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[order_of_victory]

Here is his Order Book

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[Ed_Haynes]

Just arrived . . .

(All help with the name and other sexy details apprecaited.)

[order_of_victory]

Just arrived . . .

(All help with the name and other sexy details apprecaited.)

Congrats Ed

Sorry no help with translation I cant deal eith Russian swiggles yet

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Edited September 15, 2007 by order_of_victory

[Guest Rick Research]

Interesting that BOTH of yours were issued to discharged veterans, with ranks, by their local Veterans' Commissariat-- and BOTH are to senior NCOs (Guards Starshina and plain old Starshina) with "A" cards usually given to officers.

Vasily Markovich Polisen'ko's was issued by the Mariunopolsky City VetsCom on 28 June 1947. I can't quite make out the unit on his tattered equipment issue booklet-- 80th Guards OI(P?)MD of the 73rd "St(alingrad)" Guards Rifles Division. He was apparently in the supply department. He got an "A" issue Orders Book as well, normally given to officers in the samples we've seen so far-- for his MMM and Glory 3rd.

Starshina Grigory Nikitovich Nosu(p?)enko's was issued from a local (Something-Ivanovsky) Raion VetsCom that I can't read in 1946.

Glad to see you guys are continuing to find things from our friends in the Ukraine without violating the Les Mis?rables "Export of National Patrimony rules" of Putinia.

[Ed_Haynes]

"Putinia" . . . I like that . . . . As in "Rule, Putinia" . . . ???

Some close-ups of mine (with some tweaking for contrast).

[Ed_Haynes]

And . . . .

[order_of_victory]

Interesting that BOTH of yours were issued to discharged veterans, with ranks, by their local Veterans' Commissariat-- and BOTH are to senior NCOs (Guards Starshina and plain old Starshina) with "A" cards usually given to officers.

Vasily Markovich Polisen'ko's was issued by the Mariunopolsky City VetsCom on 28 June 1947. I can't quite make out the unit on his tattered equipment issue booklet-- 80th Guards OI(P?)MD of the 73rd "St(alingrad)" Guards Rifles Division. He was apparently in the supply department. He got an "A" issue Orders Book as well, normally given to officers in the samples we've seen so far-- for his MMM and Glory 3rd.

Glad to see you guys are continuing to find things from our friends in the Ukraine without violating the Les Mis?rables "Export of National Patrimony rules" of Putinia.

Hi Rick, thanks for the info

The equipment issue book so would that lis all of his equipment so its not millitray id

I thought he got an MMM and Cobat Service medal not a Glory 3rd

How did you know mine was from the Ukraine ----- it came from Oddessa

Oh i feel some research beckooning for this set

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[Ed_Haynes]

Hi Rick, thanks for the info

The equipment issue book so would that lis all of his equipment so its not millitray id

I thought he got an MMM and Cobat Service medal not a Glory 3rd

How did you know mine was from the Ukraine ----- it came from Oddessa

Oh i feel some research beckooning for this set

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Some may think us crazy for research "only" an awards book. But what do THEY know, OoV. Go for it!! Squeeze out all that history!

[Ferdinand]

Just a little correction: I think OoV's guy's name is Polichenko, with on the award record card accidentally 'Polechenko'. Ed's guy is called Nosulenko.

[Guest Rick Research]

Polichenko-- right you are! And yes, MMM and VM-- this is what happens from my scribbling notes on scrap paper and then typing too many replies down the page.

Local Veterans Commissariat (RVK) Is Andreev(+ last letter?)-Ivanovsky-- someplace large enough to have had TWO branches, apparently. Unfortunately these "locals" rarely give the CITY, so no clue where this neighborhood was.

[order_of_victory]

Some may think us crazy for research "only" an awards book. But what do THEY know, OoV. Go for it!! Squeeze out all that history!

Thanks Ed for the encouragement

After all how many Blegade groups are there

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[Ed_Haynes]

After all how many Blegade groups are there

Should I EVER find one, there's be one less "in the wild".

[Bryan]

Ed, here is one interesting group for sale. Sadely it is too expensive for a university student like me.

http://www.russianglory.com/Ivanov_a.jpg

http://www.russianglory.com/Ivanov_r.jpg

[lentiay]

Cautiously!

There were many artificial documents to Belgrad!

There will be time - shall show photos.

Maxim.

[Ferdinand]

Dmitry Markoz also has a Belgrade group for sale:

http://www.russian-medals.net/sdocgr.htm (the Pokusov group)

And a pic of the medal + doc: http://www.russian-medals.net/pics/pokusov3.jpg

[Ed_Haynes]

Yes, Ferdinand. He did.

See: http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=22064&hl=

[order_of_victory]

Some may think us crazy for research "only" an awards book. But what do THEY know, OoV. Go for it!! Squeeze out all that history!

Crazy or not Ed, just got the email from the researcher saying that research is ready for my docs Just got wait till it arrives now

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